Joined: 15 Nov 2004 Posts: 14347 Location: Boston, MA USA
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:25 am Post subject:
Louise_Ash wrote:
Mac. Mac. Mac. No choice.
My Pro iBook runs super slick OSX and at the touch of function key XP appears too!
You'll pay more for the Mac but its worth saving for the extra money and then getting what consider is to be the sexiest laptop made.
a supper fast Dell is about as pricey as a top end mac now. plus you can run windows if you need to. I just started to use quick time pro on my p.c., it is no where as good as on my mac. I use my p.c. for high end solid CAD and cant wait to buy a new dual core version of the Mac
My Pro iBook runs super slick OSX and at the touch of function key XP appears too!
You'll pay more for the Mac but its worth saving for the extra money and then getting what consider is to be the sexiest laptop made.
The fact that you can install XP/Vista (and even Linux) on the Intel based Macs now make it a very strong platform if you want one laptop that can run both Mac and Windows operating systems.
Apple 'Boot Camp' allows you to choose between booting into Windows or OS X at startup whilst 'Parallels' allows you to run XP and OS X at the same time, virtually. 'Boot Camp' will be standard in Leopard, the next version of OS X.
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:06 am Post subject: Re: PC or MAC?
miss sexy j wrote:
please please please can someone who knows, help me!!!
i am sick of going through looking at laptops and sorting out the best. ive narrowed my search down to 2 laptops, both fairly similar but can someone please tell me which 1 to get because i cant decide? im getting mixed reviews for everyone.
i want it for music, films, and photos, its got to have a large hard drive & at least 1024 ram.
choices:
SONY VAIO FE11S
NEW APPLE MACBOOK PRO, 17" with a 2.16 GHZ processor
please help!
Got to say, there's no choice - get the PC. If all it is really for is entertainment, then it will do everything the Mac will and for less money. The single reason I can see for buying a Mac is if you work in publishing or design and can't be arsed knowing two lots of keyboard shortcuts.
I would also consider carefully if you need the sony - it's a premium brand and, as you'll not be placing much demand on it other than storage, you could probably move down the ladder a bit and still have something with power way in excess of what you need. Have a look at the Acer laptops - they do premium ones too but they're standard ranges have plenty oomph and, at the last time I was looking, they gave more bang to the buck. I probably wouldn't spend more than about £800 on a machine for entertainment use.
In my experience, the stability thing is way overstated. I've seen Macs go tits up in many instances and as for the virus thing, don't sweat it. Get a virus checker and use Opera instead of Outlook and you'll be fine.
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