Buying a notebook...

Puddle<3 · #1 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

Okay so I am looking at buying a laptop.....I am thinking about getting a mac book but I have been a PC user for a long time so I am a little torn on switching over. I just found out that I get a discount through work...but I get a discount on most computers... so suggestions would be amazing!

mojo · #2 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

list what you need, then list what you want, then buy the one that most suits you.

Leviathan · #3 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

Just dual boot, I find that I don't really need my windows partition for anything.

Puddle<3 · #4 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

yeah this is what I am looking at now.

15-inch Mac Book Pro:

2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB
160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
SuperDrive 6x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 15-inch Widescreen Display
Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
Accessory Kit

I was talking to a guy at work that was a die hard mac user and he said that buying a Mac is more expensive to start about but if you factor in the money that you will spend over the years in anti virus protection and the units reliability a mac is actually about half the price in the end....

G3N3R4L · #5 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

can you get discounts for others?

i am thinking of making the same switch from pc to mac.

from all ive heard... zero learning curve.. macs are really easy to adjust to.

EPID3MIK-7 · #6 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

I'm thinking of goin over to mac cuase I'm tired of having to re-install windows and losing shit and updating drivers AGHGHHGHHGGH the constant headaches i get every 5 months.

dj_soo · #7 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

new macs can run windows but honestly, after using osx, only thing you'd want to go back to windows for is games...

jprime · #8 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

Get a PC. www.alienware.com

b0ld · #9 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

Get an HP lol

Puddle<3 · #10 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

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Originally Posted by b0ld

Get an HP lol

LOL thanks Joe I will get right on that!

We dont even get a discount!!....we do get discounts on apple, dell and certain units from london drugs I believe.
I think I am going to go with the Mac Book, I am planning on taking a trip out to Mac Station and playing around

Silverwinged · #11 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

go on...

FeelGood · #12 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

i think you guys are just addicted to the mac look rather then anything else.

Puddle<3 · #13 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

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Originally Posted by Silverwinged

go on...

allison long time no see! U at work?....eww call centre

jprime · #14 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

Macs are super nice tho. Jeez, they both have their merits. I'm still voting PC though.

Puddle<3 · #15 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

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Originally Posted by FeelGood

i think you guys are just addicted to the mac look rather then anything else.

they are pretty... but no I am planning on getting rid of my SLR and getting DSLR and I want the Mac for photo editing reasons mostly.

FeelGood · #16 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

what photo editing can't you do on a pc that you can do on a mac?

Puddle<3 · #17 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

for what reasons should I be pro pc? I am not a gamer or anything? I dunno I really want to make a smart choice if I am going to be spending the money

Puddle<3 · #18 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

everyone that I have talked to has said that if I am doing any video/pic editing I definatly should go Mac?

FeelGood · #19 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

i was just asking. im not pro pc, i find myself kind of stuck in between.

if you can't pinpoint the advantages of what a mac would do for you over a pc, then what's the point of spending more money on it?

FeelGood · #20 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

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Originally Posted by Puddle<3

everyone that I have talked to has said that if I am doing any video/pic editing I definatly should go Mac?

i've heard the same. i know for audio/video editing it certainly has it's advantages over the pc, but for picture editing im not quite sure.

borrow someone's for the weekend or play around with one for a few hours and see what you think.

Puddle<3 · #21 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

yeah I was stuck to. I have been a pc user for a long time. But the more I have looked into it the more I am edging towards the mac. LOL and I work with PC's and get yelled at 8 hours a day about them

b0ld · #22 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

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Originally Posted by Puddle<3

yeah I was stuck to. I have been a pc user for a long time. But the more I have looked into it the more I am edging towards the mac. LOL and I work with PC's and get yelled at 8 hours a day about them

thats cause we deal with rednecks

Puddle<3 · #23 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

yeah red necks and people thats think that threatening to sue will get them what they want .....grrr

Ree Fresh · #24 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

Once you go Mac... you never go back. Seriously Macs are awesome and way easier, especialy when you start to learn all the short cut keys and can drag and drop. I get very frustrated on pcs now.

stephen_c · #25 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

the 15" mac book pro in the config u want is ~$2400 + tax.
forget about it!
it's way overpriced.

aside from gaming, most comp users are web concentric,
email, browser, msn, etc... apple or pc it works the same.

photo/video editin is a function of the software ur usin.
it's not a function of osx or vista.
is photoshop for apple better than photoshop for pc?
i don't think so.

there's no hardware reliability difference btw
a mac book and a brand name pc laptop.
it's a myth proagated by pro-apple ppl.

apple does not make hardware.
they rely on the same far east manufacturers as dell, hp, etc.

a quick search will tell u that
mac books are made by taiwan-based quanta and asus.
now google "mac book motherboard failures"
http://appledefects.com/wiki/index.p...le=MacBook_Pro
they have problems just like everyone else.

my suggestion,
get a pc lappy same spec as the mac book pro
and w/ the money u saved
buy a nice 22"+ lcd (u can run both screens together)
cuz 15" alone is kinda small for pix/video editin.

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