Like several of the other threads I've seen, I'll be off to college in the fall and I'm seriously debating between getting a 2.0GHz MacBook with some added RAM and hard drive capacity versus a slightly souped up M1210. I'm not too worried about the budget side, because I've already priced them based on what I want and they're pretty close to being the same. My big question is: which is a better laptop to have? Every single MacBook review that I've read has been practically glowing--the reviewers seem to like it, especially since you can have Windows on the computer as well, something I would definitely be doing. But, I've used PCs (heck, mostly Dells) for my entire computer lifetime and well, I'm somewhat hesitant about making the big leap. I'd really appreciate some advice from those who are more savvy on this topic: which one would be better?
Thanks in advance.
By the way, I don't know what I'll be studying yet, but it wouldn't be engineering or the sciences, more on the english/history/business side of things, if that's a factor.
Dell's are #1 with me lol, love em.
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I work with some of Dell's top of the line work stations here... Their optiplex series and their Precision series, along with many laptops. I'd say at least 5 of the 10 new workstations I got to setup had some sort of problem. A couple had bad drives, and some others had drives that weren't connected. Plus they seem very cheap. Don't push too hard on the back pannel...it's very loose on all of our Optiplex systems... And don't get me started with our USB problems!
Macs...eh, their quality was very high. I will say my Mac Mini's quality is much higher than any machine I've used recently. Now, I don't know how the intel based ones are(performace, quality, or reliablilty) but I'm starting to wonder if apple is the way to go. I'll have to check out their "boot camp" some more...
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id get an apple i just would there different
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macbook, any day of the week. if your not familiar with mac's get one, and get familiar. i promise you will love it
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macbook, I am loving mine, just don't get the black they charge an extra $150 for the same specs.
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Get the macbook. There's no reason not to. Use mac OS for safety online, and Windows with bootcamp for everything else. Dell is ok, and to be honest, not any better at running Windows at all.
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hmmm i would get the xps. compatibility would be a big factor
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Thanks for the advice...I haven't made my final decision, but I'm thinking the MacBook. I'll check in for the next few days though, if anyone has any additional suggestions. Once again, thanks.
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Originally Posted by spamdos
hmmm i would get the xps. compatibility would be a big factor
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what compatibility issues, all of microsofts office programs and stuff are compatible, and if you have a windows only program that is why they came out with boot camp, just remember you need your own copy of windows.
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