Buying a new laptop- Apple?

GreekGodX · 12-14-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Veritas

I cannot think of one area where the Mac outperforms the Windows (7) machine to the degree that justifies paying more than double. Macs are easy. Windows has a steeper learning curve. The decision is yours. My advice is to find a quality machine running 7 and give it a spin.

What would be a quality machine? I'm not crazy about Dell. Sony? Lenovo? HP? Toshiba?

Veritas · 12-14-2009, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GreekGodX

What would be a quality machine? I'm not crazy about Dell. Sony? Lenovo? HP? Toshiba?

That is another feature of the Mac that outdoes Windows - only Apple makes them, so there isn't anything to compare them to other than themselves.

For simplicity, I usually buy off-the-shelf HP machines. I have had several and have been satisfied with all of them. The key is more in the components than the manufacturer. Almost all of the manufacturers make a very wide variety of machines. Prior to any purchases, I research the current (read - next week's obsolete) processors and compare them. I'm not currently in the market, so I don't have the specs an what's available now.

Check with one of the geeks in the computer store (MicroCenter is my favorite - they seem to know their products). As long as the processor is a mid to high end one and the machine has sufficient RAM, you should be OK. The other components (video processor, sound, etc) usually are on-par with the processor.

spectrrr · 12-14-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GreekGodX

What would be a quality machine? I'm not crazy about Dell. Sony? Lenovo? HP? Toshiba?

Yes to the above really. Good and bad equipment from all of them. More important, yes to THE ABOVE. Add in Acer and Asus. Point of the matter, Stay the hell away from off brands. KEY POINT, talk to a tech guy.

I was shopping today fora new computer for my shipping bench. browsing two different sites. One of them had good machines... the other (same brands) had shitty machines. And by shity, I don't mean unreliable, I mean under spec'd and guaranteed that whoever buys it will HATE his life. For example, a Vista machine with only 1gb of ram. That's damned near criminal IMO.....

Oh and PS: I don't use A/V on my windows box. Gotten one virus in the last 4 years....