Apple MacBook Pro

maggiesoop

Hi there,

Over the last few days i have been thinking about purchasing a new laptop, preferably something with Apple as i already have an iPhone and it has really been useful and different from all the other phones i have had.
I have been looking around and it seems that for a bog standard laptop they are priced at £1000 pounds which seems quite a lot for a computer, and was just wondering what people's thoughts were on whether or not an Apple laptop is worth the money?
I have spoken to people who own Apple laptops/ipads and they claim it to be well worth the money as they work for longer and have better resolution/storage etc, but i want to ask around some more before i commit to spending that amount of money.

Thanks

hieveryone

Hi

I recently bought a Mac Book Air and I absolutely ADORE it.

Having seemingly terrible luck with laptops in general, 'killing' each one before it's 2nd birthday, I decided to take the plunge and buy Apple (as, like you say, I have iPhones/iPads etc).

It has been worth every penny. It doesn't freeze, it doesn't take forever to start up, it doesn't crash.

It's light, fresh looking, thin, compact and full of gorgeousness!! :rotfl:

When you say bog standard, they don't really have 'bog standard', all the products are made to a really high spec.

Do you work for any education settings? Or know anyone who does? They will get discount and from what I remember it was quite a hefty discount I got - I think I got around £120 off.

Do you have an Apple shop nearby? If so, go in and have a play around with one.

I couldn't imagine going back to a 'normal' laptop now.


On a less positive note - it took me about 3 weeks to realise that my MacBook Air doesn't come with a CD-ROM drive - duh. Have to purchase this separately from Apple at around £70 I think.

macman

You don't say what you need to do on your laptop?
Subject to that, you don't need a MacBook. You just want one. And if you do, it's worth the extra.
Mac hardware components are barely different from any Windows laptop these days, though the chassis and casing are certainly top build quality. They do not have better 'resolution and storage'. Storage is whatever capacity the hard drive is, regardless of the OS. Apple are traditionally very mean with hard drive capacities. One other advantage is lower depreciation-Macs are highly resaleable. One disadvantage is that much of your Windows software won't run on a Mac-you may have to buy Mac versions (eg MS Offfice)
Essentially, you are paying for the much better OS and the brand name.

debitcardmayhem

As macman says you want one, mind you I have a HTC One (arguably the best phone available "today") but their PC's are just that the phone , however look at this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4744542 and some of the "They just work" and "Better quality" etc arguments are just that, arguments. I have no problems with Apple's designs and their quality per se , indeed we have two iPads , but at the end of the day all items can suffer from bad parts or whatever. I certainly wouldn't buy a MacBook pro at anything like the prices Apple charge, and I hate Windows so I use Linux for everyday use, and use Windows to support my lovely wife who has to have it for work.

Gratis

The wise reason for buying a Mac is to use OS X. The others, although attractive, are immaterial – as is the cost.

Ant555

The title of your post says 'MacBookPro' so I am unsure if you just generally mean an Apple lap top or the MacBookPro.

One thing I would say is that if you are likely to be carrying the lap top around then you might want to pay attention to the weight (with the charger). I have a MacBook Pro which is great however I think its really heavy.

The MacBook air has a smaller screen but I think if I were to be buying one today then this would be the one as its almost half the weight!

wba31

you dont need to buy Apple's superdrive, any external drive will work fine, Maplins sell them for about £30.
Would recommend you invest in AppleCare, which can be purchased at any point in the first 12 months. Means if you have any issue you are covered on the genius bar for 3 years, rather than the standard 1. alternatively buy via John Lewis who give you 2 years

BlueFox

I have a 13" Macbook Pro & it's no heavier than other similar size laptops.

I have used many Windows computers and every single one has had problems in one way or another. I have yet to have a problem with my Macbook. I also have an iMac which I have had for over 4 years with no problems so far...

Storage-wise, as wba31 points out just use a Mac compatible external hard drive & you can have as much storage as you want, I have a 1TB external drive in addition to the 750gb internal storage so quite a bit

Yes Macbooks are expensive but in my opinion they are worth the cost IF you can afford it.

Ant555

BlueFox wrote: »

I have a 13" Macbook Pro & it's no heavier than other similar size laptops.

Mine is a 15" MacBookPro weighing in at 2.5Kg+ which is 1.2Kg heavier than a 13" MacBook air and this might be a big consideration to some people if lugging around.

I just wanted to be helpful and point this out to the OP as I didn't really pay much attention to how heavy 2.5Kg plus a power adapter seems when its in the backpack when I was purchasing (my mistake completely) and I kind of wish I had.

The 13" MacBook Pro is, as you say, around average weight (2Kg) for the size.

Cheers.

Gratis

The greatest issue I have with MacBooks Air (and even with "Retina Display" MacBooks Pro) is the horrible reflectiveness of their glossy screens. I far prefer matte (“Antiglare”) displays. Which, fortunately, remain an option for the 15” Pro.

Olduserpasswordforgot

macman wrote: »

One disadvantage is that much of your Windows software won't run on a Mac-you may have to buy Mac versions (eg MS Offfice)
Essentially, you are paying for the much better OS and the brand name.

You can run windows software on a mac.
1. either through Boot Camp, from start up
2. get VMfusion and install
3. or via parallels software. this is my favorite as you can run windows OS and OS X side by side.

the Mac choice will be strictly down to you and your needs and weather you like a well designed, durable, fantastic OS and reliability, no need for anti-virus software laptop.

as yo can i love my Macbook pro :j:rotfl::beer: