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Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by kennyg, Nov 14, 2013.

  1. kennyg

    kennyg Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Ours is about done. I have a doughter that will be in high school next year and a son that will be in 7th grade so I am assuming they will need the ability to type and print reports. Other that that, just internet use and occasionally print something. I've been told by friends to get a Mac but its way to much $1400 for our needs. The kids both have their ipads already. Suggestions? Thanks in Advance.
     
  2. indynotch50

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    Man I bought a $300 samsung from best buy and it has been a tank. I run AutoCAD 3D and a few other engineering programs off of it and it's never as much as hiccuped.

    I think Mac's are too expensive for just a PC to use for every day. I'm not sure why they are so amazing, and at that price point, I never will.

    The key is that you don't need a "gamer's" computer. You don't need a crazy graphics card, the most ram...

    Also, see when they will get the new models. I got mine a 2 or 3 hundred cheaper because they got the new ones in the day before.
     
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    Macbook Pro. Bought one this summer, love it. Wont have to buy another computer for 10 years i bet. Thing is legit, and all the new operating systems are free.
     
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    I used to think MacBook Pros were over priced too. I was going through a $5-600 Sony/dell/etc every year or two and finally bit the bullet to try it. Got it brand new for $1100. 3 years later without one single effort put forth by me, it's as fast as the day I bought it and the battery still lasts dang near an entire day of hard use. They say bugs exist for Macs, I've just never seen one.

    For work or gaming a PC may be a requirement, but for a personal laptop buy once, buy it right. And don't think about it for the next decade.
     
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    MartinBowShooter Weekend Warrior

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    Look at a chrombook. For $270 you can't beat it. Great for typing up school reports and browsing the internet.

    Sent from my SCH-R530U using Tapatalk
     
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    Mac. As mentioned today's Mac will kick everything elses arse for the next 10yrs.

    I have a few programs I have to use a PC for and it's like stepping back in time in a communist country.
     
  7. indynotch50

    indynotch50 Grizzled Veteran

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    Actually, I would get a microsoft surface. We have been playing with them at work. They have just as much power as our PCs (and mine is an engineering spec).
    You can do everything you need to PC wise with it, and it's a tablet so it has all those functions as well.
    The Pro is definitely the way to go but they're pricey. The RT should do everything you need also.
     
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    Mac books are great love mine! and also it's insured through State Farm for only $30 a year for anything that happens to it.
     
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    The Macbook Pro might be expensive but it's worth every penny. Had mine for 3 years now and it hasn't gave me any problems. In comparison, my brother had a Dell for five years and its crapped out on him at least three times. He now prefers to use my macbook. Also, the macbook doesnt require any BS virus protection that has to be renewed every 2 years, just the occasional report sent to apple.
     
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    I've had my toshiba laptop for 6 years now, runs great! Just got my wife a toshiba laptop for school. It had much better specs than the macbook, and was bigger, and was 800 dollars cheaper.
     
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    Toshiba makes a great laptop. For the money you can't beat them for performance and durability. The case is made of the same material they make football helmets out of. Not that it should be treated roughly, but good to know that it is built well. With that being said, I have NEVER heard anyone complain that has a Mac. My next laptop will be a Mac. I don't know a thing about them and I want to see what makes them so great.
     
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    I am a teacher. IN our school district, all students 4th grade through SR's in high school get a Samsung Chromebook. They cost out kids $75/year for three years and then they are theirs to keep. They run on the google plan, so everything is web based. They start up in 8 seconds. Great for email, browsing the web and using google docs or google drive. Everyone loves them!

    Why pay $800, $1000, $1200 or $1400 when you could spend $275 and then replace it every 3-4 years if you need to? When you need to upgrade?
     
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    Because you can either buy nice, or in your case buy twice, or three times, basically your saying spend 275 dollars now, and in 3 years again, and in 3 years again. By the time year 6 rolls around, you could have already bought a macbook pro, not had any of the crap that comes along with pcs on it, and it will still be running as great as the day you bought it. But hey to each their own.
     
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    I am not trying to argue against Mac, but if it lasts 10 years wont it be way out of date to the new technonology? I think back 10 years ago from now and I had a new yellow nextel phone that was indistructable and the size of a brick. It was the thing of the times then. Compare it to my phone 10 years later and I am trying to use the same theory to laptops. If I am wrong I would gladly spend the extra cash on a Mac.
     
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    I was thinking the same thing myself. I have a Dell desktop that I bought back in '03, which has never given me any problems. It's definitely obsolete. I still use it because it runs my favorite programs, like Lotus123, (I hate Excel) and Lotus Organizer, (1,000 times better than Outlook) and all the household bookkeeping is on Quicken on the Dell. But let's face it, the Dell is obsolete after 10 years.

    I bought a Gateway netbook which is wireless compatible and is very, very, much faster than the Dell. Cost me less than $250. It doesn't have a CD/DVD drive so I bought an accessory, used, for $30. I only use the drive maybe once a month.

    I can upgrade my net book when it becomes obsolete for a whole lot less than you can upgrade your Mac when it becomes obsolete. So unless Macs come with free hardware upgrades for 10 years, I'm gonna have to stick with the PC version.
     
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    That is my point. No matter if you buy Mac or PC, in three years everything will be out of date. So in the last 20 years I have bought 5 computers. The first was almost $2000, the last was $650. After 3-4 years, you need a new one. So why not so cheap, yet fast with a chromebook? and in a few years get a new up-to-date one?
     
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    Them lasting ten years doesn't mean ill have it that long. Ill likely upgrade after five years, and only lose a few hundred bucks on the original after 5 years of hassle free use. What they are worth used is an important factor for computers that most overlook because as pointed out you often upgrade
     
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    I looked at these and they cost as much as a MAC
     

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