Lenovo 15.6' z580 or samsung 550p5c 15.6'? Any thoughts? I'm leaning toward the mac even though I've had windows pcs in the past. Windows8 looks a bit pump on non touchscreen notebook PCs and is reviewed to have lots of teething problems. I've heard nothing but good things about macs (except the price of course!)
No brainer. Believe me, once you have Mac, you'll never go back. I personally wouldn't go Pro though tbh, unless you're a heavy photo/video editor. MBA refurb through Apple Store for £849. Definitely more pricey, but worth every £ if you have the budget. I'll never touch Windoze again
Thanks very much, my last two pcs have turned out to be duds. Windows 8 does not inspire confidence where as the Mac OS is proven. I don't want another pc dud for a while if I can help it so I reckon the £300 extra will be worth not getting the grief of another windows mistake!
MBA is all flash and SSD, so it's like lightning. Wafer thin and aluminium unibody. No plastic $hit. OSX pi$$es all over Windows. Almost impermeable to virus, 10 second boot up and integrates beautifully with iPad/iPhone. Strongly recommend
You say that but buying a Mac was the worst (most costly) decision I ever made. Horses for courses I guess but I'd never go down that road again. May be right for some but certainly not a no brainer.
There's nothing you can do on a Mac that you can't do on Windows, but it's not really the case the other way round. The main thing I've noticed is for the price of a mid-range Mac, just can get a PC with far more memory and processing power. If performance is important then I don't see Macs as an option. I don't like the OS at all, but granted some people do.
In my case... Eyup... bullet points! Software compatibility/availability (okay so maybe not everyone uses specific software but there is definitely some compromise here - this also affects gamers where the PC is quite strong at the moment) Unfamilar OS meaning simple tasks take much longer, at least initially but some MacOS idiosyncrasies never became second nature to me. There are some odd things in there, maybe due to the fact that it's so locked down. One button mouse - unbelievable OS stability did not live up to the hype These factors may not represent a problem for some users but they are worth consideration. Especially when Windows 7, paired with some carefully chosen hardware, provides a reasonable, flexible experience these days.
Just bought one of those Lenovo Yoga 13 things for Mrs Burgundy Red yesterday First time I've seen Windows 8 up close. I have to say that although I was sceptical I quite like the whole hybrid laptop/tablet thing on first appearances - it's nice to have a laptop type experience but still to be able to do touchscreen stuff like zoom in easily and to be able to use it as a tablet for reading, casual web browsing, etc. It's too early to say whether I'll get something similar for myself but on first impressions I think it's quite likely. Dunno how relevant this is to this debate, particularly as I'm on the record as hating Macs, I just thought I'd share it with you.
Interesting points, the mac-windoze debate still rages! I'm waiting for a Linux geek to pop up..."they're both rubbish, use Linux, power to the people"!
One point a mac will still work well in 3 years time. A windows pc won't purely because they get choked up with third party code supporting different manufacturers hardware. Not used a Windows pc other than at work since 2008 wouldn't go back to one now. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
I'm afraid that's simply not true. I know lots of people who swear by Macs and although I don't get on with them I'm happy to concede it's very much a matter of personal preference but let's stick to facts. I only upgraded my work machine (a PC running Windows) in April '11 because the memory failed and I decided to take the opportunity to buy a new one. I'd bought it in Jan '03 and used it all day every day in my work as a software developer so that's over 8 years of intensive use and it'd still be going strong today but for a hardware failure.
I'm not here to argue, I'm talking from my own experience of windows/mac. I used to have to reinstall windows every year or so because it used to crawl. Never had to do that on either of my mac books. Each to their own I guess. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Whereas my works laptop is a pile $hit, and the amount of security software required just grinds it to a halt. 10 minutes to fire up. MBA, 10 seconds
I'm windows through and through, although I'm not really a windows 8 fan, I tested it on a virtual machine same with the Mac OS couldn't really get used to it, I'm still with windows 7 until windows make an OS that's actually for computers rather than tablets etc.. I play games on my PC so I have SLI'd graphics, I mean the boot up time on a mac will be the same on my windows PC give or take a few seconds as I use solid state, although my custom built PC cost £1500 I have more power than what a mac could offer for that price really, it's all personal preference
