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Post by DiBiase is Good on Jun 2, 2014 17:40:26 GMT -5
I was shopping around for a new laptop the other day and was looking at a MacBook. I know it's not exactly breaking news that Apple products are over-priced and I've always been a little bit of a "Macs are more of a Status symbol" person. However, I'd be lost without my iPod and recently got a free iPad Air and I really like it, so I'm not "anti-Apple".
I bought a Sony Vaio back in 2006 for £600. Although I've had other laptops since, that thing was still going great until recently. It was faster than any laptop I've had since, for example: my more recent laptops have imported a Music CD at around 12 times speed, the Vaio was still importing after eight years at 22 times speed.
Finally my Vaio gave up the ghost a couple of months ago. It took my house being flooded and water getting into it to kill it. So with the insurance money I'm looking to replace it. I saw a Vaio with pretty much the same specs as a MacBook for £500, the MacBook was £1600.
I know there are advantages to Macs such as security and I've always considered them a better product but are they really that much better? I could shop around and get them cheaper but I'd like to know if anyone who has had both a Windows laptop and a MacBook thinks that the extra is really worth it.
And please don't turn this into a "Apple fanboys suck!!! Windows users are morons!!!!" type thread.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 18:07:40 GMT -5
To me, it all boils down to preference.
For the most part anything a Mac can do a PC can do for probably less $$$, but there are people who find OS a much more intuitive system than Window and that's why they prefer to use a Mac.
Personally, I don't see much of a difference. I edit all my videos on a PC & have had zero problems with it. I also don't like how Mac's peripherals don't really play well with others, but that's a relatively small issue.
I've also had to use Mac's for work/school and felt it to be a bit clunky (but that's because I learned/spent more time on PC's if the reverse were true, I'd probably have the opposite opinion), but still very good machines to work on.
Bottom line, computers are tools that all basically do the same job - you just need the tool that fits YOU best. Ignore the branding of both PC & Mac and just find the one that'll do what you want it to do.
Some what related: I find Apple's dominance of the MP3 player market pretty frustrating and annoying. I get why it happened and it was all very smart branding and marketing by Apple, but I just like a little more selection. The only other company I've found is Creative. But I guess it doesn't really matter with smartphones/streaming replacing the whole market soon enough.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jun 2, 2014 18:13:11 GMT -5
Yeah to me it boils down to software. I find Apple's so much easier to use and Apple usually makes them cheaper, if not free when a new version drops. Plus having an iPhone and iPad when the new OSX drops this year, the connectivity between all three will be huge.
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Jun 3, 2014 10:04:59 GMT -5
I'm very much a PC person. I think of it as driving a car with a manual transmission. Sure, the automatic is eaiser, but driving a manual makes you more aware of your car, and that's not a bad thing.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 3, 2014 10:21:11 GMT -5
My brother uses a PC for all of his day to day stuff (read: Internet and video games) but uses his Mac for all of his work stuff because Mac has great video editing software... though I've heard that the gap is closer now... I'm very much a PC person. I think of it as driving a car with a manual transmission. Sure, the automatic is eaiser, but driving a manual makes you more aware of your car, and that's not a bad thing. ... what's Linux in that scenario, building the car from scratch?  |
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Post by Back to being Cenanuff on Jun 3, 2014 10:46:59 GMT -5
My brother uses a PC for all of his day to day stuff (read: Internet and video games) but uses his Mac for all of his work stuff because Mac has great video editing software... though I've heard that the gap is closer now... I'm very much a PC person. I think of it as driving a car with a manual transmission. Sure, the automatic is eaiser, but driving a manual makes you more aware of your car, and that's not a bad thing. ... what's Linux in that scenario, building the car from scratch? Soap box racer |
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Post by Munkie91087 on Jun 3, 2014 11:12:10 GMT -5
For the average computer user, Mac and PC are functionally identical. Really depends on what you need from a computer. For audio editing, Macs tend to win out. Same with video editing. For gaming, it's PC or nothing. However, if you're simply checking email. browsing social media, etc, I say go with the cheaper option. I have a Mac and for years was a huge Apple Fanboy, but recently, I've softened because I realized how narrow my view was.
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