Hello,
So a last minute job came up for me which meant I had to sprint to the shops to buy a laptop to take away to keep myself occupied. I downloaded a load of videos using my windows PC and I was convinced to buy a macbook by nearly every salesman of each shop I went into.
I bought the cheaper Macbook Pro 13" without the retina display, as the only difference I could see was that it was a little bit brighter.
So as this is my first Mac I've had a few complications and I'm not writing this thread to ***** and moan but in hopes that someone will restore my faith in what seemed like a no brainer when I was given a demonstration in store.
So my issues are:
Firstly I have limited internet which is part of my problem.
I really hate safari compared to chrome, but when I download chrome I just get error messages.
Theres literally nothing to do to pass time (solitaire type stuff) and the chess game is ridiculously difficult.
None of my videos work, because it wont play .avi files. So I'm playing chess over and over again.
Theres a very low selection of torrent games out there (legal ones of course).
Theres only one button on the pad, cmd-click for usual right click?!
It was VERY expensive compared to similar spec windows laptops.
It doesnt do anything that my PC didnt do.
I am planning on buying an expensive laptop in two months when I'm back in England and have my first few months pay to spend and I really loved this laptop in the shop. However I really dont know what Ive spent my money on, apart from a smart looking bog-standard piece of kit.
Someone please give me reasons to buy the 15" beauty thats available in a couple of months or are macs just for professionals? Should I just go Alienware instead? Do Macs have advantages for the people who use computers as a hobby?
By the way I also play around with graphics and animations for fun using the usual adobe packages that I havent had the time to install yet.
So a last minute job came up for me which meant I had to sprint to the shops to buy a laptop to take away to keep myself occupied. I downloaded a load of videos using my windows PC and I was convinced to buy a macbook by nearly every salesman of each shop I went into.
I bought the cheaper Macbook Pro 13" without the retina display, as the only difference I could see was that it was a little bit brighter.
So as this is my first Mac I've had a few complications and I'm not writing this thread to ***** and moan but in hopes that someone will restore my faith in what seemed like a no brainer when I was given a demonstration in store.
So my issues are:
Firstly I have limited internet which is part of my problem.
I really hate safari compared to chrome, but when I download chrome I just get error messages.
Theres literally nothing to do to pass time (solitaire type stuff) and the chess game is ridiculously difficult.
None of my videos work, because it wont play .avi files. So I'm playing chess over and over again.
Theres a very low selection of torrent games out there (legal ones of course).
Theres only one button on the pad, cmd-click for usual right click?!
It was VERY expensive compared to similar spec windows laptops.
It doesnt do anything that my PC didnt do.
I am planning on buying an expensive laptop in two months when I'm back in England and have my first few months pay to spend and I really loved this laptop in the shop. However I really dont know what Ive spent my money on, apart from a smart looking bog-standard piece of kit.
Someone please give me reasons to buy the 15" beauty thats available in a couple of months or are macs just for professionals? Should I just go Alienware instead? Do Macs have advantages for the people who use computers as a hobby?
By the way I also play around with graphics and animations for fun using the usual adobe packages that I havent had the time to install yet.