Poll: My Computer is dying on me....

[Yopaz]

Ninja'd by TheBobmus...

It depends on what you plan on doing with it most of the time. If you plan on making videos for youtube, designing houses, putting together reports and charts. The MacBook is for you. If you want to play games, get a windows based laptop.

I'm not really into PC gaming. I use my current one more for writing, web browsing, movie watching, etc. I'm a student so this would be a big investment for me.

If you use it for those things I would really not recommend anything Apple. MicroSoft word costs more for Apple than for Windows. If you want an OS that is perfect for your needs, go Debian. It's simple, stable and without the bad viruses that haunts Windows and Apple. Yes, Apple users will tell you there are no viruses, but that's a lie.

Seriously though, Debian. http://www.debian.org/distrib/
You could install it on the laptop you have now and see if it works. You could also check out wubi if you don't feel like burning something to a disc http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer but I would recommend Debian for its stability.

 

[latenightapplepie]

If you couldn't give a flying shit about messing around with the guts of your computer and just want the damn thing to work flawlessly and with minimal effort, definitely get a Mac.

I like you.

You have accurately summed up my position on Mac computers very well. I don't know or care about the internal bits of my computer. I will pay for the convenience of not having to care. Mmm, it feels good.

 

[Kriptonite]

I'm sure, by this time, your opinion is already made up and hell, you were probably leaning one way or another before coming here. No big deal, it's how people are.
However, if you're a student and don't have an extra superfluous thousand dollars to spend and want the same performance, I say go the PC route. I'm not here to shit on Macs or their users though I thoroughly dislike the former, but I honestly think that, on somewhat of a budget, a PC, at least right now, is the best option for you. Unless you really love the user-interface on Macs, there's no getting around that.