I want a new laptop Cant Choose What to get ? Macbook Pro... Or a PC laptop

Macbook Pro Or Laptop PC

  • Macbook Pro

    Votes: 39 45.3%

  • laptop PC

    Votes: 47 54.7%
  • Total voters
    86
Since this thread got bumped, I might as well post.

Lucidity said:
I keep wondering why nobody tries to enter the market with a new take on personal computers. For over 2 decades it's been Apple and then everyone else, competing on razor thin margins for Microsoft machines. I have to think someone else could provide a third option and win a viable slice of the market.
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There is, it's called Linux Mint - the 4th most used OS in the world. It pretty much comes with everything commonly used and setup on the OS and is really slick.

Just buy a laptop or desktop with the specs you want. Then, make a copy of the OS that'd be your replacement disk if you don't have Windows or Mac on a disk with key already. Install Linux Mint as your main OS and enjoy. If you desperately need a particular program, then boot it up with VirtualBox and that OS disk you burned.

I've been playing around with Linux Mint on a partition of my laptop's HD for a few months and finally got around to wiping the entire drive. Honestly, my CPU and HD temps are lower and I don't get that stupid slowdown after having my laptop running for days on end because Linux just manages its resources better.

Oh, and if you must have the Mac look and feel, download the Macbuntu theme, it's on 2.3 right now with 2.4 coming soon that should work with Ubuntu 11.04/ Linux Mint 11. Though, you can get all the same functionality by just using the panels widgets already on the Gnome Desktop.
 


Rexibit said:
Since this thread got bumped, I might as well post.



There is, it's called Linux Mint - the 4th most used OS in the world. It pretty much comes with everything commonly used and setup on the OS and is really slick.

Just buy a laptop or desktop with the specs you want. Then, make a copy of the OS that'd be your replacement disk if you don't have Windows or Mac on a disk with key already. Install Linux Mint as your main OS and enjoy. If you desperately need a particular program, then boot it up with VirtualBox and that OS disk you burned.

I've been playing around with Linux Mint on a partition of my laptop's HD for a few months and finally got around to wiping the entire drive. Honestly, my CPU and HD temps are lower and I don't get that stupid slowdown after having my laptop running for days on end because Linux just manages its resources better.

Oh, and if you must have the Mac look and feel, download the Macbuntu theme, it's on 2.3 right now with 2.4 coming soon that should work with Ubuntu 11.04/ Linux Mint 11. Though, you can get all the same functionality by just using the panels widgets already on the Gnome Desktop.
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I'm a Mint fanboy to. Just make sure you check the mint site for hardware compatibility before buying your pc/laptop. In particular newer ethernet/wireless cards can be a bitch to get working (I've got an Atheros ethernet card and Realtek wireless card, both are somewhat unstable still.) I would seriously doubt Mac software manages programs any faster than a 64-bit Mint OS.
 
Samsung Series 9, sexy beast.
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cheshire said:
Actually no, it runs using Wine, on Linux. But to get it to work on Linux you have to take the Windows version, install it on a Windows box, then take those files to your linux box, tweak a bunch of configs, drop specific files in specific folders and then maybe it will work. But not all the features will work. It's not a native app, it doesn't run on Linux. It wasn't designed for Linux and Wine is a hack at best. Afterall Wine isn't even an emulator.
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Hey I didn't say it was easy. If that's too hard for you fire up a good virtual machine and go to town.
 
i got myself a unibody macbook, upgraded ram and slammed windows 7 on it. best laptop I ever had.
 
Series 9 looks really sleek. It looks like only Amazon is carrying the upgraded version with more ram and a faster processor.

But wow, it's made of Aircraft metal. Mac fanboys can't compete with that since it's 2x stronger than their unibody, which bends if you hold the laptop with one hand on the corner! So, this laptop should be much stronger.

-God- said:
That's really tasty. Have Samsung optimised their keyloggers to prevent detection yet?
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GFI apologizes for false alarm on Samsung keyloggers - Computerworld
 
Rexibit said:
But wow, it's made of Aircraft metal. Mac fanboys can't compete with that since it's 2x stronger than their unibody, which bends if you hold the laptop with one hand on the corner!
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Do you own a Mac? I've just tried what you said and it doesn't bend. I also tried to bend it, not a chance. I then put a book under one corner and gave it some force and sure it flexes by a tiny, tiny amount, but it takes some serious effort.

Mine is a 13" though and I'm not constantly trying to find flaws in an incredible piece of craftsmanship, so could be different for someone who hates the superior quality of Macs.;)

Rexibit said:
GFI apologizes for false alarm on Samsung keyloggers - Computerworld
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LOL. There's some serious cleaning required to remove that quantity of egg from his face. :D
 
-God- said:
Do you own a Mac? I've just tried what you said and it doesn't bend. I also tried to bend it, not a chance. I then put a book under one corner and gave it some force and sure it flexes by a tiny, tiny amount, but it takes some serious effort.

Mine is a 13" though and I'm not constantly trying to find flaws in an incredible piece of craftsmanship, so could be different for someone who hates the superior quality of Macs.;)
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Nope, but there are quite a lot of posts on threads like https://discussions.apple.com/message/9892881?messageID=9892881 in their support forums and on blogs all over the net.

Apple's unibody looks really sturdy, but sections of the case are super thin. I forgot to port all my bookmarks from Firefox when I wiped my HD yesterday or I'd post the thread I saved when I was looking at buying a mac last year. It had a great picture of the thin sections at key areas of the case.
 
Gotcha. How shit is that? Although it does appear to be the 17" and how they bend it up is a little bizarre. Either way, too long in the fanboi zone makes me ill when they all justify how a Mac's short-comings are a positive. :)
 
papajohn56 said:
anyone recommending linux should immediately go look at the OKCupid thread
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Just because you suck at life doesn't mean everyone else does. Lots to do and learn on Linux! Especially if you have your own servers.
 
Gooddeal said:
no one talk chromebook?
Behold: The Chromebook (Samsung Series 5)
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oh look a laptop with nothing but Chrome on it. Why not buy a regular laptop and install fuckin' Chrome on it? Has anybody actually ever used any apps inside Chrome? didn't think so.

I've had a gut full of this Google shit. I now use Bing instead of Google, own a Windows Phone, use Internet Explorer 9 and sync my shit to Microsoft's free 25gb cloud service "Skydrive". Everyone else can go fuck themselves!
 
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