Mac boys

[Steve_PD]

So am slowly swaying round to the idea of a mac...

My laptop is f**ked and Ive been looking at getting a 13" Mac book air or a 13" mac book pro

Both are about the same price so whats the pros and cons of each?
Is it worth paying the extra for the 3 year Apple care?

[Adam]

Depends on what you want. The MBA is light and lacks the processing power but on the other hand it does have a SSD 1/4 of the size of the MBP.

I would personally go for the MacBook Pro for the same price. Mine is over a year old, taken a few knocks, never slowed down since new, never crashed, and still keeps 4+ hours battery life

It is worth paying for the Apple Care if your a student £69 and I get 10% off

[bobotheclown]

Will you be taking it out and about alot? Then the Air is the choice for you. It is compromised in terms of power and storage so that it is light and portable. If you want to storage you will need an external hard drive to store all your music/video/photos.

If you are not going to be taking the laptop out of the house then the Macbook Pro is the best option. More power and bigger hard drive means you are less likely to need an external hard drive.

If you don't intend to take the computer out of the house at all then the best value for money (I know, it can be argued that apple products aren't value for money) is an imac desktop. More storage and power for less money. Downside is that it is not very portable.

[bobotheclown]

Also expect to be frustrated at using a totally new operating system for a couple of weeks and constantly looking up "how to..." in google. Keep at it and you'll soon get used to OS X.

[Diamond Hell]

Or can out OSX and Bootcamp Windows7 on it.

Works like a charm and you don't have to figure out how to do everything again, but in a slightly spazzy way.

Walked through the Macbook Pro vs Air edbate with a mate of mine recently.  He went for the Pro. And put Windows on it.  Loves it.

It's just hardware at the end of the day, but it's very well built hardware.

[Kerrse]

Never understand people saying run a mac on windows, if you like windows buy a windows laptop. It takes no time at all to get used to osx & once you do you will wonder why you didn't buy one years ago.


 

[Thom89]

MBP's Steve all the way! Myself and James have one each, total ownership is around 6 years for both now, and no significant problems at all, any minor bugs, have been fixed usually there and then in the Apple shop, Leicester branch is incredible in its service, and attention to detail, only problem we have is we usually end up buying something else on each visit

MBA, cant see the point, unless you need lightweight machine, but with more power/usability than an Ipad...

Apple care well worth it, but why not buy it towards the end of the 12 month guarantee, that gets you an extra year! (someone jump in if this is not doable)

And yes, well worth the extra money, which you'll soon forget about, once you start using...

Thom

[Diamond Hell]

Never understand people saying run a mac on windows, if you like windows buy a windows laptop.

I like a chunk of alloy instead of cheap plastic.

Tried OSX, but it's like stepping back into Windows 3.11, so I use a better tool for the job: Windows7

Sorted.

[Steve_PD]

It is worth paying for the Apple Care if your a student £69 and I get 10% off

Am not a student so Apple care is £199 for the air and 13 mac book pro or £279 for the 15" pro

It mainly going to be used for photoshop and web browsing and general laptop uses.

Dont need mega big HD as it wont contain loads of files my pc does that with its 6TB of space

[F17BAD]

Iv just upgraded my old powerbook to the 13" Macbook Pro with i7 Chip for my Dj and music work

It is a Monster of a laptop...

Air is not powerful enough for what i wanted but id say it will be more than fine for your needs

I have windows 7 on bootcamp on mine just because i like sound forge (PC only)  windows works better on the mac than what it does on a PC!!! lol but windows is still pants.. anyone that prefers to use this on a mac is a idiot