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<blockquote data-quote="Yarrrm8e" data-source="post: 983011" data-attributes="member: 140596">My ancient Dell laptop finally died on me.&nbsp; I have a 17&quot; Dell XPS laptop for work (not the one that broke down), and it is a lovely machine, very powerful, never breaks down, all that.&nbsp; 17&quot; is a lot to carry around.&nbsp; When I first got it, I thought it would be great for watching movies on a plane, but it won't fit on the tray table, it's that big.&nbsp; So anyway, I wanted something small, portable, but powerful.&nbsp; I was looking at 13&quot; notebooks, but it's hard to find one that's not a netbook, and that's just not powerful enough for me.&nbsp; So on a whim I went into the Apple store.&nbsp; They gave me a military discount, and I picked up a 13&quot; MBP for $1099.&nbsp; Any PC laptop with a 13&quot; screen and similar specs was similarly priced, so there goes that whole &quot;Macs are too expensive wah wah&quot; argument.&nbsp; When people ask me what's the difference, I just tell them that it's a million and one little things that it does better.&nbsp; It's the attention to detail.Now, I haven't had a BSOD for years (that wasn't related to a hardware fault, and don't give me any BS that Mac hardware doesn't fail) and I got a Vista computer after the service packs came out, so I haven't had any issues.&nbsp; I'm running Windows 7 64-bit via parallels, and although I need more RAM, as I only have 2 gigs, the computer is fast and stable.&nbsp; All in all, the machine is so good I honestly can't see ever buying a non-Mac laptop again.&nbsp; I'm still finding little things that make me happy thanks to their simplicity.&nbsp; It's amazing how simple they've made all these programs, yet they are very powerful.&nbsp; iPhoto, for example, is stellar.&nbsp; It has most of the functionality of Adobe Bridge, but in my experience it runs better, or at least it doesn't draw the same resources as Bridge.Now if we could get a tower without blowing 3 grand, I'd be happy.&nbsp; Still not sold on the iMac, and the Mac Mini is cool, but just not powerful enough for what I need.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yarrrm8e, post: 983011, member: 140596"] My ancient Dell laptop finally died on me. I have a 17" Dell XPS laptop for work (not the one that broke down), and it is a lovely machine, very powerful, never breaks down, all that. 17" is a lot to carry around. When I first got it, I thought it would be great for watching movies on a plane, but it won't fit on the tray table, it's that big. So anyway, I wanted something small, portable, but powerful. I was looking at 13" notebooks, but it's hard to find one that's not a netbook, and that's just not powerful enough for me. So on a whim I went into the Apple store. They gave me a military discount, and I picked up a 13" MBP for $1099. Any PC laptop with a 13" screen and similar specs was similarly priced, so there goes that whole "Macs are too expensive wah wah" argument. When people ask me what's the difference, I just tell them that it's a million and one little things that it does better. It's the attention to detail. Now, I haven't had a BSOD for years (that wasn't related to a hardware fault, and don't give me any BS that Mac hardware doesn't fail) and I got a Vista computer after the service packs came out, so I haven't had any issues. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit via parallels, and although I need more RAM, as I only have 2 gigs, the computer is fast and stable. All in all, the machine is so good I honestly can't see ever buying a non-Mac laptop again. I'm still finding little things that make me happy thanks to their simplicity. It's amazing how simple they've made all these programs, yet they are very powerful. iPhoto, for example, is stellar. It has most of the functionality of Adobe Bridge, but in my experience it runs better, or at least it doesn't draw the same resources as Bridge. Now if we could get a tower without blowing 3 grand, I'd be happy. Still not sold on the iMac, and the Mac Mini is cool, but just not powerful enough for what I need. [/QUOTE]

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