Windows vs. Mac

DagoFlip · Aug 22nd 2007, 1:21am

Okay, I'm buying a laptop soon and I dont know which to get. I'm either going to get a Sony VAIO or a Macbook Pro. Consumer Reports says that the Macbook Pro is the number 1 notebook out there. But I'm not used to Mac controls. I want to play games on my laptop and I know few games work for Mac while most, if not all, work for PC.

Can someone tell me the pro's and cons of mac and windows?
Which should I choose?

deno70 · Aug 22nd 2007, 2:45am

well i know that mac are trying to make their stuff compatible with microsoft stuff but i dont know how its going with the games, i have only got windows tbh but i think my friend said that a mac was best (he tryed different operating systems on his laptop) and also if you get a mac and dont like it im sure you can download (for free) windows o/s

UsernameGoesHere · Aug 22nd 2007, 3:22am

If you want gaming, then get a PC.

Jeremy122 · Aug 22nd 2007, 6:16am

Uh, I'm getting a laptop soon too. After a few weeks of work that is.

But uh, when I buy my laptop I'm buying a Windows because Mac ain't work for some games, and I don't want any shit about that.

DagoFlip · Aug 22nd 2007, 12:12pm

well, the macbook pro does have a windows emulator on it.

Matt · Aug 22nd 2007, 7:09pm

Personally I would go for Windows but that's me. I'm used to being a Windows, never actually seen or heard anyone I know that has a Mac.. Most..Infact all my mates have a Windows O/S..

SweetLikeMySin · Aug 22nd 2007, 7:33pm

If you want it for the games, get a Windows laptop. Macs are kinda fun though, I just don't like how they're not compatible with a lot of games and such. Plus their computer mouses are annoying.

DagoFlip · Aug 22nd 2007, 7:36pm

SweetLikeMySin wrote:

If you want it for the games, get a Windows laptop. Macs are kinda fun though, I just don't like how they're not compatible with a lot of games and such. Plus their computer mouses are annoying.

yea, i would like mac alot more if all games were compatible with it and htey had a left click

SweetLikeMySin · Aug 22nd 2007, 7:56pm

DagoFlip wrote:

yea, i would like mac alot more if all games were compatible with it and htey had a left click

Actually it's the right click that they don't have. You have to hold in the Mac key or the Ctrl key while you click...forget which key it was though. :x

It's really annoying when you're trying to copy&paste things.

DagoFlip · Aug 22nd 2007, 8:02pm

oh yea, sry...right click

well, for copy and pasting all you have to do is highlight whatever you want to copy, click file, then click copy and then click file, paste

d=^_-)z · Aug 22nd 2007, 8:11pm

Windows, imo. Being an owner of both a Mac and PC, I prefer the convenience and layout of a Mac, but I much prefer the utility PCs offer for everything else that's not.. creative.
Oh, and for left click, hold down the Apple button where Window's... windows key would be and click to simulate a right click. Or Ctrl+Click. Or hook up a normal mouse to the USB port.

DagoFlip · Aug 22nd 2007, 8:17pm

d=^_-)z wrote:

Windows, imo. Being an owner of both a Mac and PC, I prefer the convenience and layout of a Mac, but I much prefer the utility PCs offer for everything else that's not.. creative.
Oh, and for left click, hold down the Apple button where Window's... windows key would be and click to simulate a right click. Or Ctrl+Click. Or hook up a normal mouse to the USB port.

but on the macboo pro (which is what i'll probably get)....doesnt it have a windows emulator so you can actually play games that are only for pc?

robb · Aug 22nd 2007, 11:53pm

DagoFlip wrote:

but on the macboo pro (which is what i'll probably get)....doesnt it have a windows emulator so you can actually play games that are only for pc?

I have no idea but you can by an emulator from microsoft for £125 ($249)...but if your gunna do loads of PC only stuff you might as well get Windows.

Lady Moonbeam · Aug 22nd 2007, 11:56pm

just get windows, especially if there's more games available for it because you don't wanna be, sometime down the line, looking to buy a certain game that you know you'll love and realise you can't play it on mac. It'd drive you super nuts

DagoFlip · Aug 22nd 2007, 11:56pm

ok nevermind, im definitly getting a mac
its got windows on it so you can open up windows applications while ur running mac but have the mac operating system still running!!
plus, you can enable right clicking on the laptop!!

Lady Moonbeam · Aug 23rd 2007, 12:00am

ah that's a pretty sweet deal.

d=^_-)z · Aug 23rd 2007, 12:07am

Well, I'd love that. My Mac OSX is a piece of shit... the charging cord ignited twice, once while it was in my hand, and it's been to the shop 4+ times, and is actually there right now. I want my iTunes. =[

DagoFlip · Aug 23rd 2007, 12:09am

d=^_-)z wrote:

Well, I'd love that. My Mac OSX is a piece of shit... the charging cord ignited twice, once while it was in my hand, and it's been to the shop 4+ times, and is actually there right now. I want my iTunes. =[

charging cord? is it a laptop?
i thought they only had powerbooks and macbook pros

d=^_-)z · Aug 23rd 2007, 12:11am

DagoFlip wrote:

charging cord? is it a laptop?
i thought they only had powerbooks and macbook pros

It's a PowerBook I believe. It's an OSX 1.47.
MacBooks are what you want

DagoFlip · Aug 23rd 2007, 12:17am

yea, macbook pro all the way!!

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