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laptop or Mac
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MackemFull Member
I cant see what’s so great about the OS on a Mac. In my 1 month of using this Macbook Pro I’ve had just as many “out of memory” problems as on a windows machine. (which the macbook didnt handle very gracefully). Things like installing a new app seem to be different for the sake of being different. I’m not saying it’s a bad compute or bad OS, just no better than windows 7 on a decent laptop,
molgripsFree MemberI haven’t seen a £1000 laptop with a screen as good as a Mac
That’s really going to make the difference to the OP’s daughter isn’t it. It’s easily worth an extra grade on the degree, that.
jambalayaFree Member@Mackem – never ever had an out of memory issue, obviously you are running different programmes though.
@molgrips – the screen quality makes a big difference to potential eye strain. A MacBook (or potentially any PC these days) is much more than a word-processor. As noted previously in our household we watch very little broadcast TV these days, its all streaming or downloaded content, so screen quality matters.
As we’ve all said there are many choices, what I say is that over the last 5 years we’ve converted the whole 5 person household to Mac/Apple as it simply works better and the products integrate fantastically.
JamieFree MemberThat’s really going to make the difference to the OP’s daughter isn’t it. It’s easily worth an extra grade on the degree, that
You’re just being obtuse now.
molgripsFree MemberYes, I do appreciate that a nice screen is better. The screen on my HP HDX is much nicer than the one on this Lenovo, but how much of that is due to size I don’t know.
However watching iplayer is probably the area where it’s least important, imo!
the products integrate fantastically.
This is a valid point. Apple run a more closed environment, which means that their stuff all works very well together. However if you aren’t 100% Apple then it CAN to work less well I think, although I do not have direct experience of this.
The whole closed world ethos puts me off, but it does help to ensure that what you do have works.
JamieFree MemberHowever if you aren’t 100% Apple then it CAN to work less well I think, although I do not have direct experience of this.
Heh.
MrSmithFree MemberThe laptop screens are 6bit dithered to 8 bit so useless for colour critical work. I guess they are perfect for watching YouTube cat movies or porn though.
mikewsmithFree MemberUbuntu is now horrible, thanks to ‘Unity’.
Ubuntu with Cinnamon is still great though. Unity is just the top layer.
Spot on with the Screen thing Molegrips – not sure how I managed watching TV in the 80’sHowever watching iplayer is probably the area where it’s least important, imo!
MrSmithFree MemberI cant see what’s so great about the OS on a Mac. In my 1 month of using this Macbook Pro I’ve had just as many “out of memory” problems as on a windows machine
I’m intrigued. What is an “out of memory issue”?
Is that writing/reading to disk when you run out of ram?molgripsFree MemberYeah something’s wrong if you get ‘out of memory’. Never normally happens on Windows, should also not happen on Mac either.
simons_nicolai-ukFree MemberIn my 1 month of using this Macbook Pro I’ve had just as many “out of memory” problems as on a windows machine.
How do they show up? I occasionally see the spinning beachball on my macs but not explicit ‘out of memory’
Things like installing a new app seem to be different for the sake of being different
It’s so mind numbingly simple and obvious – you open the “disc image” (which admittedly is a bit of a hangover from physical media), and drag the application into your ‘applications’ folder. Then you delete the download/disc image. Microsoft (and possibly Adobe) don’t seem to be able to follow the convention, and manage to add additional clicks and confirmationss, but everyone else follows but even Microsofts installs are pretty close.
Some apps make this *really* obvious by giving you a window showing you dragging the app to applications.
To delete it you delete the application from your applications folder. It’s very very rare than you need to run any sort of ‘uninstaller’.
simons_nicolai-ukFree MemberBiggest difference for me between Macs and the windows Laptops I’ve used (maybe they’ve finally got better) is the quality of the trackpad. I was a IBM Trackpoint nipple fan for years. Current HP laptop has both trackpoint and trackpad but it’s a real struggle to use either.
The trackpad on the macs is so good I sit my laptop in front of a bigger screen and use it as my main navigation even when at a desk.
I hate carrying a laptop around – small and light and long battery life if it’s going in a bag. Much less likely to get broken.
jam-boFull MemberThings like installing a new app seem to be different for the sake of being different
Well you wouldn’t want to get sued…
mboyFree MemberI hate carrying a laptop around – small and light and long battery life if it’s going in a bag. Much less likely to get broken.
Agreed
With that in mind, and also being a (slightly more mature) student myself currently, and knowing just how many computers there are in University computer rooms and libraries to use 24/7, how about one of these…
or even one or two of these…
I love my MacBook (and I have to use Mac’s on my course), but I could definitely survive if I needed to with access via Uni computers only, though it would be tougher for me simply cos I live miles from uni. Much less of an issue if your daughter lives close!
Anyway… Loving all the arguments about 18yo girls needing a MacBook Air to keep up with their friends etc. You’re exactly the kind of shallow people that fuel the argument that Mac’s are purely a superficial purchase for people who want to look cool. I wonder also what you’d be suggesting if your own 18yo daughter was perhaps a bit tubby, or had bad dress sense, or (well the list could go on…)? Most of the 18yo girls I know at uni are a million times more concerned about how wasted they were last night, whether or not the pompous prick they fancy fancies them back, and if they’ve got enough vodka and fags for tonight’s party… The sad fact is a whole lot of uni students don’t really give a shit, mostly til their final year when it’s largely too late to rescue any kind of decent grade…
Just so you know like!
And if you think you “know” your daughter… Guess again! 😉
mastiles_fanylionFree MemberAnd if you think you “know” your daughter… Guess again!
Although most people will know their own daughter better than some bloke off the internet.
(Chat Roulette acquaintances excepted).
timcFree Memberjambalaya – Member
@timc – I’m very very surprised your keyboard wasn’t replaced free of charge, did you ask (I assume you bought the MacBook in the UK and hadn’t damaged the keyboard)
Bought in the Uk & Not damaged, Apparently the keyboard just bust, no sign of water damage or any other pap the ‘genius’ was chatting. I asked if it was covered in anyway, none, i had to cough up £160 notes.
Not impressed really, could count myself unlucky I guess…
PrinceJohnFull MemberYep called BACKUP, it’s not magic it doesnt need a fancy name
So why then when I google time machine pc equivalent doesn’t it come up?
molgripsFree MemberTime machine does online backups? Windows backup doesn’t.
On Windows 7 Home Premium it’ll only back up to a local hard drive or removeable media. The latter is inconvenient since you have to make sure the media is present when you want to backup. The former isn’t any good if the entire drive dies.
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