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Agree. I Installed Ubuntu to my girlsfrind and it was running 1 year without destruction. On the other hand I've taken away administration priviledges from my d

• rbanffy 15y ago
  For my wife, I advised a move to Mac. She needed perfect MS Office compatibility for professional reasons and the computers are much prettier.
  • mjwalshe 15y ago
    And much more expensive :-) and if you want 100% Office comapatability for work by a PC.
    • Uchikoma 15y ago
      Could you show how a DELL or HP is much cheaper? I did a calculation in 2006, comparing a Lenovo T60p to a MacBook Pro, it was roughly the same. Things did not change since then to my knowledge. http://codemonkeyism.com/the-recent-lenovo-vs-apple-discussion-i-dont-get-it/ http://codemonkeyism.com/the-recent-lenovo-vs-apple-discussi...
      • rbanffy 15y ago
        And don't forget to factor in the anti-malware package, the extra gigabyte of memory it'll take, the beefier processor it will demand and the beefier battery you'll need to run the whole thing. No. The Mac is cheaper in the end.
      • AnthonyMouse 15y ago
        It isn't a matter of comparing like for like; that isn't the problem. The problem is that the single cheapest Mac laptop is $1000. If all you're doing is web and email, you may not need a Core i5 or SSD. You can get a PC laptop which is more than fast enough for Mom usage for less than half that price, especially if you put Ubuntu on it and don't have to run antivirus.
        • Uchikoma 15y ago
          "It isn't a matter of comparing like for like; that isn't the problem." Never heard that in a discussion. I thought it was all about comparing like to like. The OP didn't say "for reading emails". Especially as he gave the example of 100% Office compatibility (Office 2011?). Or you could compare live time value. I've broken several Thinkpads in a small amount of time, my wife uses a MacBook for more than 5 years with the newest operating system and applications. Or, if you need email, only use a phone. Or if you only surf the web, buy a tablet. Or if you only do small amounts of web and email, don't buy anything at all and go to a free library. It depends. But the argument was that a Mac laptop is much more expensive than a PC laptop for working with Office. Which it is not to my knowledge. If you don't need it, don't buy it - no argument there.
          • AnthonyMouse 15y ago
            Is your premise that you need a Core i5 to use Office? That seems like a stretch. You can get Core i3 or AMD A-series laptops in the $500 range which are more than fast enough for Office and still half the price of any Mac laptop, e.g. this one: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=bqct14&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&model_id=vostro-1440 http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=bqct14...
            • Uchikoma 15y ago
              I only can repeat myself. "If you don't need it, don't buy it - no argument there."
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      • DrStalker 15y ago
        A PC of equivalent power and build quality has a roughly similar cost to a mac. If you're willing to cut back on the quality and capabilities there are very cheap PC options, but no very cheap Mac options. For someone who just wants to browse the web and edit occasional documents there is a lot of cutting back that can be down.
    • rbanffy 15y ago
      > and if you want 100% Office comapatability for work by a PC. I also wanted her to be safe from viruses and malware. I think her time is well worth the price difference.
    • infiniteburp 15y ago
      If you really want it, doesn't linux run windows applications in some compatibility mode? Wine? Linux is definitely cheaper than Apple.