I am very surprised on the rare occasion I read a post like this - it makes me wonder whether the person saying it is perhaps attempting to justify their own purchase to themselves.It's really not.
I had a Macbook, and at end of life I simply couldn't justify paying the same again when the time came for what was basically a streaming/bluemooning/photo storing machine.
I saved over £500 by getting a pretty decent lenovo windows laptop. I work in IT so I also know that windows 10 is actually pretty much a dream. It's a far cry from the clunkier windows 95 etc.
Unless you're a pro photographer, video maker etc, there's simply no reason for a normal person to have an apple computer, other than vanity.
for me, it's about the difference between actually enjoying a smooth and effortless experience on one machine, and getting so angry with the other that I want to throw it out of the window.
Like I say, I work in IT so am very well versed in windows, server iterations etc etc. And I can categorically say that I have never once felt the urge to "throw it out of the window".
It used to be that MacOS 'just worked', and windows required work. Not so anymore.
If you know anyone that’s a student you can get 10% off.Currently on 7 years for my MacBook Pro. There's simply no way I'm ever going back to Windows after the pleasure of using Mac. The idea would be simply laughable. It would be like living in a luxury mansion and then moving out to a damp bedsit.
I'm looking to replace it with a newer model soon. There's just one problem: paying for it.
Any tips on getting the best price on a MacBook Pro?
Not really true, all the high end ultra books these days are priced similar to each other.It's really not.
I had a Macbook, and at end of life I simply couldn't justify paying the same again when the time came for what was basically a streaming/bluemooning/photo storing machine.
I saved over £500 by getting a pretty decent lenovo windows laptop. I work in IT so I also know that windows 10 is actually pretty much a dream. It's a far cry from the clunkier windows 95 etc.
Unless you're a pro photographer, video maker etc, there's simply no reason for a normal person to have an apple computer, other than vanity.
Nice though they are, I really couldn't justify spanking out for a MacBook Pro or Mac Desktop when what I have does what I need it it do for a fraction of the price.It's really not.
I had a Macbook, and at end of life I simply couldn't justify paying the same again when the time came for what was basically a streaming/bluemooning/photo storing machine.
I saved over £500 by getting a pretty decent lenovo windows laptop. I work in IT so I also know that windows 10 is actually pretty much a dream. It's a far cry from the clunkier windows 95 etc.
Unless you're a pro photographer, video maker etc, there's simply no reason for a normal person to have an apple computer, other than vanity.
Nice though they are, I really couldn't justify spanking out for a MacBook Pro or Mac Desktop when what I have does what I need it it do for a fraction of the price.
I know a few full blown Apple Tarts who've bought in to the whole 'ecosystem' (iPhone, Watch, Apple TV, MacBook Pro). They are always first in the queue when the latest model comes out. They always come out with that 'it works straight out of the box' crap, which is true in essence but then so does Windows. What they don't tend to grasp is how locked down Apple is compared to it's Microsoft counterpart.
I use a Windows 10 laptop (i7, 20GB RAM (4GB DDR4 16GB Optane)) to process my photographs (Lightroom/Photoshop). My main catalogue is just shy of 14000 images with 197GB of RAW & JPEG files stored on the machine. It gets a bit clunky during heavy editing, but most of the time it does just fine.