Hi, i want to get a new laptop, but want to get one under £900 ($1700) Can any of you guys tell me the advantages of mac to windows? because i am on 2 official computer sites, and the hardware on the windows labtop looks much better than the mac, and the windows is half the price!! Windows: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/p...px/laptop_studio_15?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs Mac: http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook?mco=MTIyMTM
Mac laptops have always been over priced in my opinion, and also providing a lack of features that others may have, and may not be as easily upgradable. They are nice looking however, and the one thing I do like about them is IEEE 1394 (Firewire). I personally wouldn't bother with the Mac, also with their recent ad campaigns, I'm turned off them even more
Windows vs Mac has been discussed to DEATH on DP, do a DP search, or have a look at the Similar Threads box at the bottom of the page. If you use a Mac, people will think you're gay I guess that could work to your advantage or disadvantage, depending on how you play it. Run Linux instead You can get a Dell with preinstalled Ubuntu: http://www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu - for £900 you can buy two!
haha thankyou! although i would feal uncomfortable with linux, as i worrie alot of programs will not run on it! thx tho ill search it up
Yep linux is defo the best for technical person , you can use it both as a desktop and server at the same time lol.
Download the latest Ubuntu and try it out on your current machine. You can run it from the CD without it touching any of your existing files/applications. For anything that won't run on Linux, you can always try using WINE, and with a bit of fiddling around, you can apparently get Photoshop and Dreamweaver to run on Ubuntu too: http://luiscosio.com/how-to-dreamweaver-running-on-ubuntu-in-10-easy-steps http://luiscosio.com/how-to-adobe-photoshop-cs2-on-ubuntu-10-steps
Linux isn't any good if you want to run any high end program such as anything from Adobe. Of course, Linux users will tell you there are alternatives such as "GIMP" for Photoshop. But that kind of shows their ignorance as GIMP is just a bit more powerful than MS paint No offense, but it's true
Yeah I agree, GIMP is a joke. But if I didn't rely on Photoshop & InDesign so much, I could easily get away with using the Linux alternatives for coding. Until then, it's a dual boot (Ubuntu/XP) world for me I do want to look into running Photoshop and Dreamweaver on Ubuntu though (see my prev post), if that actually works, then I might run Ubuntu (with no XP) on my lappy.
ok thanks guys. i think i might get a windows, and as i have read some other threads on here, ill try and get a xp on it instead of vista! thx
And the problem is that most HIGH end laptops now like what HP and DELL have and some others don't have any XP Drivers packed with it like we used to have it in CD before. Even at their support sites they don't have any downloadable drivers for XP anymore for their new models of laptops. But I recently bought an HP laptop and still manage to install XP on it and also find all drivers for it but it really takes awhile to do it.
The dell studio series is brilliant! I'd rather have one of those compared to an extremely over priced Mac anyday! However, if mac improved on their pricing, I might choose the mac.
macs are good computers. if you do decide to get one, check out the deals at macmall.com their prices are a bit better then buy straight from apple themselves