g4m3rof1337

Comparing a Mac Book to an equal PC laptop.

Which is better in the long run?

And compare both to there highest capabilities.



I might go with Apple.

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tlarkin

I edited your grammar, sorry I am a grammar nazi at times....

Okay, the real deal is you can not compare any PC laptop to a Mac laptop (or desktop even) because they are not the same thing. Out of the box the mac can do loads of things that your PC can not. Also windows vista sucks, and it sucks 10 x 2.5 ^10 (I had to use scientific notation to describe its vast suckiness!) times worse on a laptop. So, if you do go PC for the love of your system resources put XP on that thing.

However, the truth comes down to, will you actually use the extra features a mac offers? Will you do any of the following?

1) Edit digital video
2) Author a DVD
3) Record and master music or audio in general
4) need wireless sync abilities to cell phone (or PDA) via blue tooth?
5) Do digital photography
6) Publish any kind of web comic or web site?
7) Data management (contacts, emails, papers, documents, address book, etc)

Those are the benefits of using the Mac (plus there are zero known viruses for OS X) and they all work out of the box. No additional software, no installation, no third party woes, it all works out of the box. That is the beauty of owning a Mac.

The obvious down sides are:

1) lack of some third party applications (video games if that makes/breaks the deal for you)
2) Lack of third party support for hardware
3) You may have to adjust to a mac alternative if your app is not supported
4) complete incompatibility with vista, though xp has the same issues

Of course you can install and run windows on an intel based mac and pretty much get rid of all the downsides.

Since apple already increased the ram in the Macbook Pros and now offers nvidia cards I would recommend you just upgrade to the Macbook Pro. I know the price difference is a bit high, but it is totally worth it. Starting at just under 2k is not actually a bad deal for what you get, plus if you are a student you can get an educational discount.

All the pro models come with 2gig of RAM now standard!

g4m3rof1337

Wouldn't that be a spelling error?
And the one time I mistype something...



Anyways.


Thanks.

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tlarkin

nope there is spelled right, but its the wrong word. English is a messed up language. I said sorry too, its one of my faults as a person I have to correct spelling and grammar, I can't help myself sometimes.

Anyways I hope you see my point because you can't really compare the two fairly. Unless you pump the PC version full of software which would make it cost more than the mac to begin with.

So, if you will use those features than the mac is the better bargain, if you won't use them or use maybe some of them you'll need to decide if its worth it. Or if you prefer a Mac then buy a Mac. I mean obviously Apple is doing well, in fact they have been selling more laptops than anyone else in all of 2007 so far. Their market share is going up each month with laptops.

g4m3rof1337

Yeah. I only have trouble with the theres and theirs. I correct other grammar and spelling occasionally. Usually whenever it appears in front of me.


I might go with the mac though.



Thanks.

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HumanMage

I dunno tlarkin, I have Vista preinstalled on my laptop and I am perfectly happy with it. I can play CS:S, HL2DM, WoW etc etc very well on it as well. I think its just a matter of opinion sometimes. I'm dead set against Macs after they made me fail 3rd Quarter of my sophmore year in high school, but thats another story.

Go with what you want Gamer. And make sure its what you want not necessarily what is "better".

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tlarkin

Well considering you can install windows on any intel mac means you can run any video game you want. Plus if you watched the keynote from the last WWDC Jobs himself said that the Mac was going to start supporting more games and both id and EA stated that they will start releasing games for the Mac at the same time as for the PC.

So, really it has already started to get more support and it will only get better down the road.

I have used vista basic and vista business on several different newer model laptops and I hate it, runs like a snail compared to my macbook pro.

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If you dont mind paying up to twice the price for a Mac with the same hardware as a PC, then sure, go ahead.

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tlarkin

Twice the price? Prove it.

patrickv

I'll go with Mac, at least for the momment, im not a gamer and so far mac gas done what i wanted...edit videos,combine PDF,photoshop,ripp dvd's..etc...something that i struggled to do on linux (pdf..lol)

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