EPTi bought a macbook recently (pc user before) and although it has its cool gimmicks and stuff like Spaces and the trackpad being cool with 2-3-4 finger combos... the PC is way cheaper and more practical. unless you're a big musician or anything then you'll need a macbook
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Pressure
7326 Posts
i bought a macbook recently (pc user before) and although it has its cool gimmicks and stuff like Spaces and the trackpad being cool with 2-3-4 finger combos... the PC is way cheaper and more practical. unless you're a big musician or anything then you'll need a macbook | ||
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Insanious
Canada1251 Posts
I have a 12 cell for my HP laptop and I NEVER run out of battery (well after 6hours of HEAVY use). 12 Cell is about $200, you can buy a decent laptop for $800. Wont be able to run a tonne of games though... but well will run low end games (at least you can get a graphics card which isn't on board  .)Would recommend: - Toshiba - Sony - Samsung - Dell all usually give nice laptops without a lot of the HP problems. Although, with HP if you just want to do a fresh install of Windows 7 as soon as you buy it, then it will run beautifully. | ||
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st3roids
Greece538 Posts
An i7 + ati 5870 + 8 giga ram @1880mhz + HD 500gb + coolmaster haf + 24inch lg monitor + gigabyte ga 58 ud5p for less than 1500 euro which curently should be like 1700 dollars. to get a mac like that you will need like 5k , is just fancy overhyped overpriced products which thanx to public ignorance about pcs in general + plus great marketing + steve jobs manage to be currently no1 in stock market even bypassing microsoft. Do they worth the money ? absolutely not , get a pc which you will make by ur self not a premade one . | ||
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Warrior Madness
Canada3791 Posts
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sqwert
United States781 Posts
but ye once i used apples 1 button mouse back in grade school, ive always thought bad about macs in general. | ||
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Lexpar
1813 Posts
With the mactops you can't really go wrong... They're all the same high quality product with different inner gutsy bits. Shopping windows is more of a minefield: crappy builds, product defects, over heating (refer to my post here for more info on why the heat is especially bad) could all be issues that you face with just any old laptop. If I had the money, being a sworn windows desktop user, I would go apple for sure. | ||
ckw
United States1018 Posts
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greg098
United States13 Posts
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ArvickHero
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DFarce
55 Posts
I understand the Mac argument, but I find that my lenovo T400 leaves little to be desired. Its durable (magnesium allow chassis, Lenovo has a very good service record) Its powerful (Core 2 duo 2.53GHz) It runs everything I want it to run, or ever will want it to run Windows 7 is as fast as any Mac My main argument for PC over Mac is that you can troubleshoot problems on a PC, where as on a mac it is much more difficult. As well, if you are looking at a windows netbook, the battery life will dominate that of a mac. I think that Mac's only have longer battery life (IF that's actually true) because they use lower power parts meaning less performance. +1 for PC | ||
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Coca Cola Classic
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Potato21
Canada7 Posts
That may be something to consider, have you thought about which OS you prefer? Because unless you REALLY prefer OSX, then there's very little incentive that I see to get a mac. There are a lot of PC laptops with great battery life, better components, and a fraction of the price of a mac. | ||
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dukethegold
Canada5645 Posts
Mac is really meant for the tech-retarded, prefer to use money to solve problem without bothering to do any research. PC is more cost efficient in all aspects. I am sure that other posters have already listed all the pros that PC has over Mac prior to me, so no need for me to go into details. If you want battery power, there are a lot of laptops out there designed for portability and battery life and offer more processing and graphic power than its MAC counterpart at a cheaper price. Mac is simply packaged better than your average PC. No need to install any additional programs. More user friendly so to speak. | ||
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
Also, better compatibility. | ||
TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
I'd get a pre built linux on though. I'd have to look into that. | ||
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butasama
Japan14 Posts
As for which laptop, I'd vote for a HP envy 15 or 14, depending on how big screen or actual size you prefer. The reason would be - it looks great (no daddy's-boy-mac-owner can diss you for owning it), - it's solid! (aluminium case/frame) - it runs cool, - has decent battery life, - it's very light -has a good screen (which I feel is crucial if you are going to be using it a lot studying, make sure u get a 1920x1680 resolution) - it runs SC2 with ease.  note: it does not have cd-rom, but media stored on cd/DVD is phasing out, and I bet you can download it digitally/copy it to a portable media drive and install it from there. | ||
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Grond
599 Posts
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butasama
Japan14 Posts
As for software, knowing how to remove / install drivers&software should be common knowledge for anyone who owns a computer if you ask me. It's like putting fuel'n oil in your car once in a while. M'kay? Obey mr.handpuppet!! | ||
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
Like others have said there is really no valid reason to get a mac. I don't even know why there's a discussion about this. A PC is just way more practical, cheaper, and better for school. The only real thing going for macs is that they're slick-looking, light and have good battery life. | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
I can't believe how many students use macs (over 90 percent) in my school, a university that the "really smart" kids go to. | ||
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