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Twenty Thousand 7:51 Sun Dec 13
Is the top of the range macbook pro with retina display worth the best part of £2K

16GB RAM 512 flash storage (don't know what that means) 15.4 screen

er in doors wants one for Christmas, I was thinking more along the lines of a Dyson

ray winstone 6:34 Mon Dec 14
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Ricky 4:50 Mon Dec 14

Cheezey Bell-End 6:07 Mon Dec 14
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I love the idea of getting her a Dyson. With the money you save, you could get her an iron as well. And maybe a bottle opener.

Ricky 4:50 Mon Dec 14
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I bought a MacBook Pro after years of Windows laptops. I don't need anything this powerful but just wanted reliability and consistent performance.

I have to say as a layman who has basic IT literacy and no more, it was worth every penny. Everything is better in my opinion

Mike Oxsaw 4:43 Mon Dec 14
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Built a PC in 2007.

Had it running Windows for a while as it was VPN'ed into a couple of client's sites. Patched the links onto an old Sony Viao and changed the PC over to Ubuntu. Switched back to the PC. It's on 24*7. Haven't fucking looked back since.

Only repair/replacement in all that time was a video card about 2 years ago.

Oh, and Ubuntu MUST be shit because it's free, innit.

nerd 4:03 Mon Dec 14
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I've got 3 laptops, macbook is a really reliable, I use primarily for djing and making music it's brilliant. Then two windows machines one for work as it's better than the mac by miles for simple stuff and I can work on the Nokia and Ericsson tools I need too with ease. Then the other my wife uses for her work as it's better for her work.
I've had no issues with any of them, there just better for different roles. The gamers at work use them mis machines, but christ there pricey but really powerful and very good as well. You get what you pay for really, but the macbook I do recommend for reliability and longevity, you want be disappointed.

El Scorchio 2:51 Mon Dec 14
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threesixty 2:24

You're right, it is a hassle, but as long as you're aware what you're doing, keep antivirus up to date, heed warnings about downloading stuff, then you should be all good.

I do have to say in the mac favour it's much more robust when it comes to stability and viruses, and maybe that suits people who don;t understand what they are doing or can't be bothered, but for me the little bit of effort is well worth saving a tonne of money, especially considering I would in no way use a macbook to it's potential.

BRANDED 2:48 Mon Dec 14
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Not sure why people stress about windows V pc. I would never get my wife a top of the range mac book pro but if she needed the convenience and general warm and fuzziness of a mac I'd get here an air.
If she's editing video she'd know better and get her own.

threesixty 2:47 Mon Dec 14
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Far Cough

"I must have installed hundreds of programs with very few issues and none that fucked the registry up as to cause the machine not to boot"

That's because youre careful / lucky and understand what you're doing. Most people are not. And to be honest they shouldn't have to know.

But even if you do know what you are doing if you get caught out it's incredibly hard to fix because of how the registry works.

The best way to fix a windows machine with a registry issue is to reinstall the whole thing! That's not a great solution but its the only option for many windows problems.

Far Cough 2:43 Mon Dec 14
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That is all correct but as I said before, I have never had to touch the registry, if you install and uninstall programs the correct way, you should never have problems, I must have installed hundreds of programs with very few issues and none that fucked the registry up as to cause the machine not to boot

threesixty 2:36 Mon Dec 14
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Far Cough

When ever you install something on a windows machine it writes stuff to the registry.

Lots of programs share information in that registry.

When you remove software from windows it has to update that registry.

Sometimes in the process of installing and removing things sometimes that registry gets messed up. Which causes all sorts of issues for programs using that registry.

Lots of things can change that registry (viruses, malware, crappy programs, you by accident etc..)
It's like a central place that literally destroy your whole machine if it gets messed up.

Thats why windows makes you use the remove programs tool to stake stuff off. It's to control that registry. On a mac you can just delete an app and it wont break anything else.

thats is the main issue with windows in a nut shell.

Far Cough 2:27 Mon Dec 14
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Why is Windows registry a nightmare, I have a laptop, that's over 3 years old and have never had to touch the registry, is this something people just say to have a dig at Windows PCs?

threesixty 2:24 Mon Dec 14
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El Scorchio:

"If you have half a brain and a bit of awareness, it's dead easy to keep a windows laptop running fast and bug free for several years."

Nah... lots of us work in IT/software etc.. and it's still a hassle.
The only way to keep a pc ok is to not install hardly anything on it. My work machine runs ok because i rarely install anything on the thing because i cant afford the downtime.

For your home machine you want to install stuff whenever you want. And you want to browse to wherever you want as well. I'm not sure I'd even bother going to football streaming sites if I was on a windows pc at home. The whole windows registry thing is just a nightmare and has been for decades. It's just not clean.

Steve the Hammer 2:21 Mon Dec 14
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threesixty,

How would you re-sell a macbook?

I've got a macbook pro which is 2.5/3 years old. Think i paid just under £1k for it. The apple site is offering me £273 for it.

I'm going to be travelling a lot soon so I want to upgrade to an air just because it's a lot lighter.

El Scorchio 2:09 Mon Dec 14
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If you have half a brain and a bit of awareness, it's dead easy to keep a windows laptop running fast and bug free for several years.

Mike Oxsaw 2:00 Mon Dec 14
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"Also never had a virus or anti virus program on them or had to install one. "

Then you're a typical Apple Me! Me! Me! selfish cunt. I bet YOU are responsible for passing on dozens of viruses in that time.

Far Cough 1:57 Mon Dec 14
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I have got it to run with full graphics on my laptop, tricky but can be done

Mike Oxsaw 1:57 Mon Dec 14
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Given that MACs have been running on an identical chipset architecture to windows for at least a decade it's hardly surprising it can "emulate" a PC. Would be highly strange if it couldn't.

If you have to justify owning an Apple product, then it's not that product you need, it's a life.

REALGSA 1:56 Mon Dec 14
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Is the top of the range macbook pro with retina display worth the best part of £2K

YES AND YES

I have bought many windows laptops and after a year they slow down and fuck up basically,

I've had 2 top of the range macs in the past 10 years, my second still going strong, they are ahead of their time. Also never had a virus or anti virus program on them or had to install one.

threesixty 1:42 Mon Dec 14
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Far Cough

"Yes you can run a Mac on a PC, either as a guest on a VM or you run it natively, if you know how to do it, it's tricky but can be done"

Very hacky.. not fully supported. Dont think it supports full graphics etc..

Parallels VM on mac can even play windows games and has direct x support.

El Scorchio 1:29 Mon Dec 14
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It's worth it if she's a graphic designer or video editor.

If she just wants one because it 'looks nice' and is only going to look at the internet listen to music and watch netflix then it's an utter, utter waste of money and you should get her a PC laptop or ipad which will do all of that for about 1/8 of the price.

Far Cough 1:26 Mon Dec 14
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"They can run windows at the same time as well with parallels vm so it's like having everything in one machine. (cant do that with a windows pc!)."

Yes you can run a Mac on a PC, either as a guest on a VM or you run it natively, if you know how to do it, it's tricky but can be done

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