[split] Mac VS PC

[JustSomeone]

Also, even though I _had_ to install OSX on here, I gave it the smallest partition, and installed Windows 7 on 700GB. Screw OSX. Apple makes pretty good hardware. Their software sucks dick.

If you don't like OS X I'm curious why you've got a Mac? To be honest Apple's hardware's no better than anyone elses'.

Let me caveat that: in the 'Windows' laptop market you have a choice of anything from approx £250 up to...a lot. Naturally a £300 machine is not going to compete with an MBP on build quality. It'll be all plasticky and cheap and nasty. That said, buy a £1000-1500+ business class laptop from HP, Lenovo, Fujitsu - hell even Dell - and believe me, it'll be just as nice if not nicer.

You're logic is absolutely right. For me, it was a matter of time and place. In previous years, I owned a slot loading Indigo iMac, with MacOS 9. Call me crazy, but I liked the software on the older stuff. Plus, I enjoyed the all-in-one experience. The monitor was very nice and the screen was crisp. During the late 90s - early 2000's.

My next machine was a laptop, a business class IBM ThinkPad T42. This is is by far the best laptop I've ever owned. In fact, it lasted for ten plus years.

Now, when I wanted another laptop, I needed something that would compete against the ThinkPad. But, I wasn't getting another ThinkPad from Lenovo (long story not worth mentioning).

I needed something that supported Windows XP. I needed something that wasn't Windows 7 or Windows 8. Suffice to say, there are some asinine changes that are happening in the operating system world. For example, the clowns at Microsoft think it's a wonderful idea to bring a tablet interface to a PC/Laptop (Windows 8, no start menu, etc etc). The guys at Apple are back porting many iPad features to the Mac. The new applications don't have fucking scroll bars. Damn near every laptop has Chiclets keyboards now. It's almost like the major UI and hardware designs are being enforced by hipsters, or something.

At the time, late 2011, and before, most folks were migrating to Mac Book Pros. And as ironic as it sounds, the best Windows laptop at that time was a Mac Book Pro.

At that moment in time, the Macbook Pro still had a disc burner. Parts were not soldered onto the wafer boards (more hackable I guess), and Mac OSX 10.7 is probably the OS from Apple that "just worked". There are too many complaints about upgrading to 10.8 or Mavericks.

About the hardware... The screens on the MBP are developed by Samsung. They are probably the nicest and technically superior in the industry. I really love the uni-body design, but it doesn't have it's problems with generating heat. Again, not a fan of Chiclet keyboards, but this is the nicest one I've ever used.

So, getting a MBP was a seriously throughout decision, about 6 months or so. I purchased it because it was the closest thing I was looking for. But, in all honesty, it was the best of a bad situation. So, it was a matter of time and place.

Now, before you write me off as a malcontent. I'd like to say I've been around technology, before it was pretty and usable. Some might call me a grey beard in my industry. I guess I know what I like. And I certainly don't like where most technology is headed.