HP Laptop or Macbook Pro ?
which one would be the best deal to get ???
Costco Wholesale: "HP LAPTOP"
- 17.3" LED Brightview Widescreen Display (1600 x 900)
- Intel Core i7 - 2670QM @ 2.2Ghz (Turbo Boost up to 3.1Ghz)
- 6MB L3 Cache
- 8GB DDR3 RAM
- 1TB HD @ 5400rpm
- 1GB GDDR5 Radeon HD 6770M Graphics
- Beats Audio
- Price $949.99
- 2 Year Warranty Included
- Can Return in 90 days if not satisfied
Apple Store: "Late 2011 13-inch Macbook Pro"
- 2.4Ghz dual-core Intel Core i5
- 4GB 1333Mhz RAM
- 500GB HD @ 5400rpm
- Intel HD Graphics 3000
- Price $1,099.00 with Student Discount
- 1 Year Limited Applecare Warranty
- can return in 14 days if not satisfied
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Whilst apparently I am now an uninformed old person and/or teenage girl, I am also not going to be a "typical Mac person" by saying ooh ooh get the Mac.
I'm going to keep this short, and sweet, and purely from collective experience of the past five years of my career:
If you want to switch to Mac, ignore the 13" MacBook Pro. Go straight for the 15". The faster processor, larger screen, actual graphics card instead of the Intel Integrated chipset, make it well worth the extra price.
If you want to stick with PC, by all means do so, and that specification sounds great. Just please, don't buy HP. HP are like Ford. Fix Or Repair Daily. Buy a Dell, or Toshiba, or... well maybe not a Sony, with the same specifications as above, and you will have one hell of a machine.
Ultimately though, it comes down to what you want to do with the laptop. If playing games pops up in the top five things you're going to do, stick with PC, unless the other top four things are video, audio or graphics editing. There is a reason why Macs are used predominately in the arts industries. Remember though, you don't need a superpowered laptop just to write essays.
One final note, *really*, a 17" screen with a resolution as low as 1600x900? That's ... ow. If you're going with a 17" laptop computer, make sure the resolution is AT LEAST 1860x1050, or you're going to hurt your eyes trying to use it. 1860x1050 is usually a standard for 15" displays these days.
Anyway, that became a bit of a ramble, please excuse me. I hope I've been of some help.
I rather get a Macbook Pro but it is way too expensive so I would just settle for an HP. Windows is easier to use anyways.
The HP laptop costs less, has a larger hard drive, a much faster processor, more memory, and MUCH better graphics. I think the decision is obvious.
Macs are just a waste of money. The typical Mac user is either an uninformed old person, or an uninformed teenage girl. They just don't know that Windows 7 pcs are much better for your money. If you get the Macbook Pro, you're paying $150 extra for the Mac OS, the Apple logo, and SLOWER hardware.
macbook pro, and u can add another 4gb ram to it and give it a 2.8ghz processor, and 750gb hard drive,will of course make more expensive, but mac quality is waaaayyyyyy higher than a pc's.
There is another option you haven't looked at and it is the ASUS Zenbook:
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=64680&vpn=UX31E%...