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Lot of ignorance/mac slurping going on in this thread. Hopefully I'll be objective enough for you to be useful.
- The build quality of Macs are indeed better than the average laptop, but an equally rugged and durable build quality can found in a PC laptop in the same price range. Aesthetically, macbooks are as slick as it gets, the enclosures are efficiently weighed, and the screens are top-notch. There's no denying that.
- As said earlier in the thread, the same hardware specs on a PC can be found for 1/2-2/3 the price of a mac, and a properly configured $1400 notebook will absolutely demolish ANY Macbook Pro in performance. Keep this in mind if you intend to use your computer for performance - oriented tasks.
- It is completely laughable that even the $1800 macbook model doesn't have a screen capable of 1080p. The same can be had in a $600 pc.
- A caveat to the above is the fact that OSX has really great photo/video/audio editing applications which just as capable, generally cheaper, and MUCH easier to use than their windows counterparts. But if gaming is a primary function of your laptop, it's PC all the way.
-When comparing OSX to windows, the most important thing to look at is how YOU are going to use your computer. If you are going to be making iOS apps, the mac is the way to go. If you have engineering/CAD programs, go with a PC for better performance per dollar. Photo/Video editing/art is great on a Mac. As said earlier, if you game, do yourself a favor and go pc. If you're not gaming or doing any content creation, skip a laptop alltogether and get an iPad.
- If you plan on upgrading your machine at all in the future, save yourself some trouble and get a PC. Apple has made it damn near impossible to upgrade the memory/hard drive/battery on the new unibody macbooks without sending it in and taking it in the rear price-wise. Also, high-end PC notebooks often come with multiple drive bays and even upgradable cpu/video card modules, so keep this in mind. None of these things are remotely possible in a macbook.
- The build quality of Macs are indeed better than the average laptop, but an equally rugged and durable build quality can found in a PC laptop in the same price range. Aesthetically, macbooks are as slick as it gets, the enclosures are efficiently weighed, and the screens are top-notch. There's no denying that.
- As said earlier in the thread, the same hardware specs on a PC can be found for 1/2-2/3 the price of a mac, and a properly configured $1400 notebook will absolutely demolish ANY Macbook Pro in performance. Keep this in mind if you intend to use your computer for performance - oriented tasks.
- It is completely laughable that even the $1800 macbook model doesn't have a screen capable of 1080p. The same can be had in a $600 pc.
- A caveat to the above is the fact that OSX has really great photo/video/audio editing applications which just as capable, generally cheaper, and MUCH easier to use than their windows counterparts. But if gaming is a primary function of your laptop, it's PC all the way.
-When comparing OSX to windows, the most important thing to look at is how YOU are going to use your computer. If you are going to be making iOS apps, the mac is the way to go. If you have engineering/CAD programs, go with a PC for better performance per dollar. Photo/Video editing/art is great on a Mac. As said earlier, if you game, do yourself a favor and go pc. If you're not gaming or doing any content creation, skip a laptop alltogether and get an iPad.
- If you plan on upgrading your machine at all in the future, save yourself some trouble and get a PC. Apple has made it damn near impossible to upgrade the memory/hard drive/battery on the new unibody macbooks without sending it in and taking it in the rear price-wise. Also, high-end PC notebooks often come with multiple drive bays and even upgradable cpu/video card modules, so keep this in mind. None of these things are remotely possible in a macbook.
