Getting myself a new laptop strictly for work - What about a macbook?

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  • xpics
    Registered User
    • Nov 2005
    • 136

    #1

    Getting myself a new laptop strictly for work - What about a macbook?

    I've been a Windows user all my life but I think I would like to try a Mac. I work for a big ISP in Iceland, and all the mac users rave about their computers like brainwashed zombies... so this stuff gotta be good right?
  • candyflip
    Carpe Visio
    • Jul 2002
    • 43073

    #2
    I got one recently and love it. Make sure you get at least 1gig of RAM and checkout out Parallels Desktop, making it easy for you to run WinXP on your Macbook.

    http://parallels.com/



    Last edited by candyflip; 07-21-2006, 03:21 PM.

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    • FiReC
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2002
      • 2350

      #3
      same situation as you, never used a mac in my life, but i'm a freebsd fan and i figure why not have a desktop os that also works as a great development server. picked up a macbook and i dig it.
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      • Hollywood376
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        • Jul 2005
        • 1154

        #4
        I know the mac haters will be in here before long, but I love 'em.

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        • Belinda
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          • Jul 2005
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          #5
          Get a mac, You'll hate it for a week and love it for the rest of your life after that.
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          • Belinda
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            • Jul 2005
            • 4365

            #6
            Get a mac, You'll hate it for a week and love it for the rest of your life after that.
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            • minusonebit
              So Fucking Banned
              • Feb 2006
              • 7391

              #7
              Originally posted by Hollywood376
              I know the mac haters will be in here before long, but I love 'em.
              Yeah, I love to pay for overpriced hardware that isnt compatiable with anything.

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              • jrap
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2005
                • 448

                #8
                bought a macbook two days ago. I really like it!

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                • $tandaman
                  Pimping 8EZ
                  • Jun 2001
                  • 3530

                  #9
                  I've got macbook pro.. it's hot shit.. never had a mac before, just got it when they went intel. Absolutely love it.
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                  • kanalj
                    Confirmed User
                    • Jan 2006
                    • 639

                    #10
                    get a macbook!

                    I made that back in the days!

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                    • ProducerCashDave
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                      • Jun 2006
                      • 3983

                      #11
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                      • kanalj
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jan 2006
                        • 639

                        #12
                        and for the record I've spent all night tinkering and installing windows (again!) on my sisters broken Windows PC.

                        I made that back in the days!

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                        • PenetratinP
                          Confirmed User
                          • Aug 2002
                          • 2689

                          #13
                          Originally posted by BadBoy_Dave
                          Get an Alien notebook
                          Isn't alienware a bit overpriced?

                          They're never high in the rankings in consumer reports. I'd stick with more reputable brands such as Lenovo/IBM and Toshiba or Apple(ugh) which always rank at the top of laptop brand ratings for quality and customer service.

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                          • Kimo
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                            • Jan 2006
                            • 11542

                            #14
                            sony sony sony sony sony sony sony!
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                            • Fucksakes
                              Shit... Fuck! What the Hell?
                              • Dec 2003
                              • 7567

                              #15
                              Originally posted by BadBoy_Dave
                              Get an Alien notebook
                              lmfao.. I owned that exact laptop.. and its a pile of junk.

                              nice and fast but once it breaks.. good fucking luck, I spent months getting it fixed and sold to buy myself a macbook.

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                              • Fucksakes
                                Shit... Fuck! What the Hell?
                                • Dec 2003
                                • 7567

                                #16
                                Originally posted by BadBoy_Dave
                                Get an Alien notebook
                                lmfao.. I owned that exact laptop.. and its a pile of junk.

                                nice and fast but once it breaks.. good fucking luck, I spent months getting it fixed and sold to buy myself a macbook.

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                                • Fucksakes
                                  Shit... Fuck! What the Hell?
                                  • Dec 2003
                                  • 7567

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by BadBoy_Dave
                                  Get an Alien notebook
                                  lmfao.. I owned that exact laptop.. and its a pile of junk.

                                  nice and fast but once it breaks.. good fucking luck, I spent months getting it fixed and sold to buy myself a macbook.

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                                  • Fucksakes
                                    Shit... Fuck! What the Hell?
                                    • Dec 2003
                                    • 7567

                                    #18
                                    wtf i hit the submit button only once.

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                                    • xpics
                                      Registered User
                                      • Nov 2005
                                      • 136

                                      #19
                                      the macbook looks better and better, awesome replies you guys.

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                                      • KrisKross
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jan 2006
                                        • 5025

                                        #20
                                        Once I sell my old latptop, I'll be buying a Macbook. I'll be running Bootcamp so I use XP on it as well.

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                                        • dissipate
                                          The Dirty Frenchman
                                          • Nov 2005
                                          • 8904

                                          #21
                                          I love my mac and I'm not letting go

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                                          • GoodGuy
                                            So Fucking Banned
                                            • Aug 2003
                                            • 881

                                            #22
                                            Mac sucks... you can't run all your winxp aplications. it's a pain in the ass.

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                                            • KrisKross
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jan 2006
                                              • 5025

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by GoodGuy
                                              Mac sucks... you can't run all your winxp aplications. it's a pain in the ass.
                                              That's not true anymore.

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                                              • Gerco
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Nov 2005
                                                • 2052

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by GoodGuy
                                                Mac sucks... you can't run all your winxp aplications. it's a pain in the ass.
                                                WTH are you talking about. Do a LITTLE research before you make a statement like that. You show your ignorance.

                                                If you load bootcamp on a macbook pro, and windows xp sp2, then your running windows. That means anything and everything that you would normally run on any other windows machine run on the macbook.... simple as that. You do understand that right? Your BOOTING to windows XP, NOT running it on top of OSX. When you do this, you also better have all your regular antivirus and spyware apps running, because your machine at that point IS a windows XP machine. Hats off to Apple for not only giving us the choice to run OSX or Windows XP, But giving us a FREE tool to do it and provideing ALL the drivers in simple self creating CD to make the features of the Macbook pro work with XP without having to hunt all over the net for them. Tell me another company that has made it so simple.
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                                                • Gerco
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                                                  • Nov 2005
                                                  • 2052

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Gerco
                                                  WTH are you talking about. Do a LITTLE research before you make a statement like that. You show your ignorance.

                                                  If you load bootcamp on a macbook pro, and windows xp sp2, then your running windows. That means anything and everything that you would normally run on any other windows machine run on the macbook.... simple as that. You do understand that right? Your BOOTING to windows XP, NOT running it on top of OSX. When you do this, you also better have all your regular antivirus and spyware apps running, because your machine at that point IS a windows XP machine. Hats off to Apple for not only giving us the choice to run OSX or Windows XP, But giving us a FREE tool to do it and provideing ALL the drivers in simple self creating CD to make the features of the Macbook pro work with XP without having to hunt all over the net for them. Tell me another company that has made it so simple.
                                                  Oh and check the thread I created about my experiance with my new Macbook pro ...

                                                  http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=623452
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                                                  • MarinaAngela
                                                    Confirmed User
                                                    • Nov 2005
                                                    • 383

                                                    #26
                                                    hmmm, i love to have a macbook, but i would settle for my ibm and dell for the moment...
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                                                    • MyNameIsNobody
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Dec 2005
                                                      • 2947

                                                      #27
                                                      it's PC for me all the way

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                                                      • minusonebit
                                                        So Fucking Banned
                                                        • Feb 2006
                                                        • 7391

                                                        #28
                                                        I think the next unit I get will be either a Sony or an IBM. I hate Dell, Compaq, Gateway and MACs.

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                                                        • macmark
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jun 2006
                                                          • 196

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by Belinda
                                                          Get a mac, You'll hate it for a week and love it for the rest of your life after that.
                                                          That is so true!

                                                          You have to unlearn all the bad habits you learnt as a windows users which you think are standard.

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                                                          • UCH
                                                            Registered User
                                                            • Jul 2006
                                                            • 98

                                                            #30
                                                            macbooks are nice for work purposes
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