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At home we use a Mac but use boot camp for the work related PC based programs etc.
I'm about to change jobs to a company that uses Mac based system, unfortunately this is going to require working away from home so I need a laptop of some sort.
Ideally I would get a Mac book but for comparative specs you seem to be paying in the region of £500 extra for the Mac over the windows based system
Now the numpty question:
Is it possible to run a MAC OS on a PC based system (without the technical nowse and where withal necessary not to have to ask this question)? If it is where would you get a suitable copy of the OS?
However you need to know what your doing, good luck though! Also not strictly legal so don't think work would appreciate you using it, although might be impressed and give you loads of money!
its possible but running PC stuff on a Mac is much easier
Macs do seem poor value, when compared spec for spec with Pissy laptops, but when you factor in the fantastic software bundle, and the ease of use of a vastly superior operating system, the price difference is surely negated. You're getting a better machine, full stop. Better built than most other machines out there, for sure.
IMO, it's only the higher end Sony Vaios and that, which really match up to the quality of Macs, anyway. The cheapo £300 PC World specials are not that great, under the bonnet. Flimsy shoddy junk.
Podge I know but unfortunately paying for a PC is easier than Paying for a Mac
that may be so short term but when you cant do some work because the homebrew coding to make the machine work is broke and you have to send it somewhere to get fixed, it all starts clocking up
I am confused, your new company uses Mac but won't provide you with the Mac?
Get a second hand white Macbook, now the metal ones are out to replace the polycarb ones hopefully they'll be a bit cheaper.
Don't bother with OSX86, it's a fun little project to get it going but not good enough for day to day usage. Things like SpeedStep, sleep (and more importantly reliably resuming from sleep!), automatic connection of external monitors/tvs etc are extremely difficult to get working (and running software updates often breaks it all again).
What exactly are you worried about with your colleagues using Macs and you using PC? The majority of work I'd imagine will work cross platform or you'll be able to get converters. Could always use Ubuntu which IMO stands in the middle ground of compatibility between the two platforms?