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 Member 85 Level 27.73 Mar 2006 
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It really depends what you want out of your laptop. You could go the route of a cheap Windows laptop that's going to last you another year or two. Or you could get a really expensive Windows laptop that's going to last you three. Or you could get a high-end Mac that's going to cost around the same amount as a high-end Windows machine that's going to work for you for 4-5 years before it's going to be outdated. I've had my G4 powerbook for 3 years now, and it's still outclassing and outperforming many friends windows machines that are 1-2 years newer. You do pay a bit more for the product, but Apple doesn't put cheap parts in its machines, and it really shows.
As far as worrying about software...you can run pretty much anything on the new intel macs using Parallels, bootcamp, or many of the other Windows emulators. And the system doesn't even struggle running two OSes at the same time (unlike the older powerPC versions of Macs). It's pretty amazing -- you basically get two computers for the price of one. It's a heck of a lot better than using a memory hog program like WindowBlinds to try and make your Windows desktop look like a Mac =P Most amazing jew boots
<@a_lurker> I like zeal better than guru.
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Member 85 Level 27.73 Mar 2006
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The MacOS isn't nearly as system taxing to run as people may be used to from a Windows machine. Running programs in Parallels or Bootcamp really does not bog down that much unless you're running equally intensive programs in MacOS at the same time. But that's just the same as running two intensive programs under Windows at the same time, which isn't really that great of an idea to begin with.
It's completley feasible to run AutoCAD smoothly in a virtual environment, as ElectricSheep pointed out. And it's likely that here before the end of the year, there is going to be Dx10 support. Another thing to consider is that the growth of the Mac marketshare is inreasing fairly significantly, and software developers are making more of their productivity applications multiplatform, and most major game releases are available for Macs (at least most of the games worth playing, though some are delayed a month or two behind the PC release). There's nowhere I can't reach.
<@a_lurker> I like zeal better than guru.
<@a_lurker> There, I said it, I'm not taking it back. |
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