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Why should I buy a portable Mac rather than a PC??
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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 356324" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>The counter to this argument is that a Macbook, in addition to being a very portable, powerful, and well designed machine is also the most versatile notebook computer on the market today. It not only runs Mac OS X but will also run Windows, either dual-boot with Boot Camp or simultaneously with Parallels. A windows computer any model will not.</p><p></p><p>It's price point is also very competitive with any consumer Windows laptop on the market as well. Go out and price out a Dell with similar features. Be sure to include the camera, built-in wireless, bluetooth, and external monitor graphics capabilties. You'll find the Macbook to be an equal or superior in most instances.</p><p></p><p>So, as I like to say, you can have your cake and eat it too. I use my Macbook for personal computing (garageband, photoshop, web browsing, etc.) and for work stuff (I'm an Oracle DBA, and on the Windows side I can use Parallels to do all of the Windows GUI DBA tools similarly to how one would use Autocad on the Windows 'side' as well as access my employer's VPN.) I have an employer supplied Windows notebook, but don't need to lug it out with me if I have my Macbook. </p><p></p><p>Plus there are things a boss might not consider when thinking about work capable functions, such as video iChat video conferencing. I've used that extensively to keep in touch with other people with Macbooks, or even others who have webcams. </p><p></p><p>All in all, as someone who has more than 25 years in the data processing industry a Macbook is one of the most pleasurable, intuitive, and productive tools I've ever used. I've run the gamut from Sun workstations to early DOS/Windows versions, later Windows incarnations, and big-iron mainframes. The Mac has come of age with its Intel heart and multi-OS capabilities. So far I've convinced about five people to make their next personal computer a Macbook, and all of them have been thrilled with the world of possibilities it has opened to them just from having all of the options available both from the Mac OS world, and the Windows world. For me, personally, I've never been this enthralled with a piece of computing kit in all my career. Take that as you will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 356324, member: 9385"] The counter to this argument is that a Macbook, in addition to being a very portable, powerful, and well designed machine is also the most versatile notebook computer on the market today. It not only runs Mac OS X but will also run Windows, either dual-boot with Boot Camp or simultaneously with Parallels. A windows computer any model will not. It's price point is also very competitive with any consumer Windows laptop on the market as well. Go out and price out a Dell with similar features. Be sure to include the camera, built-in wireless, bluetooth, and external monitor graphics capabilties. You'll find the Macbook to be an equal or superior in most instances. So, as I like to say, you can have your cake and eat it too. I use my Macbook for personal computing (garageband, photoshop, web browsing, etc.) and for work stuff (I'm an Oracle DBA, and on the Windows side I can use Parallels to do all of the Windows GUI DBA tools similarly to how one would use Autocad on the Windows 'side' as well as access my employer's VPN.) I have an employer supplied Windows notebook, but don't need to lug it out with me if I have my Macbook. Plus there are things a boss might not consider when thinking about work capable functions, such as video iChat video conferencing. I've used that extensively to keep in touch with other people with Macbooks, or even others who have webcams. All in all, as someone who has more than 25 years in the data processing industry a Macbook is one of the most pleasurable, intuitive, and productive tools I've ever used. I've run the gamut from Sun workstations to early DOS/Windows versions, later Windows incarnations, and big-iron mainframes. The Mac has come of age with its Intel heart and multi-OS capabilities. So far I've convinced about five people to make their next personal computer a Macbook, and all of them have been thrilled with the world of possibilities it has opened to them just from having all of the options available both from the Mac OS world, and the Windows world. For me, personally, I've never been this enthralled with a piece of computing kit in all my career. Take that as you will. [/QUOTE]
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