I have loved my Mac but out of nowhere it totally burned out on me and I needed to shell out $1200 just to fix it. The guy said it was really weird especially since I am super careful about how I handle it. Now I am in desperate need for a new laptop and I am now weary to go back to a Mac, but I did love it. I basically need something for school, writing papers, storing photos, and i defiently need Wire less interent preferably Wi fi coz I take classes online. I am wondering if I should a PC or a Mac again, what are your suggestions? Also I am going to be majoring in Information Systems so should I get a PC so I am more familiar with working with the software??
2007-08-24 06:21:02 · 10 answers · asked by mad4fashion 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
if your getting into IT systems and since PC has the largest market share by far i would go with PC. I personal prefer PC over MAC as well. As for your last MAC going dead that can happen to either so i wouldn't hold that against it.
2007-08-24 06:28:38 · answer #1 · answered by Z 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go with a mac desktop. The new OS X "Leopard" can do way more than vista anyways, and there are games available for mac. Oct. 26th I'm planning on buying the new iMac for $1199 if it comes pre installed wth leopard. Anyways, a mac is much more reliable than a pc, I use them both in the same day (macs at school, my pc at home) and I love mac because the OS isn't a POS. Windows freezes all the time and always is vulnerable to viruses that can even destroy your hard drive. Mac's are based on the unix OS, a single kernel operating system, which makes them A LOT less vulnerable. If you think about it, mac is a better buy than pc, sure it cost a little more than a pc, but in the end it will even out. Buy a webcam, anti virus, probably spend money repairing stupid errors in your pc, add some desent software and you probably spent more than that on a pc, when you could have just bought a mac. And the OS will take about a day to learn if that, it is so much easier to operate than a pc. And apple has a help menu in the menu bar that has PC to Mac translations (all programs=macintosh hd, etc.)
2016-05-17 05:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A PC will obviously be cheaper. But you will also need to spend money to get other software to make you productive on a PC. It does not come with any software installed. As far as doing Information Systems, a PC or a MAC does not matter. I have done the same thing and your classes wont be affected one way or the other.
I vote for Mac if you can afford it simply because it can do a LOT more stuff than the PC can, especially if you are an average user and not a total geek. As another poster mentioned before, any laptop can die on you at any time, so thats a non-issue. You can get the Apple Protection Plan to help against laptop issues.
2007-08-24 06:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by default.mailbox 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Get a pc, you will get more from that with what you are majoring in, and the market is filled with pc's and when it come to the hands on classes, you will need a pc for that. Mac's are the best, but you need to look at the market you will be getting into instead of your own likes, and once you finish school invest in a Mac for your person use. I had to do that myself, and I am so glad I did, because some things I needed to do for class projects I could not do with my Mac.
2007-08-24 06:36:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely get the Mac. Your experience is unusual, Macs generally have much less downtime than PC's. (The Mac I'm using now is over 10 years old, and before that I had one for 15 years.) Since you're already familiar with Mac's, you'll be able to go straight to work. With the duo core machines, you can run Windoze on the same machine if you really must.
2007-08-24 07:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by GRR 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Get an apple if a journalism student, if not PC is better, cheaper, cheaper to repair, has more options, has more software written for it. All notebooks have wifi now. Boot camp is good, but nowhere near perfect. I agree with Johnny G, get a pc while a student, get what you want when youre in business.
2007-08-24 08:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by Harrison H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should get a PC instead of a Mac. I would highly recommend a Toshiba Satellite M65-S9092, especially for college.
2007-08-24 10:31:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was going to say get another mac... but after reading further...
if you are going to major in information systems, it is a necessary evil to be very familiar with windows systems... you might as well pick one up and start now... unless you are going to limit your potential careers to the apple market, which currently consists of about 10% of the total share... i love apple, but work on a windows based system...
good luck
2007-08-24 06:29:12 · answer #8 · answered by runFunning 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say to go with a Mac! Is oyur computer is still under warranty? Well Mac's come with built in airport card(wireless) and doing anything that comes with iLife will kick any PC's a**. You can get microsoft office for mac to.
2007-08-24 06:29:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Go to dell.com you can build your own computer and they have reasonable prices for what they give you.
2007-08-24 06:28:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋