Mac book laptop-should i buy one

digerati

bigfoot125 wrote: »

really considering selling my sony vaio and going for A mac laptop,any one point me in the right direction,is it a wise move

Wait a few months until the 64-bit Core 2 Duo MacBooks with 10.5 Leopard are released as these are the ones to buy for future compatibility with Mac OSX 10.6 and beyond. You can always run Windows XP or Vista in parallel if you want to play games or software from your Vaio.

"DOS computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Gateway, and others are by far the most popular, with about 70 million machines in use worldwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note that cockroaches are far more numerous that humans, and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form." - New York Times, Nov. 26, 1991

motorguy

brazilianwax wrote: »

Microsoft is AWFUL

The Mac OS is far superior.

Not everyone is evolved enough to recognise it though

Yeah thats why pretty much every business runs windows.

I'm sitting in a building at the moment with about 1000 (dell) pcs around me. We have minimal O/S specific failures - in fact i cant remember the last time we had one.

motorguy

Nickygoat wrote: »

:rotfl:

Please tell me, whether your preference is for Mac or PC, that that's a joke.

I've used imacs and i just dont see the point. Its a marginally better interface but not worth the price premium or the incompatibilty with the rest of the computing world...

brazilianwax

pgilc1 wrote: »

Yeah thats why pretty much every business runs windows.

I'm sitting in a building at the moment with about 1000 (dell) pcs around me. We have minimal O/S specific failures - in fact i cant remember the last time we had one.

er, no. business uses them mainly because they are cheap. also depends on the business. not many recording studios use PCs. not many graphic designers use PCs. even IT consultants are now swapping to mac.

brazilianwax

pgilc1 wrote: »

I've used imacs and i just dont see the point. Its a marginally better interface but not worth the price premium or the incompatibilty with the rest of the computing world...

what incompatibility??

thebroker1980

The age old question, “windows or Mac” 7 years ago I would have told you without hesitating to go for Windows. But now with all the investment that apple have made in there systems I am as confused as you, if you want the Notebook for sage (accounting) spread sheets and just normal web browsing go for the Sony again.

But if you want a notebook for editing, photography, music and more creative use then Mac is the way forward. Apples share price is hitting all time highs so their focus is on R & D which is always the way to go with new technology (not saying that Microsoft don’t spend on R & D) and as Mac uses a plug and play system there’s no messing around installing drivers etc and no viruses,

I personally use a Mac at home and MS in the office, do decide what you need the Notebook for and what you envisage you will want to use it for in your spare time weigh up the pro’s and cons and then make a decision…..

In conclusion

Mac – Good for all round use, has some compatibility issues, but great for design and creative work
Windows – Good for office work, and is user friendly, but gets viruses, (Cheaper)

Steve
Don’t forget JK Rowling 7th instalment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out on the 21st July…… :j

motorguy

brazilianwax wrote: »

er, no. business uses them mainly because they are cheap. also depends on the business. not many recording studios use PCs. not many graphic designers use PCs. even IT consultants are now swapping to mac.

er businesses use them because like the rest of the sane people in the world, they dont see the point in spending £££'s extra for a touchy feely pc / laptop.

Yes, they have a place for high end graphics use, but for those of us not running a newspaper then a PC will do just fine.

Oh, and speaking as an I.T. Consultant, neither I nor my colleagues are feeling any urges to buy macs.

You pays your money, you makes your choice.

If Macs are your thing then go for it, but to me they're right up there with the Toyota Prius as things i'll never spend my hard earned on.

motorguy

thebroker1980 wrote: »

The age old question, “windows or Mac” 7 years ago I would have told you without hesitating to go for Windows. But now with all the investment that apple have made in there systems I am as confused as you, if you want the Notebook for sage (accounting) spread sheets and just normal web browsing go for the Sony again.

But if you want a notebook for editing, photography, music and more creative use then Mac is the way forward. Apples share price is hitting all time highs so their focus is on R & D which is always the way to go with new technology (not saying that Microsoft don’t spend on R & D) and as Mac uses a plug and play system there’s no messing around installing drivers etc and no viruses,

I personally use a Mac at home and MS in the office, do decide what you need the Notebook for and what you envisage you will want to use it for in your spare time weigh up the pro’s and cons and then make a decision…..

In conclusion

Mac – Good for all round use, has some compatibility issues, but great for design and creative work
Windows – Good for office work, and is user friendly, but gets viruses, (Cheaper)

Steve
Don’t forget JK Rowling 7th instalment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is out on the 21st July…… :j

A well thought out and full response! Exactly the summary of the situation, but its fun winding the Mac people up.

brazilianwax

pgilc1 wrote: »

Oh, and speaking as an I.T. Consultant, neither I nor my colleagues are feeling any urges to buy macs.

You pays your money, you makes your choice.

If Macs are your thing then go for it, but to me they're right up there with the Toyota Prius as things i'll never spend my hard earned on.

My OH is an IT consultant too - most of his staff now use Macs as the OS is much more stable and their business support is better as a result.

I couldn't agree more on the Toyota Prius! What a waste of petrol! :beer:

Cerro

brazilianwax wrote: »

My OH is an IT consultant too - most of his staff now use Macs as the OS is much more stable and their business support is better as a result.

Maybe in a small business, but you won't ever find a major company using macs - there isn't the infrastructure or support for it. I have never come across any serious company with an IT support based on Macs, there isn't any widespread expert, in-depth knowledge for it either. Companies tend to use two OS systems - Windows (Desktops and Applications Servers) and Unix/Linux (Servers only). CAD designers i've seen use Windows and if they have things that are more CPU intensive and require workstations they tend to get Linux.

I don't really like this "You can run a virtual session of windows on a mac" - well and good but with a massive performance hit. Virtual PCs/Servers do not run with anything like the same performance as their physical counterparts. Its like saying Intel HT processors are equal to the same amount of physical Intel cores. I could argue you can run OSX through Windows (or any other OS I choose) - but again, you would take a performance hit, even though PC hardware outperforms Macs, it wouldn't really be worth the time and effort.

No doubt OSX is better than Windows for an OS but then the hardware is; slower, more expensive and less flexible than PC hardware. Too bad OSX doesn't run natively on PCs, but Apple doesn't want it to happen :rolleyes: Though it is possible to do.

Back to the OP: If the vast majority of the programs you use (or similar programs) exist in OSX then you can probably make the switch. Just don't rely on virtualisation to do it for you, otherwise why bother? You'd need a good reason to switch, like you need an upgrade - wouldn't do it for the sake of it. You have to put up with reduced compatiblity, a new, unfamiliar OS and (worse of all imo) a one button mouse and all at an added cost! Yes, i know before you mac users start shouting it - you get two button mice for macs, they just aren't standard and are more expensive.