I’m getting a laptop.
right now, I think I’m leaning towards the macbook, but please post any experiences with either.
thank you, Miles
also, Id be getting the Black macbook if I got that one.
I’ve got a Macbook, and I love it. It’s fast, stable, and works. I don’t have to worry about virii or spyware, and I very, very rarely ever have problems with needing a MS product. Unless you’re really attached to the black one, I’d actually get the white one and upgrade the RAM or the harddrive yourself (I forget which it has less of). Doing it yourself is much cheaper than paying for the black one, and is really reall easy to do (I replaced the stock 60G on mine with a 160G, and it took about 5 minutes). More space means you can dual boot with Windows if you still want it (I need it for work). I do find that it gets about double the battery life running under OSX than Windows. I get 4.5 hours under OSX, and about 3 under Windows, and the battery is a year old. I got 5hours from OSX when I got it last summer.
In the end, if you decide you don’t like Mac OSX, you can always install Windows on it and forget about OSX 
Or Linux, linux runs sweeet 
soooo much more u can do w/ microsfot. its way better. not kool easy use stuff, but wya better for games, documents, and more tech stuff. and the mac is for music, accesibility, fun design, graphics. i always side w/ microsoft cause i do online PC gaming and tech stuff, but the decision is urs.
okay.
macbook it is then, unless some new laptop comes out before september.
also, if anyone is in college and wants to lend me their student id number so i can get a discount it would be appreciated:p 
an advantage to the dell i just found out though is that the dell has an LED screen.
Of course you can run XP on a macbook, & play all your microsoft games.
Can you run OSX on a Dell? 
thats what ive been thinking.
my brother (cumputer geek that he is) is trying to get me to get the dell one, saying its faster and and better, but i like the mac programs.
has anyone here tried one of the dell M1330s?
Id like to see how the keyboards and touchpads compare.
I can’t say for the Dell,
but my Macbook has 2ghz Intel core Duo & 2gb RAM,
& runs IL2 Sturmovik awesomely!
I tend to use OSX for everything else though.
Re: touchpads… emergency use only. Get a mouse.
My friend has a Macbook pro and runs Windows Vista, and two versions of Linux because he hates Mac OSX. He’s stupid I think. But he does have a point about mac hardware. HE priced out a dell laptop with the same specs as his $2000 mac, and it came out to be over $4000. So, no matter OS you like, buy a mac.
The 15" Macbook Pros have LED screens too. Not sure about the regular Macbooks though.
Definitely get the MacBook!
Get the MacBook
Here’s a nice site for comparison purposes.
http://www.systemshootouts.org/shootouts/laptop/2007/0605_lt2800.html
where did you find that out? i cant find anything about it on the apple site.
As I’m going to college in my university’s school of engineering, I might be biased, but I would say:
If you’re using your laptop for music/images/videos/etc, get the Macbook; if you’re using your laptop for anything otherwise functional, get the Dell.
Go with the Macbook
what are the specs of both machines? give us detailed specs. Usually macs are very underpowerfull compared to a windows laptop. And people have to stop calling them PC’s cause macs are PC’s too now.
problem with macs is that they look snazzy but u get it nicked. The other problem is that they are usually very underspecced compared to their windows counterparts. look at the graphics cards and you’ll see what i mean at equal price their specs leave something to desire.
also just to add - mac OS X (x86 version) works on a normal windows PC as long as you have SSE3 - so requiring an amd athlon 64 (at least venice core or better) or an intel P4 class processor. Now i’m not too sure on the legality of it - but if u buy the OS surely they cant stop u from shoving it on a windows PC can they?
also consider Linux if you want mac style stability no virus. And whilst macs have no known viruses (or very very few) they can get intrusions. So you still need a firewall - as you do with linux. However its much harder to really intrude. But still a neccesary protection.
With linux u can run more games than Mac OS X can with Cedega - its free (cedega costs a very small amount) - can run many windows apps with Wine (free) or crossoffice (small fee), has loads of free and legal applications and apart from some very specialised proffesional software such as 3dsmax and autocad (i think the latter works with wine actually) it does everything a normal computer user needs with rock stability.
^^^what he said, and how much are you willing to spend? If there’s one thing I can say, then Toshibas are certainly awesome. It’s looking like the prices have gone up right now, and I don’t know about the availability in america, but a few months back I got this laptop [new] for £900 (around$1800) with:
- 2gb RAM
- 169gb HDD
- 512mb dedicated graphics
- Intel core 2 duo, 2.16 Ghz (4.32 overall)
- 15.4 inch screen
- Vista home premium
What I have is much more than adequate for me and I’ve had no problems.
I wouldn’t have had a budget for this beast, however here is one awesome laptop i’d certainly love! http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=406732&tab=specification#spec
One more thing, people say you don’t get attacks and viruses on Macs because of their good security - whereas the truth is that nobody makes them for macs as so little people have them.
Yes, you can battle viruses, spyware, and all the other nasties that are constantly being written for the Windows environment. And Microsoft itself, with its constant updates, which are a good thing, but usually require you to reboot each time.
When I use my Macs, I turn them on and generally start doing whatever I turned them on to do. When I used Windows I turn the machine on, have to wait for updates to my antivirus software, Microsoft updates to the OS, reboot, fix other problems, and then maybe I can remember why I turned it on in the first place.
Many PC games run on the Mac now, but not all. If games are your primary interest the Windows hardware may be better. For everything else I highly recommend the Mac.
Often a misconception. Graphics? Maybe the Mac OS doesn’t need as much horespower for its graphics to work. I’m not an expert, but that seems to be the case. True, you’re paying for what is usually a better-looking and more ergonomic product. Also one that works. What’s the price of a computer that you don’t have to dick around with as much as a Windows machine?
Yes I also read about the LED panel on the 15" MacBook Pros (not sure about the regular MacBook. Apple’s web site? That’s not where you go to learn about product performance and specs. Go to review sites. I read about the new screens in Macworld magazine.
Get the Mac. If you really need to, you can always run Windows with a dual-boot, or in the background with Parallels (which I have). It seems like I have to start it up twice every other time I use it though, due to updates…
Okay, totally not true. What are you comparing here? Macs use the exact same processors as PCs now, as well as the same video cards, same hard drives, etc…so I’m not sure what you mean.
Umm…also not true in my experience. I have a friend who is really hard on equipment…and his Powerbook more than takes his abuse. The Macbook Pro cases are aluminum, while the Dell cases are plastic. My Dell case has already started to crack.
Okay, you might have a point here. Macs may have a lesser video at the same total system price, but I think this is totally justified, as most people don’t need a powerful video card. If you do, you probably need the expensive/powerful comp to go with it.
Yes, you can install OSX on a PC (I have it on my Dell), but it is difficult or impossible to find drivers for the sound card, wireless card, video card, and power management. So, though I can run OSX just fine, it is pretty much useless for anything practical.
However, it is simple (and encouraged by Apple!) to install Vista on a Mac, with full drivers.
Macs (as well a Windows machines) come with a built-in firewall.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at here…a Mac can run an actual copy of Vista or XP natively, without emulation like Wine or Cedega. This means it can run all Windows programs, not just “most”. Furthermore, with the new version of Parallels on Mac, you can run both Mac and XP/Vista at the same time: .