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Trying to justify a Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="Soviet Reunion" data-source="post: 1282838" data-attributes="member: 211544"><p>Potential switcher! I've been interested in Mac for a while now considering its many media-producing options and perks, which are hard to find in a PC (especially considering 99% of it is sketchy third-party).</p><p></p><p>Anywho, I'm having a hard time to justify buying a Mac. Here's a comparison of what I'm looking at:</p><p></p><p>Mac Mini</p><p>$599</p><p></p><p>2.3GHz Intel i5</p><p>2GB DDR3 RAM</p><p>500GB HDD</p><p>Intel HD Graphics 3000</p><p>Bluetooth</p><p></p><p>HP Pavilion p7-1030</p><p>$549 (found on sale)</p><p></p><p>3.1GHz Intel i3</p><p>8GB DDR3 RAM</p><p>1TB HDD</p><p>Intel HD Graphics 1696</p><p></p><p>It has a faster processor, larger hard drive, the advantage to the Mac is the graphics card and bluetooth built-in. Is it worth it? I know that RAM is expandable, but I'm really attracted to the faster processor (even if it is an i3).</p><p></p><p>Ideally I'd like a Macbook Pro, but <em>man</em>, can those run ya.</p><p></p><p>So I'll ask you guys, is it truly better to opt for a Mac?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Soviet Reunion, post: 1282838, member: 211544"] Potential switcher! I've been interested in Mac for a while now considering its many media-producing options and perks, which are hard to find in a PC (especially considering 99% of it is sketchy third-party). Anywho, I'm having a hard time to justify buying a Mac. Here's a comparison of what I'm looking at: Mac Mini $599 2.3GHz Intel i5 2GB DDR3 RAM 500GB HDD Intel HD Graphics 3000 Bluetooth HP Pavilion p7-1030 $549 (found on sale) 3.1GHz Intel i3 8GB DDR3 RAM 1TB HDD Intel HD Graphics 1696 It has a faster processor, larger hard drive, the advantage to the Mac is the graphics card and bluetooth built-in. Is it worth it? I know that RAM is expandable, but I'm really attracted to the faster processor (even if it is an i3). Ideally I'd like a Macbook Pro, but [i]man[/i], can those run ya. So I'll ask you guys, is it truly better to opt for a Mac? [/QUOTE]
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