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In reply to the discussion: time for a new laptop [View all]
 

RoccoR5955

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10. I will vouch for that...
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 10:36 PM
Dec 2013

I have been servicing PCs for over 25 years.
If you want a SOLID computer, buy a Mac. Might I recommend the MacBook Pro 13" without retina, unless you watch a lot of movies and/or do a lot of photo editing.
They are solid, don't come with a lot of software that you will have to buy in 30 days, after you "try" it.

If you don't need a CD/DVD player, than go for the MacBook Air 13"

I have a 3 year old MacBook Pro 13 that I take to and from work each and every day. It has been banged up a little, but still runs quite well. The only thing is that the battery only lasts about 5 hours now. When it was new, it would last about 7 hours.

I have not had any trouble with it, and am going to convert my home network over to OSX as soon as all of the Windows machines die. As they die off, they will be replaced with Mac minis, and MacBook Pros. If I win the lottery, I will invest in one of the coolest servers, the Mac Pro.

You still need antivirus protection on a Mac, no matter what they tell you, and there are many excellent free packages out there.

OSX is not hard to learn, coming from Windows. Apple even has tutorials on their website that are very good.

I also figured out that headaches and down time is worth some money to me. You should consider that also.

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time for a new laptop [View all] irisblue Dec 2013 OP
MacBook Air? Auggie Dec 2013 #1
that's way too costly for my wallet. irisblue Dec 2013 #2
Used? Auggie Dec 2013 #4
Depending on what kind of "work" you want to do NV Whino Dec 2013 #3
I really like my MacBook Pro. cbayer Dec 2013 #5
Macs, believe it or not, are cheaper than PCs. Stinky The Clown Dec 2013 #6
I will vouch for that... RoccoR5955 Dec 2013 #10
We edit photos nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #12
9 years for my MacBook nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #11
They do last quite a while. 47of74 Dec 2013 #14
Plus now when they do major OS upgrades you're not shelling out a couple C notes 47of74 Dec 2013 #13
now the desktop is acting up irisblue Dec 2013 #7
So sorry, iris blue. cbayer Dec 2013 #8
Why not just an iPad? n/t davidwparker Dec 2013 #9
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