Im planning to buy a laptop, and can't figure out which one to get. It's between two. the apple mac (the white one, 1GB ram, 80 GB hard drive) OR the sony VAIO, (FJ series, the sky blue one) So which one do you think i should get? If anyone has any opinions or any reviews with any of these products please write it. Thanks
2006-07-29 11:55:03 · 16 answers · asked by unauthorized 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Either one is going to be a great peice of harware. The thing is that the Sony probably has windows XP on it and the Apple has mac OSX on it. So, the question is really more of an operating system question. Everybody I ever met that has an apple, loves it, but... 85% of the rest of the world is running windows, so when you go somewhere like partypoker.com with a windows machine, you just clcik install and you're up and running. With an apple, you have to poke arround and see if they have a mac version of their software that you can download and sometimes they don't. So there will be some things you can't do because you're not using the same thing as everyone else. The apple system may be the best, but the windows system is 4 times more compatible with the rest of the computing world. Dell, HP, Compaq, and toshiba also have a good selection of windows laptops. You almost have to go with windows anymore because it's #1 by such a huge margin, but to apple's credit, I never have anyone go on and on about how they love their windows pc and they do about apple.
2006-07-29 15:28:05 · answer #1 · answered by PC Doctor 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting choice. The MacBook and VAIO FJ are almost identical right down to the built-in webcam.
The Sony wins on screen size, having a 14.1 inch widescreen instead of the Mac's 13.3 inch widescreen. It also has a slight advantage in style and might have a better keyboard feel. Try them both in person if you can.
The MacBook wins on technology: the dual-processor Core Duo chip is faster than the Pentium M chip in the VAIO. And the new Macs will in fact run Windows but don't come with Windows installed, while Mac OS X itself only runs on Apple products.
2006-08-04 12:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by G. Whilikers 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sony. Do not get an Apple because the Mac OS is not compatible with most programs that have to be run on Windows.
2006-08-01 02:25:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both Apple and Sony make good laptops, but they run completely different operating systems. It's difficult to compare the two. I personally couldn't do jack with an Apple laptop, but that's only because I have almost no experience with MacOS.
2006-07-29 12:01:02 · answer #4 · answered by gek_meisje05 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have already made up your mind to choose between Apple and Sony, Apple would be a better option. You can also try HP. Their support is great.
2006-07-29 12:00:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
apples motto once was think different and i think you are doing what it says thinking different. she wants to stand out in the croud with a sleek and sexy notebook the macbook. so whats so special about this so called macbook to the windows people. for one it might be the only notebook she needs because yes it does run the best operating system mac os x. which is powered by unix which means that its built rock solid. i have had mac os x for years and it has never crashed. the graphics are amazing. it wont get viruses at all. everything comes ready out of the box with the ilife software it got everything for you to do from homework, pictures, movies,music, games and everything you could imagine that a windows laptop only comes with trials. another thing this MACbook does is can also Run Windows XP yes you are seeing it in text it can run Windows XP. it comes with the bootcamp beta in which all you gotta do is pop in your windows xp cd and load it and you will have a computer with 2 operating systems. the ibooks would give exeptional battery life mine would give me 5 1/2 hours. and the macbook is no exception. it also has a powerful intel core duo processor meaning that it has two cores to execute almost anyting possible while doing other tasks with no lag. it also has bluetooth integrated and airport extreme wireless internet so its ready for wireless internet. it comes with the microphone and the isight camera built in. this i beleive would be the only computer you would wanna have because it has everything that she would want and need. two worlds combing into one with the mac book. windows and mac os x. for more details go to http://www.apple.com/getamac/ . everything i just told you is there. plus ... did i mention it does have true plug and play for any devise like digital cameras, ipods, flash drives and everything you would plug in with out having to look for drivers it just works. its a mac thing. it just works.
2006-07-29 18:54:48 · answer #6 · answered by Eric G 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I personally like Sony better. Only because its windows and not mac. Its just a prefrence on operating systems mostly.
2006-07-29 14:51:16 · answer #7 · answered by Mashu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Apple laptops are so much better than the Sony.
2006-07-29 22:06:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Apple.
2006-07-29 11:59:17 · answer #9 · answered by Elk n' Fresh 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Apple! Apple, apple apple!! On Apple, you can run Windows and Mc Operating system because there are Windows only Softwares. I'm gonna be so mad if you don't buy Apple!
2006-08-05 01:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋