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Yes, I still need a laptop and I bought one. I bought a Macbook Pro and I'm very unlikely to ever go back to the MS ecosystem. Perhaps this is why Macs are in

Yes, I still need a laptop and I bought one. I bought a Macbook Pro and I'm very unlikely to ever go back to the MS ecosystem. Perhaps this is why Macs are increasing in sales and PCs aren't.

omonra 12y ago
I'm with you. I've been an ardent PC-fanboy for decades but got the Air in 2010 (as there were no equivalent light pc notebooks). Initially ran Windows on it - then slowly switched to OSX and won't get a Windows notebook now.
icelancer 12y ago
I wanted NOTHING more than to buy a PC. I had a crappy Lenovo T500 that I loved but after my son destroyed the keyboard, I decided I'd turn it into a headless server for music and pick up a $1000-1500 laptop (used, of course - I refuse to buy new laptops due to insane markup and immediate depreciation). All I wanted was a $1500 laptop that could run Windows 7 and Ubuntu out of the box, had awesome resolution, and decent specs. What I found was an ocean of bullshit, and having used a MBP Retina at my previous job, I finally sighed and bought a MBP Retina off of Craigslist for $1500. I'm typing on it right now, and sure I have a desktop battlestation with overclocked i5-2500k downstairs with two 30" monitors, but this is my road warrior and I use it for writing, video editing, and light gaming. I'll never buy another PC, and just a year ago I could never see myself buying an Apple laptop. Frustrating, but the PC world has earned its place when it comes to laptops: Irrelevance.
- Joeri 12y ago
  Did you look at the Lenovo yoga series? For 1500 you can buy it new with high-end specs, and it has a retina screen. There are other options out there. I must admit i don't know what the linux compat story is, but I am tired of people saying there aren't any decent non-apple laptops when I see a ton of them on the market from just about every manufacturer.
  - alrs 12y ago
    Yoga-series is Office Depot junk.
    - scholia 12y ago
      Lenovo still sells tons of ThinkPads. HP also has plenty of decent laptops in its business ranges.
      - alrs 12y ago
        I have a ThinkPad. Mine is five years old, so it isn't Office Depot junk. I keep reading that the new ones are borderline.
  - icelancer 12y ago
    >I must admit i don't know what the linux compat story is, but I am tired of people saying there aren't any decent non-apple laptops when I see a ton of them on the market from just about every manufacturer. Huh? That's HALF the reason I bought a MBP. You can't just handwave over that considering I listed it right up front.

Yes, I still need a laptop and I bought one. I bought a Macbook Pro and I'm very unlikely to ever go back to the MS ecosystem. Perhaps this is why Macs are increasing in sales and PCs aren't.

omonra 12y ago

I'm with you. I've been an ardent PC-fanboy for decades but got the Air in 2010 (as there were no equivalent light pc notebooks). Initially ran Windows on it - then slowly switched to OSX and won't get a Windows notebook now.

icelancer 12y ago

I wanted NOTHING more than to buy a PC. I had a crappy Lenovo T500 that I loved but after my son destroyed the keyboard, I decided I'd turn it into a headless server for music and pick up a $1000-1500 laptop (used, of course - I refuse to buy new laptops due to insane markup and immediate depreciation). All I wanted was a $1500 laptop that could run Windows 7 and Ubuntu out of the box, had awesome resolution, and decent specs. What I found was an ocean of bullshit, and having used a MBP Retina at my previous job, I finally sighed and bought a MBP Retina off of Craigslist for $1500. I'm typing on it right now, and sure I have a desktop battlestation with overclocked i5-2500k downstairs with two 30" monitors, but this is my road warrior and I use it for writing, video editing, and light gaming. I'll never buy another PC, and just a year ago I could never see myself buying an Apple laptop. Frustrating, but the PC world has earned its place when it comes to laptops: Irrelevance.

Joeri 12y ago
Did you look at the Lenovo yoga series? For 1500 you can buy it new with high-end specs, and it has a retina screen. There are other options out there. I must admit i don't know what the linux compat story is, but I am tired of people saying there aren't any decent non-apple laptops when I see a ton of them on the market from just about every manufacturer.
- alrs 12y ago
  Yoga-series is Office Depot junk.
  - scholia 12y ago
    Lenovo still sells tons of ThinkPads. HP also has plenty of decent laptops in its business ranges.
    - alrs 12y ago
      I have a ThinkPad. Mine is five years old, so it isn't Office Depot junk. I keep reading that the new ones are borderline.
- icelancer 12y ago
  >I must admit i don't know what the linux compat story is, but I am tired of people saying there aren't any decent non-apple laptops when I see a ton of them on the market from just about every manufacturer. Huh? That's HALF the reason I bought a MBP. You can't just handwave over that considering I listed it right up front.