Hello, I am wondering, if there's any laptops which are decent in price and packed with performance?
Current option is Apple Mac Book Pro, but it seems a little bit too over priced, and I am positively sure that I can get better bargains than what Mac Book Pro's price got to offer.
Any suggestions on a great laptop (Battery life, decent graphics, casual games, programming.)
what is your budget?
$1000 +-
and only mac is what are you looking for? because you said you are in in gaming. sorry many quesstions
My options are other than mac.
Assuming your primary use for the laptop would be for educational purposes and not hardcore gaming, I would recommend a Mac. I'm not extremely tech savvy so I can't recommend a specific model or brand, unfortunately. But Mac's are not only standard issue in many universities that issue you your own laptop, but they're what the majority of College and High-School enrolled students and teachers/professors use, and there is a reason.
Ouch, buy a windows laptop. Not only does it have far more and better support for software, but the price/performance ratio is a gazillion times better than that from an apple. Unless you are going to do some graphical designing n stuff and want your screen to be very high res (even tho stuff on the internets usually supports up to full hd) you could get an apple. But even then I personally would prefer a windows os anytime. Even if its only for the money.
you want more specific recommendations tell us what you will be using it for and what your requirements are.
Suggest you buy a mac. Regardless of price - it is perfect for educational purposes. If you want to game, buy a desktop; Laptops aren't designed for gaming. Mac's are easy, small and thing - perfect for transportation across lessons. In addition Mac's can be used for many years to come regardless of what model you get.
At Lapje - windows laptop = shit - not worth it.
Mad Fanny
On a side note, I'd like to ask you guys why a Mac is better than any Windows-based laptop which has a vast plethora of software available to it for educational purposes vs Mac's rather closed development circle
What exactly can a Mac do educational wise that a Windows-based system can't do?
I don't think it's a question of what they can/can't do, it's more a question of how they do it.Originally Posted by Junkers
Actually, both Mac and windows-based has its advantages and disadvantages, none of it are superior or inferior with one another. It's only a basic preference whether you like the simplicity or a more sophisticated environment. I've slide in the option of having the Mac is because for its longer battery life. However, I've never used a Mac OS before (other than iOS), and I'm more comfortable with a Windows-based computer, but that's not the issue, I can easily learn it.
++ I'm looking for better alternatives other than the Mac, because I've seen Lenovo laptops have better specs with a lower price. So, the question to you all is Other than the Mac, what laptops are next to it's reign?
@Luneric exatly this
Plus, Id like to add that there's plenty of light weight laptops around. I disagree about the "Macs can be used for many more years". Windows laptops are far more customizable and can be upgraded (even if it were only for a tiny bit).
Also, a lot of Educational application developers only develop for windows. Most of the time there will never be an OS X version for their application.
So yeh, I find it a tad strange that you can recommend a laptop without knowing what its going to be used for. Would be quite a sad thing if he had to install Windows on his very expensive Macbook because he can't run any of the programs used by his school.
That would depend on the department. The engineering department for instance used Windows for most things, and then linux for servers/simulation stuff. I would suggest any department which uses the computer for more than light word processing would be better off with a windows based pc, as well as any department without a large budget for IT equipment. I'd question why any university would feel the simplicity of a mac would be necessary, seriously these are supposed to be clever people, if they can't work out how to use a bloody PC (with IT support no doubt) what good are they.
I'm just speaking from what I was told by my old principal and tech students , they all said that Mac was a lot easier and smoother to use than Windows because Mac was (supposedly) designed more for educational purposes.
Because MS releasing a shit load of (stupidly cheap, completely unfair on non-students!) versions of software specifically designed for students isn't any indication they aren't thinking about educational usage? Afaik, Apple doesn't give discounts to students, so that's one reason to go with windows imo.
I think it's more a matter of perception really. Windows has the capability to be used to such a high level of tech, people with low abilities tend to avoid it. Hence older people still tend to use old types of mobile phones, as they perceive them to be simpler. If you have two pens, one designed by Nasa, and one designed by a random normal bloke, I'd bet most people would choose the normal blokes one. Possibly a fear of intelligence? I don't know really. Complexity wise I'm sure a windows pc can be setup to be as easy as a mac, if not easier.
mac and windows 8 pc made for new PC users, or someone who doesn't know much about them.
Odd apple do give discounts to students on the educational store, Apple Store for Education - Apple Store for Education (U.S.)
That's hardware by the looks of it. A windows PC likely still costs far less than a discounted Mac. Plus afaik, Dell gives discounts to schools too, does that make Dell as socially beneficial as Apple? Anyway, a lot of schools provide the hardware, it's the software that is costing the students. Which is probably why most of the early pirating of software was coming from students. Which probably goes to show the product was right, the price was not. I doubt MS offering cheap software was in the students interest, rather it was a way to promote students to buy the stuff instead and keep MS making money. But at least it goes to show MS are thinking about students, if only to exploit them.
On the other hand, MS offer courses for server admin etc, which probably means they are designing some software for students.
Blah whatever, they are both corporations, neither probably gives a shit about schools beyond how much money they can leech from them. Promoting either on the benefits they give to schools is probably a bad idea, we are just falling into there PR campaign. But then I'm a cynical bastard.
If you get a mac prepare to pay for all your software that actually works. You get nickel and dimed for everything.
Was recently baffled by how many programs a friend had to pay for because all the alternatives are too tedious.
I paid for all my software correct, I am not your friend that you speak of - if anyone is wondering lol. But my friend has just downloaded it all for free, I buy it because I don't like downloading shit.
Get the new Samsung 7 Series Chronos. You won't regret it. I don't think there's any premium notebooks out there that can compare.
You should check with your university first (if you're in one).
For example my uni offers Dell and Apple computers, at half the price, to the students.
Then with Microsoft Dreamspark I can get all professional software for free - including Windows OS.
Checking with your school is usually the cheapest way to get good equipment ;P
iPad + Notepad App + Baboo Wacom stylus
That's what I used for my last 2 years of college. And of course any old desktop to type up reports. But there's nothing better then taking notes on a iPad. Notepad App is amazing and there are tons of pdf/ppt annotators out there.
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