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« Reply #16 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 15:02:45 » |
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My Toshiba died after 12 months (psu blew up the motherboard) and they were really shit at getting it sorted, so I'd never recommend them. My HP is a dream.
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« Reply #17 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 16:11:55 » |
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My Toshiba died after 12 months (psu blew up the motherboard) and they were really shit at getting it sorted, so I'd never recommend them. My HP is a dream.
My 4 year old hp is getting really slow, thinking about buying a Mac book to go with iphone, iPad etc, anyone got one? Are they worth the extra £ or am I just falling for their marketing? |
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« Reply #18 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 16:27:36 » |
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My 4 year old hp is getting really slow, thinking about buying a Mac book to go with iphone, iPad etc, anyone got one? Are they worth the extra £ or am I just falling for their marketing?
I'd never go back to a windows laptop when my macbook eventually does die. |
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« Reply #19 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 17:07:17 » |
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My 4 year old hp is getting really slow, thinking about buying a Mac book to go with iphone, iPad etc, anyone got one? Are they worth the extra £ or am I just falling for their marketing?
They're most definitely worth it. They hold their value as well, so the cost doesn't feature in the way people think. Spend £1200 on a Macbook and after a year it's worth about £800-£900. Spend £400 on a Windows laptop and after a year it's worth 27p. The operating system and the quality of the hardware are simply sexual. I have almost no tolerance at all for Windows when I have to use it nowadays. |
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« Reply #20 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 17:24:43 » |
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My 4 year old hp is getting really slow, thinking about buying a Mac book to go with iphone, iPad etc, anyone got one? Are they worth the extra £ or am I just falling for their marketing?
Clean it up and add more memory. Sorted |
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« Reply #21 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 17:28:29 » |
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They're most definitely worth it. They hold their value as well, so the cost doesn't feature in the way people think. Spend £1200 on a Macbook and after a year it's worth about £800-£900. Spend £400 on a Windows laptop and after a year it's worth 27p.
The operating system and the quality of the hardware are simply sexual. I have almost no tolerance at all for Windows when I have to use it nowadays.
Cheers for advice chaps, my boy is really giving me the hard sell to get one, if they are half as user friendly as the iPad then I'm sure I won't regret getting one, might just go for entry level MacBook at £800ish. Still seems a lot of money! |
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« Reply #23 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 17:31:02 » |
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« Reply #24 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 17:39:21 » |
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No matter who you buy from there's always a chance you could get a duff one |
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« Reply #25 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 17:42:20 » |
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Cheers for advice chaps, my boy is really giving me the hard sell to get one, if they are half as user friendly as the iPad then I'm sure I won't regret getting one, might just go for entry level MacBook at £800ish. Still seems a lot of money!
It is. But it's like was pointed out to me, work that out over the 2-5 years you'll use it for. The entry level is now £999 for a 2.5, i5 13" MBP I believe. My friend is after one at the moment and you can pick up a brand new one on eBay for about £850 and a near new one, possibly with 3 years Apple Care for less again. |
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« Reply #26 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 18:15:58 » |
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Not sure I'd buy an Apple laptop on eBay, you can get them for pretty much the same price from the Apple refurb store plus they still come with a full 12 month warranty. They had some Macbook Pro 13", originally released at the beginning of 2011 at about £650 the other day which is a bargain. They've currently got the June 2012 model at £850.
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« Reply #27 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 18:27:20 » |
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Certainly Apple would be the best option and that's probably what I should say to my friend. I've bought both of mine off eBay though, both under a year old, both perfect. Second one with 3 years Apple Care, which is also a nice piece of mind on something that expensive.
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« Reply #28 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 19:19:28 » |
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They're most definitely worth it. They hold their value as well, so the cost doesn't feature in the way people think. Spend £1200 on a Macbook and after a year it's worth about £800-£900. Spend £400 on a Windows laptop and after a year it's worth 27p.
The operating system and the quality of the hardware are simply sexual. I have almost no tolerance at all for Windows when I have to use it nowadays.
Only a posing prick would require a new laptop every year though. |
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« Reply #29 on: Monday, October 22, 2012, 19:30:21 » |
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I've been toying with a mac book but i dont think i will be able to utilise to its full potential.
Im still non the wiser on what to go for, i have a samsung, toshiba and a sony as possiblilities
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