<p>I was wondering, what do you think is better and is best for a college enviroment, a windows labtop or an apple labtop?</p>
<p>if you can afford a MacBook Pro, get that. It'll run both windows and mac.</p>
<p>you mean laptop?
use whatever you're comfortable with, unless your intended major focuses around a certain operating system</p>
<p>crimsonalchemist- Apples are GREAT laptops, but hold off, i know you want the latest and greatest but the macbook pro is still 1799 and thats edu discount, please do not spend more then 1300 on a lappy 1500 MAX, man in college laptops are stolen so fast, they break, ive herd storys of the fire sprinkels (sp lol i cant think of the word) that flood the doorms, the cases break, its just like a car, it never lasts as long as you want it. if you buy like a 1500 if it gets jacked or ruined, easy fix on buying another, cause once you price out a macbook pro with software, ect your pushing up on 3K.</p>
<p>Like the school I will be attending offers new students a special financing(like one payment each semester) for computers purchased through thier bookstore. As it stands I have viewed what they have to offer and I could get a brand new, state of the art, apple desktop or laptop or an older less powerful dell. My main concern is that I am familiar with apple computers and I am worried about compatibility issues. I use a lot of different media players and run things like bittorrent, limewire,various emulators, etc... I am planning on double majoring in English and Poli Sci but am also very interesting in photo editing and making my own movies.</p>
<p>OK, Nothing is going to be compatible if its stolen, and right now apple has one good laptop the macbook pro, if you really want it, go for it. But if i saw that sweet laptop id be watching it, the second you lift your hands off it, id be gone. Just rembember that an apple in hot right now, and for your questions go do the downloads of your emulators, everyhitng eles will work but i dont know on the emulators, i dont see why not, but im also not sure, everyhitng eles will. Also go for a lappy over a desktop.</p>
<p>Edit: Oops, I meant to say that I am familiar with windows pc's, not apple ones.</p>
<p>Then go with Windows
2 dcfca Installing Windows is not legal on Apple and if something will break, nobody in Apple office will help him/her</p>
<p>No Irbis, you're wrong:
<a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/%5B/url%5D">http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/</a></p>
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...alled Boot Camp (for now), you can download a public beta today...
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Read carefully, It's beta test. And whats the point of buying Apple if you'll use Windows? To get an expensive laptop? For the same price of MacBook Pro ($1799) I can buy way stronger laptop from Dell/Sony and don't even argue, go to <a href="http://www.sony.com%5B/url%5D">www.sony.com</a> and <a href="http://www.dell.com%5B/url%5D">www.dell.com</a> and look for prices.</p>
<p>I'm personally getting a macbook pro, but the first question you need to ask yourself is, will my major be compatible with it? Don't buy an apple if you're doing engineering because most likely you'll just spend your time in the computer lab (which isn't a bad thing, but why'd you buy the laptop in the first place then!). DO NOT do the windows dual boot on an apple if you're not prepared for the issues, and there are some issues. It's for people who MUST use windows and have an apple computer- it's really not for the general customer right now. And if you're not tech savvy, I wouldn't advise it- it's easy to do, but if some issue arises you want to know how to fix it. The great majority of software is made for one platform or the other; the amount of software that is made for both platforms is very small.</p>
<p>It's a Beta test because the full version is coming out with Leopard. </p>
<p>What's the point? Because for the most part you'll be able to do everything on the Mac OS, but for a few things, specifically gaming, maybe running some special science software, you'll need windows.</p>
<p>and true, cost might be more, but at the same time you're getting better quality. I think most people would agree that Mac users experience great customer satisfaction, no tech support in India, quick repairs, etc.</p>
<p>I never used a mac before college, but i decided to get a powerbook because my school is very into macs and this was the model they sold through the school. I love it. i find it has many fewer problems than my pc at home.</p>
<p>Apple's market share is going to soar, and if you can run your MS programs as well (like Access, which doesn't come for Mac) it's a better deal...not only can you get the Windows programs you're familiar with, but you can also get Keynote (which is far superior to PowerPoint), iMovie (far superior to Windows Movie Maker), and all of the other Mac programs.</p>
<p>Apple's market share is going to soar?</p>
<p>lol, that made my hour</p>
<p>thats like saying, alienware is gonna quadruple the # of area 51 sold each year</p>
<p>or lamborghini just sold the millionth giardo</p>
<p>You're saying that now, but when the other MacTels are released (lower priced laptops like iBooks, etc) I could definitely see people starting to purchase them because they'll be able to tell them they can get the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>"I think most people would agree that Mac users experience great customer satisfaction, no tech support in India, quick repairs, etc."</p>
<p>Wow real nice. I come to get info on laptops and BAM next thing I know my countrymen have been lambasted.</p>
<p>iBook (14.1''/512Ram/1.42GHz/80GB) costs $1,349. For the same amount of money I can buy 15.4'' notebook from Sony.</p>
<p>I love macs A LOT- but come on. The crown jewel of apple is the ipod. Microsoft owns them in almost every other arena though.</p>
<p>Get a pc and dual boot with Gentoo :-)</p>