Hell-In-A-Handbasket Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 get a MBP and duel boot Win7, aka get both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 I agree. Windows 7 runs A LOT better running natively on a new PC than running it on a mac. No need to get so, like, defensive. It's true that Macs run Windows 7 on BootCamp like crap. I ran it on an iMac and yes, it does work, but the drivers leave a lot to be desired. Running Windows 7 on PC hardware is so much better than using Apple's "barely working" drivers. Not that you can blame Apple for not making Windows 7 drivers a priority. Of course you can also run Windows 7 in Parallels but then you have to buy a computer with enough power to run Windows on top of OS X so why go to all the extra expense? Not to mention that you are paying for two operating systems and Parallels. There's just no way to justify the extra cost. Why? its the same hardware as any other laptop out there, just looks different. Drivers are from the manufactures soooooo how are they different from the normal PC ones? you could go out and find the manufactures and drivers if you really wanted too. I'd personally say the dell drivers are pretty horrible too..... Also, because with PCs you don't get ripped off on hardware, a PC's CPU/RAM/overall system power makes Windows 7 FLY in comparison to an overpriced mac. Did you know that hardware is hardware and RAM is RAM and a HDD is a HDD and when I buy RAM thats apparently for a PC it actually works fine in my mac and if I want to swap my HDD for a bigger one guess what that apparent Windows PC HDD works... How about that????? These guys talking rubbish above have no clue, but personally if you've used Windows all your life your not just going to like a mac straight away just like any OS you'll need to stick at it and probably run vmware or something but either way you can make it work if you want it too :) Its really just up to you, but Macbooks are freaking great laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still1 Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 hehe.. wrong question!!!!! personally i dont see a reason to switch....win 7 is good so dont spend extra money for doing the same thing as you do now with windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 hehe.. wrong question!!!!! personally i dont see a reason to switch....win 7 is good so dont spend extra money for doing the same thing as you do now with windows I agree never try anything new, its not worth it. furby 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingv84 Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I agree never try anything new, its not worth it. lol, love it. It is funny how people never want to try something new. Try everything that is new to you, enjoy life and be adventurous. That is how I live my life. e-berlin.org 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Win 7 runs like crap in bootcamp, compared to running natively. So go for the W7 laptop. Plus you would have to pay for a new macbook and a copy of Win 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-berlin.org Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Plus you would have to pay for a new macbook and a copy of Win 7. Like you're not paying for the Windows 7 copy when you buy some chinese-taiwanish crap with OEM Win. Nothing comes for free, everything is included in the final price and that's how a notebook with hardware worth of not more than 100$ turns out to cost 900$. At least with Mac you know what you're paying for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoshi Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Like you're not paying for the Windows 7 copy when you buy some chinese-taiwanish crap with OEM Win. Nothing comes for free, everything is included in the final price and that's how a notebook with hardware worth of not more than 100$ turns out to cost 900$. At least with Mac you know what you're paying for. you feel like you are spending more when you have to buy the OS seperately from the machine as it is with Windows 7 and a new MacBook vs when it is preinstalled and integrated into the final price as it is with new PC laptops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krpano Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I run Win7 Ult. on a MBP and runs perfectly. I would even dare to say that out performs OSX SL, maybe its the tweaks i did. Plus i have the impression the notebook runs cooler on Win7. The only bad part is the trackpad experience which isnt as good as in the OSX. For those fools bad mouthing the MacBooks. You obviously never had contact to a MBP. Its an outstanding piece of hardware. I have never seen or used a notebook with such high level of quality and finition. I went for a lot of research when seeking a new notebook last year (after my HP died) and never thought i would spend the few extra money on an Apple product (which i always hated). But in the end i had to agree, their damn products are top notch. Understand here that im talking about the Apple hardware, not the OSX which i still dont like it. The points that made me go for the MBP. - backlit keyboard - alluminium unibody - the quality and feel of the trackpad - NO VGA port - quiet, extremelly quiet - plus all the thinnes, design/beauty, loading disc drive, external battery level display e-berlin.org 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenumatsa Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I purchase a Apple MBP last year and i just blown away by the quality of the OS as well as the hardware. I run Windows7 on a virtual machine on my MBP and it is a treat to work on it. Works flawlessly. Of course it is expensive. But, that is the premium you pay for quality. Just to be clear, i have a PC and a laptop running Windows7 apart from my MBP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 LOL @ people who fail to understand what bootcamp is :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT 13 Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Windows7 (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawr_boy81 Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I am a Mac Zealot but one has to ask, when you purchase a Mac you're buying it first and foremost for the Mac OS X experience - if you're coming from the Windows world are you willing to accept that things are done totally different and will require you to change your built in habits? only you can answer that question. If you're pretty agnostic about operating systems and happy with Windows then you might as well go off and purchase a high quality/high quality laptop running Windows 7 with a 9 cell battery from Lenovo, Sony or maybe HP. For the record, I purchase a Mac so I can have access to Mac OS X (no, I don't care about running a hacked up version of Mac OS X on a generic laptop), I am happy with Microsoft Office, iLife, Creative Suite, access to great development tools free of charge and uncrippled, awesome documentation and so on. Before you make the move, construct a list of why you want to move, what can it provide you over Windows 7 then make the decision because you'll regret your purchase if it is just done as a knee jerk, "I want something cool" reaction. I did that when I moved to Macs around a decade ago and I haven't regretted making the move since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelgenX Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 It would be a waste of so much more money buying a Mac to dual boot Windows 7 because Windows 7 does everything a mac can do and more software, more compatible hardware, and as far as I personally know, I have not really had any problems with Windows 7, and have not gotten any viruses, any trojan ETC. With experience on my mac, I have found it quite irritating and hard to repair since there are few places to really edit/modify anything to fix your system, well when I had a disk problem on my mac, I asked everywhere how to fix it (it was freezing even on fresh install), and the only reply I got was "use disk utility/disk warrior." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCheese Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Since you do a lot of word processing, I'd suggest getting a windows PC. Microsoft Office for MAC is rubbish compared to office for windows. Also it'll be a lot cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted April 12, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted April 12, 2010 Since you do a lot of word processing, I'd suggest getting a windows PC. Microsoft Office for MAC is rubbish compared to office for windows. Also it'll be a lot cheaper. In defense you can get iWork, which is a great software package. But even so, I would buy a non-Apple laptop in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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