thinking about getting a laptop...

[Ezekiel2517]

im thinking about buying a laptop, and im starting to consider a mac. i thought it might be a good idea since it would let me be more familiar with the mac os, and also might be more compatible with my phone.

of course id still need it to run windows and i know it can do that, but im still not exactly sure if it will be the same as a regular pc...

does anybody have any suggestions or recommend anything? thx.

[KNK]

Originally Posted by Ezekiel2517

im thinking about buying a laptop, and im starting to consider a mac. i thought it might be a good idea since it would let me be more familiar with the mac os, and also might be more compatible with my phone.

of course id still need it to run windows and i know it can do that, but im still not exactly sure if it will be the same as a regular pc...

does anybody have any suggestions or recommend anything? thx.

Of course you know about the Mac Air.. But apple is releasing the updated MacBooks real soon which will have the same new touch pad as the MacAir, so look at those, I know I am.

[Lincoln]

Go with the Mac. The way it works with the iPhone is seamless. If you do need to run Windows on it (I can't even comprehend the thought) Boot Camp has you covered. It'll be a full version of Windows, running on your Mac.

- John

[gcvt]

Yup, Windows will run on the Mac just like it does on a PC.

Go Mac, and you'll never go back!

[Ezekiel2517]

Originally Posted by gcvt

Yup, Windows will run on the Mac just like it does on a PC.

Go Mac, and you'll never go back!

so, i wouldnt run into any problems at all installing anything that i could on a pc or is there ANYTHING at all that would be different?

[Lincoln]

Nothing. Mac is the way to go.

- John

[Sleeper]

Originally Posted by Ezekiel2517

so, i wouldnt run into any problems at all installing anything that i could on a pc or is there ANYTHING at all that would be different?

Too much bad advice here, so...

1) Decide what you want the laptop for.
2) Decide how much you want to spend.
3) If you use primarily Windows based apps then by a Windows based laptop. There's no point using an emulator if you don't have to.

[Lincoln]

Originally Posted by Sleeper

Too much bad advice here, so...

1) Decide what you want the laptop for.
2) Decide how much you want to spend.
3) If you use primarily Windows based apps then by a Windows based laptop. There's no point using an emulator if you don't have to.

Emulator? Have you used Boot Camp? Get across the point that it does run Windows, without limitations.

- John

[Sleeper]

Yeah, it's nearly as good - as you would expect considering Macs have pretty standard Intel architecture these days - but not quite considering the Mac isn't specifically designed to use Vista. I think Mossberg mentions this in his review.

However, if you want to use Vista or XP on a Mac then you're going to have to buy a copy whereas you would get it free with an MSOS based machine so, once again, it comes down to what he wants it for.

Not to hard to understand, is it?

[geordisjd]

PC's are ugly.