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Looking for a new laptop - main use is photos and internet -
Would I be better off with a mac? or should I stick with what I know??

Are there any significent dissadvantages in getting a Mac over my current laptop (dell 3gig P4 inspiron)?

Are they sooo much better than laptops for imaging? if so how much???

TIA
Andy
 
I prefer Macs (got 3 now!).

If you're prepared to buy the software you need (Photoshop or alternative), Office (student version?). Then you'll be okay.

You don't need (at the mo) AV or Firewall software.

You really need 1 or 2Gb (buy memory from Crucial not Apple).

I got the 13" cos it's small and more portable, the battery lasts a few hours.

The screen I prefer cos I think it's better quality.

They run ok speed wise.

Downside is that games don't seem as good on the Mac (even on my iMac - Americas Army).

HTH,
Carl.
 
Mac :)

I have both, but rarely use my windows based machine, my mac does everything that the windows machine does :)
 
buy kingston not crucial memory... kingston do mac specific memory and don't alter the price on identical memory for different computers (like crucial do!)
 
shiato storm said:
buy kingston not crucial memory... kingston do mac specific memory and don't alter the price on identical memory for different computers (like crucial do!)
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Thanks for that tip! I'm buying some ram for my macbook pro in the next week or so!
 
try it, I thought crucial were the ones to go for too but then learnt they bump up the price depending on what make you're running!!
 
i used to have pc for years, then i used a pc and a mac, now i hardly ever use my PC and when i do it p***es me off so much that i want to throw it out of the window.

saying that, i have a number of windows laptops and pcs for sale if you are interested :)
 
I much prefer the user interface of Macs over PC's. I have just borrowed a friends Mac Book to tke to Scotland with me for a week and he has XP and OSX installed as its an Intel machine. Seems to do quite a nice job as a dual boot machine from my experiences with it so far.
 
Just changed from PC to mac. Much more user friendly, but bit of a learning curve. Macs are, bit for bit, more expensive, but when the new O/S comes out in the autumn i don't think there will be any competition.

George
 
I have 2 macs and just recently sold my PC.

Got a PowerMac Dual G5 and a 17" Macbook Pro, the MBP has been invaluable for me when out and about.

I love using Aperture also!

Macbooks are excellent and i urge everyone on a windows based laptop to get one.

Josh
 
15.4" Macbook Pro here - and I love it!

Next time I change my desktop computer - it'll be a Mac.
 
Thanks for all the views,
In the end I have upgraded the memory on my dell, put Vista on and blew the upgrade cash on a 42" HD TV :)

just looking at ways to hook up my PC from upstairs to the TV.. :)
 
I'm personally thinking of trading in the PC notebook and move to a macbook. The build quality of the macbook is just so much better, the specs are better, integration seems to be great, only problem is the price.
 
donerboy said:
I'm personally thinking of trading in the PC notebook and move to a macbook. The build quality of the macbook is just so much better, the specs are better, integration seems to be great, only problem is the price.
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find a student or teacher to buy it for for you on their school/uni network and you'll get 15% off :D
 
or theres apple refurb that are essentially the same price as the education ones...I know, I've checked through work ;)
 
another mac user.

"12 iBook G4 - and i still love it, even if it is gettting close to total destruction :p
 
go to shops and try them both, people rave about apples UI, but i didnt like it at all, maybe because im used to windows i dunno, but its the bit you use all the time and as such YOU should make sure YOU like using it before spending YOUR money
 
I can't get on with Macs - had G3's at a previous posting and hated them so much I used my own laptop on Ops (something that's a Big No-No in the military).
That said I can't get on with Canons either. It'll come down to whatever you're comfortable using rather than one machine actually being better than the other.
 
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