Which Laptop should I get (i'm sure it's been asked before)?

I am a third year college student studying Advertising. I use and own both Mac and PC in my home. I currently have a HP laptop as my school computer and want to replace it but I am a little indecisive about which laptop to purchase. Given my budget, I've narrowed the choices down to either a Macbook or a Lenovo Thinkpad which all and all, both will cost about the same. Both laptops have the same processor speeds in them (2.4). The Lenovo will boast a Blu-Ray player and a 7200 RPM hard drive, while the Macbook will be the standard configuration. I love the additional features of the Lenovo (durability, Blu-Ray, matte finish screen) but I prefer the Mac OS over Windows XP or Vista. Which laptop do you think would be the better choice and what would you all go with?
Which Laptop should I get (i'm sure it's been asked before)?
Get a Dell Inspiron 1520
Which Laptop should I get (i'm sure it's been asked before)?
In my personal opinion even though it may not amount for much is it depends on your primary purpose for the machine. If you plan to play games then I would recommend a Windows machine such as the Lenovo, even though it is not optimized for gaming. The Macbook as is common for most Mac's that a lot of programs your school uses and many games are not programmed for Mac use. However a Mac can now run Windows as well using Crossover or Boot Camp which will allow you to boot both a Mac or Windows. Windows will run on the Mac some say it actually runs faster on the Mac then a PC other claim the vice versa.


I personally like the Lenovo's. When IBM sold the Thinkpad to Lenovo they swore to keep the same quality, durability, and support that has made the Thinkpad an industry standard for most companies.


However if you are known to be rough on laptops then you might want to consider looking at a Panasonic ToughBook. They are one of the most rugged, versatile, durable, machines I have ever seen although they are thicker then most laptops. The weight is about the same though.


Overall though since you have narrowed down your choices I would go with the Lenovo.
Reply:The macbook of course! OSX is a superior Operating System.





Also check out the Apple store website. You can get refurbished machines for about 15-25% off. You might have enough for a refurb macbook pro.
Reply:B*gger Blu-Ray - the answer's simple. Get a MacBook with Leopard and, if you really must, partition the HDD and run Winblows via Boot Camp.





Remember: - Vista is an acronym





Viruses


Intrusions


Spyware


Trojans


Adware





XP = eXtra Problems





Now, do you really want a craptop that's open to that lot...? No, didn't think so...





Of *COURSE* you love OS X - it's (virtually) hassle-free. What would you rather be doing: - using your lappy for the purpose(s) for which it was purchased, or spending your time downloading countless security patches via Winblows Update...?





How many times have you seen a BSoD on a Winblows box....? Compare and contrast that to the number of kernel panics you've seen on your Mac(s). The last time I saw a KP on any of my Macs, it was due to a buggy Tiger update, and Apple released an updated update just 36 hours later.





Until BR becomes the norm (and who says it will...? Toshiba and Fujitsu-Siemens (IIRC) are supporting HD-DVD) I'd be inclined to forget it. Things could, if the rumours I've been reading on sites such as Macrumors.com, change again. Things are by no means set in stone and I would hang fire on Blu-Ray for now.





Media is horrendously expensive. I've just had a butcher's at the site from where I usually purchase my discs (%26lt;%26gt;)http://www.svp.co.uk%26gt;) and a 25GB disc is 拢8 and a dual-layer (50GB) 拢22.90! For that price you could buy 78 Infiniti Samurai (in the opinions of many - including me - the best blank media on Earth) from %26lt;%26gt;http://www.medea.co.uk/infiniti/prod_inf...





Yes, 25 or 50GB is an impressive amount to be able to store on a single disc; but, look at it this way - what if that disc were to fail...? You'd have lost 25 or 50GBs-worth of data. If you were to spread it across 10 discs, the chances of them all failing are so infintessimally small as to not be worth worrying about.





Sticking all your eggs in one basket is NEVER a good idea when it comes to removable media.





And then there's the cost per GB (CPGB). Just picking a standard 25GB disc from SVP's site, it works out at 32p. For a DL disc, this rises by almost 50% to 46p. Compare and contrast that to the CPGB of the Samurai at 6p.





Besides, the Samurai discs come in six funky colours: - red, yellow, green, aqua, blue and purple.





By the way, the pedant in me insists on pointing out that a Mac *IS* a PC. ;o)

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