Which one is better. An Hp laptop or a Macbook?

Question

No price range. I know how to use both windows and mac. Ok with anything I just want to know your opinion.

Answer 1

HP by far. Even if compared to a Dell.
HP is the leader in sales, quality products and best support at the moment.

I wouldn't pay mind to the Mac crew, those are the same who constantly say Windows sucks yet their so happy they can now install it on those crippled toys.

Take a look at a Mac forum such as "Mac Fix It". There you'll see the true colors.
See threads such as:
"Help with failure startup, home>library>pref crash"
"PowerBook G4 - Crashing Daily"
"Missing files on restart!"
"drt-drt-drrrt-drt and freezing."
...And many more most people say its only "Windows problems".
http://www.macfixitforums.com/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=tiger

Answer 2

Mac.

For some inexplicable reason, PC people seem to have the odd idea that Macs are only good for graphics. A little reasoning here. Graphics are the single most operation intensive procedure any computer can perform, and Macs do it well because they have serious process operation ability. All that other junk a PC does, a Mac does without even breathing hard.

Let's address a few cherished myths from the MS Fanboy club.


Having a UNIX BSD base, OSX is a far more stable and secure system, and not prone to viruses. And for those who still insist on quoting that tired old myth about market share and viruses: UNIX varients are the most widely used operating systems outside the home, yet they suffer none of what windows suffers.


Apple does NOT make all the software for Macs. They make the operating system, the iLife suite (bundled with Macs), and a couple of others. I use Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign Dreamweaver, Acrobat Pro), MS Office (Word, Excel, etc), and a smattering of other apps for my work. It is true you can't walk into Best Buy and find Mac Apps, but you can go into Fry's, CompUSA, and of course any Apple Store. Mac apps are available online by the thousands.


I have the same apps at home, plus a few dozen games, including the best sellers.


They're very easy to upgrade, and come with pretty good hardware out of the box. The kind of set-up most PCs upgrade to. If you were to configure a Dell to the same specs as an iMac or MacPro, and add comparable software that Apple includes, that Dell would cost a little more than the Mac. You get what you pay for.


Peripherals are plug and play, and yes, Mac's come with multi-function mice now. They're dead easy to upgrade, and there are hundreds of periferals and upgrades available for many, many companies.


Macs can have multiple operating systems loaded. You can be running in native OSX, and run windowze through parallels (we have one at work doing this) so we can used the ONE PC app we need, that isn't available for a Mac (Publisher).

I've used both systems. Windowze is clunky and bloated by comparison. A pain in the cyber-butt.


The next Mac OS, OS 10.5 "Leopard" will be out this fall. Apple moved all of their software engineers over to the iPhone project to get it out in June.


Apple innovates.
MS Imitates.

Answer 3

Ok, the macbook is actually a nice little machine. I need to raise some issues reguarding what has been told to you.

My main computer is a mac and gets left on for weeks at a time with no issues what so ever it also acts as a server for 4 other users on different computers over a wireless network I can't fault it.

1, the macbook can duel boot windows nativly, its an intel motherboard with an intel CPU, all you need is boot camp which is a free download off the apple website. Windows drivers are provided as well

2, There are several linux distros for the mac, which means free software. I might also add the apple os is a unix derivitive, which can use the X11 system (Xfree86) as an optional install off the os disk. Which means you can run open office (open source alternative to MS) and the gimp (open source photoshop type program). By default it doesn't run you as root even in an admin account. Very hard for it to be tampered with online.

3, The mac is more then capable of of doing more then basic computing, with the the choice of three operating systems you have access to every application you could possibly want. And has no problem linking to windows networks.

As for gaming laptops aren't the best macines anyway.

Edit: Because its a unix derivitive to run maintenence start by using disk utility to repair the file permissions. For the rest download onyx (which is free) or go into the terminal and run the scripts, sudo periodic daily, sudo periodic weekly and sudo periodic monthly. the mac normally runs these itself at between 3 and 6am provided its turned on and not asleep. this will solve practically any odd problems and slowdown. Onyx does all of this without you having to use the terminal.

Answer 4

This is a tough question to answer. Macbook is nice to use if you do not have to interact with any PC Software. If all your planning on doing is writing essays and surfing the internet a Macbook is perfect. However, if you are interested in more robustness, more software, games etc... a PC is your best bet.

Mac has less targeted virus' and is thus a little safer to use online. It has some greate software to get your started but very little expansion.

PC can get you anything you need, caters to all, hence the reason more viruses'. XP is tried and true, and Vista will be in the next while.

If you buy either and travel alot id suggest purchasing a total care package, or some sort of warranty that covers brokens screens and liquid spills

Answer 5

MacBook. All of this Mac vs. PC debate is entirely trivial now that Macs can run both Mac OS X and Windows, natively. With a Mac, you get the best of both worlds. Why would you buy anything else? I switched to Mac two years ago and I'm now on my third Mac. I love these machines.

Answer 6

the mac. but the thing about having a stand a lone computer system is your tied to them... for everything. software hardware, and repairs,

now look at the price first the mac is >>

The price is Expensive
software is Expensive
accessories are Expensive
repairs are Expensive..

now with a normal PC/Laptop your not stuck to just Microsoft Windows operating system you can install anyone of the versions of linux.

you can run, Linux. Xp, Vista, at the same time using virtual software

The Pros for linux
Operating system is... FREE
All the software is FREE..
what more can you ask for

Microsoft software .... you pay for everything
Apple Mac software.... you pay for everything

Answer 7

I've used both and both suck, windoze marginally sucks more.

It's really your choice.

I'd, however, go with windoze. More stuff out there, easier to get and cheaper.

I have two HP notebooks and in my opinion, they are the best of all the notebooks. I tried many and HP just feels and acts better.

Answer 8

HP is a lot better than a Macbook.

Answer 9

truthfully it depends on what you're used to... if you're currently a windows user, and have been using windows for years, unless you want to learn how to use a completely different operating system (Macbook doesn't use Windows) I would highly recommend getting the HP

Answer 10

it depends on you needs. macs are good for jsut basic computing only. internet, myspace, music, watch a movie, and chat. the pc has a lot more expandabitliy and more broad horizons for programming, gaming, etc. but be prepared for the normal windows flaws with that hp. its up to you.