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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 338392" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Been a hardware PC enthusiast myself for many years. Know my way around a PC, particularly on the hardware side. This is my first Mac, bought just a couple hours before I signed up here.</p><p></p><p>Think I would ask a couple of questions:</p><p>1) Is this gonna be your first laptop?</p><p>2) Have you been playin around with Linux?</p><p>3) Are ya gettin tired of the MS garbage?</p><p>4) Are you expecting to use all your peripherals with your new laptop?</p><p>5) Planning on using laptop for backing up your DVD's?</p><p>6) Do you like to learn new stuff or like to keep what you already know works?</p><p>7) Do you like to spend hours tweaking your windows machine?</p><p></p><p>1) If yes, you're gonna love not bein tied to your desk with either one of 'em.</p><p></p><p>2&3) If yes to one of these, you'll like the Mac, if yes to both, you'll love it.</p><p></p><p>4) If like me, you had no consideration in the past about buying hardware that was compatible with and provided drivers for more than one OS, you may have a problem here going with the Mac. Would suggest checking with manufacturers of your peripherals and see if they have drivers available for OS X.</p><p></p><p>5) Can tell you that if you have a desktop with anything over a P4 3.0 you will not want to do this on the MacBook Pro (MBP). The Dell, don't know. Maybe if it has a 7200 RPM drive instead of the 5400 in the MBP. But I'm guessing that no laptop can hold a candle to a decent desktop for this. There also is no software for the Mac that can compare to the windows world for this.</p><p></p><p>6) If yes to this one - you'll love your new Mac. A lot of new stuff.</p><p></p><p>7) If you like to tweak and get down and dirty with XP, you're gonna miss this with a Mac. Just not much tweaking to be done here. Think I spent a couple of weeks looking around trying to find more settings I could adjust. They're just not there. OS X is set up more to just start using it without all the tweaking to get it running optimally.</p><p></p><p>Gotta say, I've got a PC sittin in the other room, and in some things will blow this MBP away speed wise and got it connected to a 26" HDTV along with satellite and the XBOX 360. But, can't hardly pry the MBP outta my fingers sitting here in my recliner in the living room.</p><p>If you're looking for something new and kinda challenging, you'll love the MBP.</p><p>If you're more into stayin with what you know, would probably suggest the Dell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 338392, member: 24160"] Been a hardware PC enthusiast myself for many years. Know my way around a PC, particularly on the hardware side. This is my first Mac, bought just a couple hours before I signed up here. Think I would ask a couple of questions: 1) Is this gonna be your first laptop? 2) Have you been playin around with Linux? 3) Are ya gettin tired of the MS garbage? 4) Are you expecting to use all your peripherals with your new laptop? 5) Planning on using laptop for backing up your DVD's? 6) Do you like to learn new stuff or like to keep what you already know works? 7) Do you like to spend hours tweaking your windows machine? 1) If yes, you're gonna love not bein tied to your desk with either one of 'em. 2&3) If yes to one of these, you'll like the Mac, if yes to both, you'll love it. 4) If like me, you had no consideration in the past about buying hardware that was compatible with and provided drivers for more than one OS, you may have a problem here going with the Mac. Would suggest checking with manufacturers of your peripherals and see if they have drivers available for OS X. 5) Can tell you that if you have a desktop with anything over a P4 3.0 you will not want to do this on the MacBook Pro (MBP). The Dell, don't know. Maybe if it has a 7200 RPM drive instead of the 5400 in the MBP. But I'm guessing that no laptop can hold a candle to a decent desktop for this. There also is no software for the Mac that can compare to the windows world for this. 6) If yes to this one - you'll love your new Mac. A lot of new stuff. 7) If you like to tweak and get down and dirty with XP, you're gonna miss this with a Mac. Just not much tweaking to be done here. Think I spent a couple of weeks looking around trying to find more settings I could adjust. They're just not there. OS X is set up more to just start using it without all the tweaking to get it running optimally. Gotta say, I've got a PC sittin in the other room, and in some things will blow this MBP away speed wise and got it connected to a 26" HDTV along with satellite and the XBOX 360. But, can't hardly pry the MBP outta my fingers sitting here in my recliner in the living room. If you're looking for something new and kinda challenging, you'll love the MBP. If you're more into stayin with what you know, would probably suggest the Dell. [/QUOTE]
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