MacBook Help/Questions - +Rep

[Loqo]

I am thinking of getting a Apple MacBook for my birthday/christmas but i dont know wether to just get a Windows laptop instead of Apple/Mac. I would like to know wether their easy to understand and pick up from quite fast. I have used some in school and have had difficulty but this was my first time on Apple. I have just liked the software and the sleek look of them. So if anyone using Mac could help me or am i just better off sticking with Windows which i have used most my life. +Rep for HELPFUL replys. Here is a picture of what it looks like.

[joshuar]

Mac's are good, however, if your using it for games etc then you will want to use Windows.

It purely depends on your needs and if you think "Yeah, I can use this fine".

My mate has a macbook and he loves it, it does depend if you like how a Mac feels.

[Loqo]

Thanks for the reply. +Rep. Some of it would be used for gaming but some of it would be school work and programs it has. Are they very user-freindly or are they hard to pick up and understand? thats the main question i need to know. Thanks again.

[WarezKid]

And can apple uses the formats of EXE?


i heard they couldnt :S

[Liberation]

Mac for sure. I bought one over a Windows Laptop as you have to do, and for sure i made the right choice :] Best buy I have proably made.

[joshuar]

It depends how quickly you can pick up skills really, some people find it easy to switch, others have a real problem.

I personally find it easy enough to use one, but prefer windows over them anyway. You will need to find Mac versions of games to use them on a mac base, you would need to ask the staff at the store if it will work with a Mac

I'm not sure about the EXE though, haven't tried it.

[Jazza]

Macs are very expensive for the hardware you actually get, a windows laptop with the same specs would be much less. However macs are generally easier to use (which is not always a good thing) but lack customizability and can't be upgraded at all.

I'd say go for a Windows laptop, but get one with XP as vista is 'teh suckage k'.

[KrimeScene]

Depends what you feel comfortbale with.
Macs are basically for Photos, iTunes etc.
If you want to access the Internet, And Game, I reccomend Windows.

Just because you like the look,
I think you should experiment more with it at school.

Also the prices

[Loqo]

Macs are very expensive for the hardware you actually get, a windows laptop with the same specs would be much less. However macs are generally easier to use (which is not always a good thing) but lack customizability and can't be upgraded at all.

I'd say go for a Windows laptop, but get one with XP as vista is 'teh suckage k'.

Thanks for info. +Rep

Depends what you feel comfortbale with.
Macs are basically for Photos, iTunes etc.
If you want to access the Internet, And Game, I reccomend Windows.

Just because you like the look,
I think you should experiment more with it at school.

Also the prices

Ummm.. ok. +Rep

It depends how quickly you can pick up skills really, some people find it easy to switch, others have a real problem.

I personally find it easy enough to use one, but prefer windows over them anyway. You will need to find Mac versions of games to use them on a mac base, you would need to ask the staff at the store if it will work with a Mac

I'm not sure about the EXE though, haven't tried it.

I can pick up skils quite easily really. +Rep.

Mac for sure. I bought one over a Windows Laptop as you have to do, and for sure i made the right choice :] Best buy I have proably made.

You seem very happu with it. +Rep

[Firehorse]

We were using macs to edit a very short video (10 mins) the first macs we tried weren't even compatible with ALL the cameras I tried using a firewire (samsung, JVC, Sony) so we tried the other macs that were still less than three years old. The film was taking so far around 5 hours and we hadn't even got halfway through it when it crashed and even though the data was saved it was completely useless. We tried for over an hour to get the footage over to another newer mac but it said "estimated time remaining: 436 hours"
We then started again from the beginning on a cheap windows laptop using movie maker and the film took two hours and came out looking much better than the mac version would have.

So overall they are cute and funky looking but they don't last very long and when they get over three years old they start becoming useless.

(I was using iMovie)
(For all you people who are going to say this is a load of rubbish it is a true story!)