What is the PC laptop equivalent to a Mac in terms of style/performance?

[Original Playa Records]

I know about the HP Envy that is about to drop that Dre is kind of endorsing but what would be the best route to take if I want something that is stylish aswell as performs just as good as a Mac.

 

[stick]

NT is not the place to ask this question. Apple fanboys galore.

 

[boys noize]

Originally Posted by Nickthestick91

NT is not the place to ask this question. Apple fanboys galore.

Why don't you answer the OP then?

I don't know about PC performance but I've always liked how Sony VAIO's looked. Still wouldn't buy it though since they run Windows.

 

[mr monday niight]

can you even find NEW laptops with old core 2 duos?

 

[proper english]

i'm liking how the new Sony and Toshiba notebooks are incorporating/ripping off MBs design.. so i'd choose between those 2..
edit: just googled "HP Envy".. you can add that to the list of MB ripoffs, lol.

 

[j burner]

Originally Posted by H TOWN HUSTLER

I want something that is stylish as well as performs just as good as a Mac.

Doesn't work that way. Unless you can run Mac OS on your PC, its not happening. The whole performance issue stems from the Mac OS vs.Windows.

 

[offbad]

can you even find NEW laptops with old core 2 duos?

i'm sure you can still find Merom C2Ds floating around

 

[neukicks]

performs just as good as a mac, atleast thats what my rep told me

 

[knightngale]

performance is not a problem

but a white windows laptop is rare and tacky

 

[Original Playa Records]

I was hoping I could find something with the newer quad processors without the tagging of it being a desktop replacement aka too big to be a mobile laptop.

My last resort is getting a MacBook Pro and installing Windows on it as well. But I would like to try to find another route.

 

[nationaltruckerdave]

None.. Mac >*

 

[neukicks]

Originally Posted by H TOWN HUSTLER

I was hoping I could find something with the newer quad processors without the tagging of it being a desktop replacement aka too big to be a mobile laptop.

My last resort is getting a MacBook Pro and installing Windows on it as well. But I would like to try to find another route.

thats not a bad idea, really easy to do also. www.vmware.com , is easy to use.

 

[Original Playa Records]

I could also use bootcamp and parallels. Reason I need both is because I want to start moving to Mac for my music and lesiure, but I still need to be able togo in to PC mode to handle things in PC.

Thanks for the feedback. I might go with the MAC and just be more paitent and knock off a Mac Book Pro. Better resale value as well when dealing with a Maclaptop.

 

[hollakid619]

Thats what she said

 

[ninjallamafromhell]

Dell has some good laptops. Mac's are too overpriced for what little they can do.

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

I still think the Sony Vaio Z line is the best among the 13" screen segment and would pick it over the MB Pro any day.

 

[crumbs]

^wth vaios are the worst, ive gone through two

 

[limitedretroog]

Sony Vaio.

 

[illmaticsoulchild]

Last Vaio I had was from the SZ series. Ran extremely well for a couple years and the resale value was pretty good because it was a Sony. Currently, I have aLenovo Thinkpad SL300 which is probably the best laptop I've bought (for about $700), but it's obviously not as stylish as a Vaio or Mac.

As a desktop, I have owned a Mac Pro, and even with its' impressive performance, it's still a very overpriced system (obviously).

 

[wrod7]

I go to college for Computer Engineering. Alienware Laptops can crush a Mac any day, its more expensive but worth it.

 

[eff ecks]

Originally Posted by LimitedRetroOG

Sony Vaio.

 

[hollakid619]

You can get cheap hardware anywhere. I think at the end of the day what it comes down to is

VS

 

[spsfinest212]

PC's and Mac's use the same parts for the most part. I would suggest getting a Dell Studio XPS 16 (the new ones have Core i7 processors and are around$1300) or a Studio 17 or 15 they both have Core i7 processors. All three look decent enough.


I'm still waiting for the day when you can build your own laptop....

 

[soltheman]

Originally Posted by H TOWN HUSTLER

I could also use bootcamp and parallels. Reason I need both is because I want to start moving to Mac for my music and lesiure, but I still need to be able to go in to PC mode to handle things in PC.

Thanks for the feedback. I might go with the MAC and just be more paitent and knock off a Mac Book Pro. Better resale value as well when dealing with a Mac laptop.

I have a macbook pro and I put W-7 on it via bootcamp.

While using the mousepad can be difficult on windows, it's still legit.

If you have the money for it, I'd say go for it. I love it.

 

[gottabdashoes]

I have both wondows and mac based systems. NOTHING compares to a Mac. Windows based computers are faulty. You can have a 4ghz, 1000 fsb, 6 gb ram, quadprocessor, yada, yada, yada and it will not perform or be as stable as a mac os in the end. Your best bet is to spend the extra couple hundrd or so and installwndows 7 using the boot camp utility the mac comes with. There's your best answer.