About to order a macbook Pro for Christmas but before I do...

[SourDeez 10+ year member]

once you go mac you never go back

I admit, their products are great. I have had every iphone released (and a couple samsung android phones, sidekick, blackberry, everything but windows phone) and iphone dominates them no contest

Their computers are sick, but just not for me.

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

Ended up getting a MSI gaming laptop...

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

CPU Type: Intel Core i7-3610QM 2.3GHz

Screen: 17.3"

Memory Size: 12GB DDR3

Hard Disk: 128gb SSD; 750gb @ 7200RPM HDD

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 670M

Video Memory: 3GB GDDR5

Communication: Killer Gaming Network

Optical Drive: Blu-Ray Burner

USB: 3 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0

Video Port: 1 VGA, 1 HDMI

Little more than what I would normally spend on a windows based laptop but still cheaper than a Macbook Pro and it should run circles around it too!

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

How much did that beast set you back? I remember 4 years ago when I spent $1400 on mine. Landed me 3Gbs RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5Ghz CPU, 9500GS 512Mb GDDR2 GPU.

 

[Spike243 10+ year member]

I love my macbook but thats just my opinion. The touch pad is 10x better than any of my friends laptops and i have seen used plenty of laptops. The build quality just seems soooo much better than other companies too. The performance is lacking in comparison but there are always trade offs. Macs just fit me a lot better i guess.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

Hipsters gonna hip

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

How much did that beast set you back? I remember 4 years ago when I spent $1400 on mine. Landed me 3Gbs RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5Ghz CPU, 9500GS 512Mb GDDR2 GPU.

Just over $1,600 not including shipping. Its a little more than what I would have normally spent on a windows based laptop but still cheaper than a macbook with better components. The closest comparable macbook would have been like $2,700+ so I'm not complaining. It should last me for a while and do more than I could ever need it too.