are Apples good laptops? or are PCs better?

Question

i am getting a laptop for college, and i don't know what kind to get. from what i have seen and heard so far iBooks are better

Answer 1

Apples are better because my big brother had one and nothing was wrong with and every time he gets and HP or something different he seems to have a problem so yea I would say apples are good laptops.

Answer 2

Having both abode windows and mac i come upon it really uncomplicated to go away my apple on my own for some weeks and turn it back on and %. it up, while i do an same in abode windows i become a wobbling fool who cant do something. That shows how straight forward and complication-free mac is and in case you cant artwork something out click the magnifying glass interior the nook and variety in what you want and 9/10 situations it comes back with something regarding it as adversarial to abode windows search for! The question of twin booting on all cutting-aspect intel depending mac's its a doddle carry down a button once you listen the bong and make your determination, in my opinion i take advantage of VMware that is o.k. for my desires and has the added earnings of purely utilising the harddrive area it desires (necessary as i purely have a macmini) the standard of the mac is unequalled they are famously difficult and nonetheless that you get a telephone call from a efficient man or woman at apple asking you after your complimentary ninety day warrenty is about to run out may you want to thoroughly conceal you mac for in basic terms over one hundred quid! Absolute bargin! flow mac perchance it may get microsoft and its linked organizations backsides in equipment!

Answer 3

We have an apple laptop and the battery always screwes up and it turns off out of no where. I havent used a PC laptop before.

Answer 4

Rick said it! Macs are great computers. Even the best. I have a destop and my dad has a desktop and a laptop. The laptop is wonderful and not once has my computer gotten a virus or crashed. Plus my iPod and my computer are perfect together! lol

Answer 5

Depends on the courses your doing really. Apples are brilliant for music and graphics but if you are used to windows then it's probs best to stick with it.
My sister recently got an apple and had to put the whole microsoft set for apple because she wasn't used to it.

Answer 6

Hello Lola1016,

OK here's my list of things I like about the Macintosh over Windows. I'm sorry that it is so long, but that's how it goes.

* No computer viruses.
You hear from the Windows people that it's because there are fewer Macs out there, but I think it's because of the Mac OS and it's Unix kernel. That doesn't explain why Vista got viruses before it was officially released. The Macintosh comes out of the box as a closed system. If you want it to be networked and remotely operated, you can make that happen, but you have to change it's settings first. Windows machines come out of the box as an open system. That's so the IT guy can set up the hardware, attach it to the company's network, and install the software remotely from the comfort of his own desk.

If you want to install any kind of software onto your Mac, you first need to type in your administrative password. There is no auto-install for a virus to attach itself to your Mac without your Okay. That is the simple answer why there hasn't been any viruses for the Macintosh in the past 6 years. Another is that first year programmers learn how to create simple Windows script viruses their first year of class. Mac programmers simply love their computers and have no desire to create such an abomination. We love our Mac programmers and happily pay what ever they ask for their good, hard work.

* Games.
I enjoy the games that I play on my Mac, but It's true that there simply aren't as many games out there for the Mac as Windows. Hopefully, with the Mac now using an Intel processor, we will start to see more games being developed for the Mac. But, honestly, don't most people simply get their gaming fix by playing with video game consoles (such as NES, PS, Wii, or XBox) anyway, rather than playing games on their computers?

* Software.
There is a lot more software for the Macintosh now, than before Mac OS X arrived. Much of the Mac's new software is simply Unix ports. There is also a large open source and public domain/shareware development community that has been supporting the Mac OS.

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/

You can actually run Unix X-windows on your Macintosh now too. Apple has been designated as the largest distributor of Unix in the world. If you have one of the new Intel-based Macs you can now run Windows programs natively using a program called BootCamp. There is also a Java Virtual Machine for the Mac too.

There's still a ton of programs made specifically for the Mac. Most of these are programmed in C or machine language, so they're lightening fast. Apple watches over their developers closely, to make sure everything runs like it's supposed to; that it runs the Macintosh way. There's also a lot of Windows ports too. I use Microsoft Office on my Mac at work all the time. Although the Macintosh versions of Windows software are way behind in features than their Windows brethren, the Macintosh programs seem to run better, faster and are not as susceptible to problems as the Windows ports. Go figure!

Where the Macintosh really shines is in the creative software area. I'm a printer, so I know that the Macintosh pioneered desktop publishing. I think that most structured drawing, paint/graphics, and music programs got their start here too. Video and film editing and production is now very big on the Mac. Many people complain about how expensive some of these programs are, but frankly, professional programs are always more expensive than the cheaper consumer-level programs that are out there. Stuff like iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, etc. come free with your Macintosh, while other programs are quite affordable.

http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx

* Less problems
The Macintosh simply works. There really isn't very many problems using a Mac compared to a Windows PC. Check out the computer questions here on Yahoo! Answers. There are a lot of Windows, "Why can't I get this to work?" questions here. Even though there are a lot of Mac users here, there doesn't seem to be very many Mac questions. Right, it's because the Macintosh is a little more proprietary and you really need to buy hardware that tells you that it's Mac compatible. You can't just buy some cheap hardware, piece it together, and make a Mac, like you can with some PCs. But, then, you don't have Plug-and-Pray either. The Mac simply works.

* Mac OS X
It's a very simple, basic, easy-to-use OS. It's highly graphic, so your kids or your grandmother could learn to use it, and it's also got a terminal, so the geekiest guy can enjoy using it to it's fullest extent. Windows users will recognize many of the same features that they use on their OS, but there are a few things that are strictly Macintosh.

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/

I have loved it because it's always responsive. You throw in a CD and the icon for it pops up on the desktop along with a dialog box asking if you want a specific program to use with it. There's no need to search for drives. If it's a music CD, iTunes launches to play it. If you plug in your digital camera iPhoto launches to import the pictures.

If you're looking for a file buried deep inside your Macintosh file structure, you can use Spotlight and it might find the file before you're done typing the first three letters of the name. Well, I guess that I went overboard with my writing. Best of luck in your final decision.

--Rick

Answer 7

i wuld buy a pc..much more balue for money