Another in the market for a laptop thread

[ImNoDJ]

Trust me, windows 8 doesn't run good on pcs older than 1 year and a half like the ones I have. I was getting cpu overloads all the time on my asus with w8, now with w7 it runs absolutely better
I guess that a laptop built to have windows 8 inside runs better than a one that is not...but anyway I would still buy a mac for my musical needings (If I had the money, which i don't)

Youre incorrect. Ive done the benchmarks and read plenty of others. I actually got a speed boost on my 6 year old Quad6600 when I installed Win81.

You had driver and configuration problems, or you were using a device that didnt have proper Win8 drivers, thats nothing to do with Windows.

I understand you have a preference, but a lot of people spread incorrect information on windows here.

[ImNoDJ]

You can talk yourself into a windows laptop all day... we have all done it...

Windows has brought me nothing but pain through the years.

If possible bite the bullet and go mac...they just work.

I know my mac is going to behave EXACTLY the same every time i press the power button. Windows machines don't do that...they act slightly different every day, I don't know what makes them do that. One day you turn it on and Traktor or ableton just decides to stop working, yet 2 days later it may just start working again for absolutely no reason.

This just sounds like user error. You were doing something very wrong if windows was acting different every day.

My workshop is currently full of both not properly working macs and PCs, theres nothing magic about Macs.

Windows 8 is stable as hell, and works just fine. My windows 8 server has been up for nearly 7 months at this point lols.

[SlvrDragon50]

Yea...

My Windows boots up exactly the same every time I use it...

[031999]

well, to be very fair...i have not used Windows 8. I've been on Macs for quite a while.

and I might have sounded like a prick a little...bwahaha...but I was just giving my personal opinion. Take with a grain of Salt.

[shr3dder]

I was completely against getting a Macbook for years, but once I started using a laptop for DJing I seemed to run into problem after problem with my laptops, I tried getting an expensive one, cheap one, different brands, no matter what they were being replaced rather regularly. A couple of years ago I got a Macbook Pro. Never had a single issue. Not one. (i've just jinxed myself)

Admittedly I was pretty rough with the laptops, but the Mac has handled it much much better. Like others have said it just works.

That said they both will do a job, so its each to their own, go with what you're comfortable with, one thing I miss about Windows is I know how to fix them, inside and out.

I'd just make a point of avoiding the cheaper 'plastic' laptops. I struggled to make one last a year and the build quality is horrific.

[ImNoDJ]

I was completely against getting a Macbook for years, but once I started using a laptop for DJing I seemed to run into problem after problem with my laptops, I tried getting an expensive one, cheap one, different brands, no matter what they were being replaced rather regularly. A couple of years ago I got a Macbook Pro. Never had a single issue. Not one. (i've just jinxed myself)

Admittedly I was pretty rough with the laptops, but the Mac has handled it much much better. Like others have said it just works.

I think Macs are excellent computers and there are lots of reasons to get one.

But this idea that they dont fail and just work is nonsense. When you deal with computers in large enough numbers they all fail.

[shr3dder]

I think Macs are excellent computers and there are lots of reasons to get one.

But this idea that they dont fail and just work is nonsense. When you deal with computers in large enough numbers they all fail.

I'm not saying they don't fail. I've had friends replace logic boards, dead USB ports etc. All electronics can fail. I have just personally had less issues on a software and hardware front. Also a big fan of the ability of OSX to keep going without a fresh boot for weeks on end, maybe I just had bad luck withs laptops, but the idea of not shutting it down for a week would've had the machine grinding to a halt.

[031999]

i think it kind of breaks down to a hardware thing...

the use of sub standard and mismatched hardware in PCs is a problem. Even coming from the factory.

They are trying to keep prices low to attract more users. hence the phrase....."You get an awesome product for a really good price..." hmmm no that doesn't sound right... what is that phrase im looking for...hmmm

Oh yeah..."You get what you pay for"

[shr3dder]

i think it kind of breaks down to a hardware thing...

the use of sub standard and mismatched hardware in PCs is a problem. Even coming from the factory.

They are trying to keep prices low to attract more users. hence the phrase....."You get an awesome product for a really good price..." hmmm no that doesn't sound right... what is that phrase im looking for...hmmm

Oh yeah..."You get what you pay for"

I had an older HP laptop (2005-06ish) that the screen failed after 14 months. I opened it up to try and see what the issue was and to look into replacing the screen only to notice the heat from the laptop had melted the connections between the laptop and the screen. Further research told me this was actually a known fault in the laptop. This was a $3000 AUD laptop. Like I said I've had some bad luck with PCs.

[ImNoDJ]

i think it kind of breaks down to a hardware thing...

the use of sub standard and mismatched hardware in PCs is a problem. Even coming from the factory.

That doesnt make any sense. Theres no such thing as "mismatched" hardware in a PC. This is the sort of factoid Mac users often throw around. A part is either compatible or not. Ive never come across a laptop with incompatible hardware.

I can give you plenty of examples of manufacturing defects with Macs.

The reality is that you can get the same performance of a $2000 macbook with a $1000 windows laptop. Whether someone prefers one or the other is neither here nor there.