Mac or PC *ducks for shelter*
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- Atkinson0
If it should have ended it would have ended.
I think Macs are no longer a must have, they're just one of many options - they have competition now. I suppose it is just preference. I think in this case my pref is to save £600 and move away from 15 years with Apple,because over the past year they've been a bunch of wasters with me.- ah yes, cos everything in the world that should happen does and everything that shouldn't doesn't.********
- cunt!********
- haha nice oneAtkinson
- ah yes, cos everything in the world that should happen does and everything that shouldn't doesn't.
- rusty_ace0
well the screen quality is less on the Sony so that is going to be some of the price difference. ex. they are the same resolution but the Mac has 1440 by 900 in 15 inches and the sony has the same resolution in 16inches...less pixels per inch. also the mac screen is led back lit is the sony the same? just some things to consider. also check the speed of the Hard drives are they the same? The mac also offers a Solid state HD...worth the extra money if you are going to be moving the laptop alot and don't want the run the chance of a HD getting corrupted because you were careless of where you left your laptop.
Another example... You convince your clients to have you design their business cards instead of going to kinkos, because it will be a better looking product. Good design cost more, same principle applies to the mac.
- LED vs LCD is a good argument if it's valid. The LED helps the battery life and looks better.monospaced
- jaylarson0
and another point, if you've been on macs for a while, fonts could be an issue too. i recently switched to macs and have found I need to convert many, many fonts. and sometimes designs shift a bit.
- ********0
I bought a PC laptop recently thinking, "I need a real PC to test sites on" and within two months I have already gotten rid of it. I just could not work in that environment. That's my personal preference though. I'll never buy another PC in my life I don't think...
- well of course not it takes longer than that to learn something newProjectile
- ernexbcn0
@dMullins parallels or vmware and you can install as many virtual machines you need to test whatever, I have from win98 thru windows 7 on my iMac on parallels
- Atkinson0
So,here's the prices.
Apple:
15", 500gb 7200 / 8gb / hi-res anti glare, apple care:
£2558 / £1996 education
17" as above £2738 / £2149 educationSony Vaio F series, as above but 16.4", not LED backlit but still hires anti glare, includes blueray reader / writer.
£1270Damn decisions
- blu ray is pretty badassmonospaced
- I've neve used it but maybe I will!Atkinson
- rusty_ace0
Sony F series only has up to 3hrs battery life...full brightness or up to one hour DVD playback vs the 9 hrs on the mac...just saying, there is a reason there is a 700 gap in price.
this the one you are talking about?
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-VPC-F…only has a 500 GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
NVIDIA GeForce 310M with 512 MB- Is that worth £700? Not often without power though, the mac battery will be dead after 3 years.Atkinson
- SteveJobs0
man, you're more indecisive than a girl. just pick one!
ps. please tell us which one you decide on. i'm dying to know. thx.
- Atkinson0
No, it's a custom F series, higher spec and a lot cheaper!
Aye, I'm indecisive.
- Atkinson0
Looked at Vaios today, nice. Then looked at the new 17" MBP. Nicer and brighter. Damn Apple, I hate them.
- winnie_the_shit0
If you want to make yet another shitty app for the app store you will need a Mac.
- Atkinson0
I've never made an app for the app store
- Peter0
PC vs Mac? I'll...WHYILL KILL YOU!
- akrokdesign0
how about this...
Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
4GB memory
128GB Solid State Drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
SD card slot
Built-in 7-hour battery
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics
Illuminated keyboard£ 1299
or...
Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
15.4-inch LED-backlit antiglare widescreen display
4GB memory
500GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
SD Card Slot
Built-in 7-hour battery
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB
Illuminated keyboard£1,479.00
- < this is from apple u.k.akrokdesign
- why would but a second had machine when you can get one new - the sony********
- refurbished is essentially newmonospaced
