What kind of laptop ?

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I agree with Mac being overrated and overpriced. They do look nice though.

I got a VAIO laptop a couple years ago and have no problems at all and love it. I thought my VAIO was expensive when i got it, but the comparable macs were at least 1.5-2x more expensive. The construction and feel of mine is way better than most other laptops i have ever used (macs, dells, hp, toshiba). I honestly dont have one complaint with mine and it get used and carried around constantly.
 
ive had my mac for a while now and i love it one of the best computers ive owned
 
I usually get compacts for laptops. Cheap about the same as a hp for less cost. I have used macs for work and even mac laptops. They are not worth the price for the product. Download a few free antivirus, antispamware programs and you are as good as a mac in that area.
 
noting with vista unless its meant for vista....


and my next laptop will be a mac book pro next year after bootcamp and A school... ill get another PC when i have the money to build my dream set up...
 
my sister had a hp and it over heated and froze a lot. now she has a mac book pro, unbelievably good.
 
Surprisingly the most reliable, and well built laptop I have used is an Acer. Their really in-expensive and solid. And most of them use AMD processors, which I think are better than Intel's.
 
tcarswell;3355167; said:
I have had my sony vaio desktop for 6 years now and the disc drives wont open etc. I want a new computer but a laptop would be helpful because I can use it on the job site. What do you guys reccomend? I am leaning towards a macintosh because I hear they have far less problems than PC's

Anyone? experience ? Insight ?
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less problems no, better support system yes.

macs also have less viruses yes, because less people use macs, so why would a hacker want to make a virus that infects such a small percentage of machines. you could easily get less viruses by using linux instead of windows. check out ubuntu it can do basically every thing windows can except its free.

be aware you pay alot more for the benefits of macs support system. also there have been alot of tests to see which is better mac or pc, in general the answer is go with the one that more comfortable for you to use.


i recommend a thinkpad as lenevo has a customer satisfaction % higher then even apple. im been using a thinkpad r60 for 4 years the only problems i have encountered are
1) lenovo installs alot of crap before you get it but it stuff that makes recovery of the operating system easier. i have no use for that tho as i like a moded version of xp.
2)faulty hinges after 3 years the hinges on my laptop broke(well the plastic the hinges are screwed into broke), probably from me always carrying it by the screen. i have fixed it my self buy running new screws thru the hinges.
3) the laptop charger cords fray with constant bending. ive gone thru 3 already(1 was a cheap knock off that burned out)(these things only cost 30 dollars so its no biggy).

personally this laptop has been the best computer ive ever used. also i use it heavily atleast 6 hours every day. and it travels with me to school and back. personally i think im kinda rough with it and problem 2 and 3 are my fault

edit:i would avoid vista if you have the chance as it can have problems with old technology. get xp if you want windows, i recommend downloading a nlited version off bittorrent(make sure you have a licensed copy of xp as i dont want to encourage any illegal activity ;), you probably have one your pc now). or try ubuntu linux has evolved so much its rediculous.
 
Thanks everyone!
 
Yup, my sony Vaio had every sort of virus and spyware software installed, and still got viruses. Then after they were cleaned out, a year later the hard drive fried. Now it works, but my new MacBook (now they call it pro) that i got for xmas is much more reliable. I agree it is harder to find software, such as games and cracked apps, etc. but i find it great all around.

Hope you enjoy yours.
 
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