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What is your opinion on Apple's laptops?


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What is your opinion on laptops and hackintoshing? For everybody who votes, please make a small post, at least a word, explaining why you chose whatever you choose.

Tom
 
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I always recommend a Mac for a laptop, and if iMac/Mac Mini/Mac Pro suit your needs, for desktops too. :thumbup:

I'd hesitate to say which laptop would make a great Hackintosh because nobody makes a better laptop than Apple. Bar none. Build quality is phenomenal, and price to performance stacks up ok against Dell/HP offerings for sure.

Also, if price is an issue, be sure to check out Apple's Refurb store- certified and reconditioned to be better than new- retested. No scratch/dent here. And a lot of times they include RAM upgrades free. I've seen white MacBooks there for $699.

Apple Certified Refurbished- Laptops
Fast, free shipping on all refurbished products. We test and certify all Apple refurbished products and include a 1-year warranty.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/s ... co=MTE3NjY

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tonymacx86 said:
<fanboyalert>
I always recommend a Mac for a laptop, and if iMac/Mac Mini/Mac Pro suit your needs, for desktops too. :thumbup:

I'd hesitate to say which laptop would make a great Hackintosh because nobody makes a better laptop than Apple. Bar none. Build quality is phenomenal, and price to performance stacks up ok against Dell/HP offerings for sure.

Hear hear!
 
tonymacx86 said:
<fanboyalert>
I always recommend a Mac for a laptop, and if iMac/Mac Mini/Mac Pro suit your needs, for desktops too. :thumbup:

I'd hesitate to say which laptop would make a great Hackintosh because nobody makes a better laptop than Apple. Bar none. Build quality is phenomenal, and price to performance stacks up ok against Dell/HP offerings for sure.

Also, if price is an issue, be sure to check out Apple's Refurb store- certified and reconditioned to be better than new- retested. No scratch/dent here. And a lot of times they include RAM upgrades free. I've seen white MacBooks there for $699.

Apple Certified Refurbished- Laptops
Fast, free shipping on all refurbished products. We test and certify all Apple refurbished products and include a 1-year warranty.
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/s ... co=MTE3NjY

</fanboyalert>
Agree 10000000000000000000000000000000000%
 
tinkerC said:
What is your opinion on laptops and hackintoshing? For everybody who votes, please make a small post, at least a word, explaining why you chose whatever you choose.

Apple laptops are the best in terms of engineering and hardware... PERIOD.
Having OSX on it is just another plus, but secondary.

I even know some guys running only Linux on it... Go figure.

Short story:
Before switching to OSX, I was running on a Linux laptop... As it was aging and needed replacement, I set my list of requirements (yeah, high-end) and started researching/comparing.
The MBP 17" matched all my requirements (and exceeded some), it was even better priced than some of the alternatives I considered.
The rest is history... I still run Linux on all my production and development servers.
Linux runs also on virtualbox in my MBP and hackintosh desktop.

Lnx2Mac
 
Guys, have you considered getting a manufacturer to custom build you a laptop/notebook (such as Pioneer Dreambooks)? Take this into consideration next time you decide to hand over your cash/"legal tendor" to Apple (which we all know is never as powerful compared to PC alternatives). :thumbup:

No, I have yet to do this myself, but I will next time I do get a new laptop/notebook.
 
Meomy said:
Guys, have you considered getting a manufacturer to custom build you a laptop/notebook (such as Pioneer Dreambooks)? Take this into consideration next time you decide to hand over your cash/"legal tendor" to Apple (which we all know is never as powerful compared to PC alternatives). :thumbup:

No, I have yet to do this myself, but I will next time I do get a new laptop/notebook.

Can you provide a link? I am intrigued, but very disbelieving. Have you stepped foot inside an Apple Store in the past six months?

Tom
 
Meomy said:
Apple (which we all know is never as powerful compared to PC alternatives)
Is this statement your opinion or can you provide empirical data to back it up?

The Pioneer Dreambooks look OK, but not the same quality as the MBP.

Also, they don't look to be available outside of Down Under.
 
I've been a Thinkpad user for 7 years, and I know what a good build quality laptop like.

If I would buy a new laptop, I'd go for MBP since the price are really the same. Plus I'm so in love with the OS X.
 
GMT+7 said:
I've been a Thinkpad user for 7 years, and I know what a good build quality laptop like.

If I would buy a new laptop, I'd go for MBP since the price are really the same. Plus I'm so in love with the OS X.
Plus Lenovo Thinkpads are nothing like the original IBM ones...
 
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