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Post by Phil on Sept 7, 2013 16:58:25 GMT
Can of worms this, chances of you getting an objective unopinionated answer is low. Having said that, Mac.
I currently use a late 2009 MacBook Pro everyday and its still going strong, I upgraded the ram a year ago, but other than its not shown its age at all. I still get over 4 hours of use off the battery and really the only barrier is the size of the hard drive so I've had to shuffle some bits off to an external but the newer models have larger drives than when I bought mine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 12:52:29 GMT
If it were me, PC every time - macs are more expensive and not as compatible with software.
If you're not a gamer then either are likely to fulfil your needs - are there any key pieces of software you use that either don't run on mac or have a reasonable alternive?
If you haven't used a mac before go into a store and have a play around with one, you may find you love the feel of the mac, or you may find it difficult to use.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 14:59:22 GMT
Pretty sure all the clued up guys will say mac but pc for me, purely because it's all i've ever known though, i don't like change!
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Post by baz on Sept 8, 2013 16:07:36 GMT
I am pc gamer, have been for years, built my own gaming pc, its a bit outta date now but cost me near a grand at time of build , ive also had 3 laptops, i do mean high spec laptops!! each and everyone broke for some reason or other, promised id never get another notebook/netbook/lappy ever again, never used a Mac and could nt say if the mac book are reliable ie: dont break down after a year or so, so id say go desktop pc.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 16:53:11 GMT
I am pc gamer, have been for years, built my own gaming pc, its a bit outta date now but cost me near a grand at time of build , ive also had 3 laptops, i do mean high spec laptops!! each and everyone broke for some reason or other, promised id never get another notebook/netbook/lappy ever again, never used a Mac and could nt say if the mac book are reliable ie: dont break down after a year or so, so id say go desktop pc. own built gaming pc high five   |
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Post by Phil on Sept 9, 2013 9:36:58 GMT
If it were me, PC every time - macs are more expensive and not as compatible with software. I'll give you Mac's are more expensive, but only because they are premium machines and Apple don't make a budget (ie. £3/400) machine, but the compatibility I won't. Unless you're using Publisher, that's the only file I've experienced that can't be opened on a Mac. A better approach, would be what are you hoping to do with the machine? What software do you use regularly, would you like to use etc? There is some very reasonably priced and very high quality software on the App Store which is not something to be sniffed at. Another question would be, are you tech savvy? To keep my Mac running soothly I have to do very little maintenance, PC's on the other hand require more care. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 10:44:53 GMT
Was about to post saying how I meant about software itself not being compatible rather than the filetype, then googled microsoft office and they now do it for mac as well - not bad. You may be able to open and edit a certain file on a mac, but if you prefer a program to do it that only operates on windows then you are going to have to settle with something else on a mac.
I think the price premium on a mac is exaggerated even more so with people who are happy to build their own pc as by swapping certain components you can have a computer that manages all the latest games, programs, etc very well for a good 3-5 years and even then is still a strong computer with little upgrade cost.
But as you said it is ultimately down to what you wish to do with the machine and a mac may be exactly what you are looking for.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2013 20:57:53 GMT
You could always look at Hackintosh if you're technical minded (buying laptops/PC setups with the same specs as Macs & running OSX on them).
I own two PC laptops - one 2007 Acer & my latest that I bought a few months ago, which is a 11.6" i7 quad core (Ivy Bridge as this was before Haswell had been released) bespoke made UltraBook from PC Specialist.
I do also have a 2007 Macbook Pro which has been wrought with hardware problems as the graphics card/motherboard was known to burn out on that particular model - I had to have it replaced twice (during Apple's free repair period), but it went again at the start of the year and Apple no longer offer the free repair (hence the new PC).
The new laptop cost around £600 and was fully customisable on PC Specialist's website.
I choose 8GB RAM to keep the cost down as it's the easiest thing to upgrade, a 1TB 7200RPM hard drive (again easily upgradeable to a SSD once I get a chance), latest wireless adapter for Bluetooth/WIFI, 2 USB 3.0 ports & 1 USB 2.0.
The only thing you couldn't customise was the graphics card which is the Nvidia Geforce GT 650M with 2GB dedicated memory and is an upper mid range laptop graphics card (and it is a better graphics card than was on the Macbook Pros at the time I bought it).
For the price you can't really beat the spec and PC Specialist's customer service has been top notch (I was fully informed throughout my order of what was happening & what stage the build was at).
I was looking at a similar spec Macbook Pro and it was going to cost around £2k which I just couldn't justify spending at the time. I much prefer OS to Windows, especially for music production but to me at the moment £1400 is a lot of money for a better operating system!
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Post by cosybike on Sept 19, 2013 14:10:16 GMT
Refurbed mac? - I'm on my second since 2001. The refurbs are tested before they leave the factory and a bit cheaper. Fill it with RAM and use for about 7 years with no maintenance apart from OS upgrades. One cost £1500 and the other was £600 A few Os upgrades cost me £150ish over the years.
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Post by cosybike on Sept 19, 2013 14:12:55 GMT
Refurbed mac? - I'm on my second since 2001. The refurbs are tested before they leave the factory and a bit cheaper. Fill it with RAM and use for about 7 years with no maintenance apart from OS upgrades. One cost £1500 and the other was £600 A few Os upgrades cost me £150ish over the years.
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Post by Spoakes on Sept 19, 2013 18:42:59 GMT
I worked in computer networking for 6 years and have built servers and pcs for quite a few companies and have just about had enough of bloody pc problems so I ditched them and decided to go mac and I have to say it is allllllll good on the dark side! But that now makes me bias as I have many iPods an iPod touch and iMac and an iPad. Also have a few android phones and a nexus 10 which is pretty damned good
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ONCE YOU GO MAC YOU DON'T GO BACK!
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Post by zoltansocrates on Sept 19, 2013 19:07:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2013 14:27:49 GMT
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Post by zoltansocrates on Sept 20, 2013 15:51:35 GMT
listen mate while you were wombside i was battering through jet set willy and transformers on the speccy, infact i missed the hand of god goal live as i was concentrating on optimus prme fighting in game on the black and white telly - google that, its a telly without colour, we went through some hard times back in the 80s stevie, when i was six i used to get up work work 2 hrs before arriving home from the night before, to go and shovel coal out of a mine and into a pond all for a couple of spangles and a texan - now you WILL have to google that otherwise youll think im a perv |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2013 20:49:37 GMT
Haha, spangles came back out briefly i remember cause my old boy was super excited but they were mince. First computer i remember having was an amiga that took floppy disks, amazing piece of kit.
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