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Originally Posted by Szeto
first time hearing that Office aren't the same ... I have been using PC since Dos, W 3.1, 95, 98, ME, now 7 so I am very used to how windows function and the last thing I want to do is plunk down a chunk of money for a Mac just to find myself hating it :P not to mention with PC I "trial" softwares for a long time... is that something available for Mac?
what differenciates a Mac from a PC for doing the tasks that you do for school?? And I do agree with you that the lack of game support is a plus 
I've done some googling and a lot of users mention Mac just works the way things are supposed to. Any owner care to share some examples so I can understand what that means? |
I go to school, and a lot of my homework/crap is online. I open up tons of notes/tabs of stuff I'm studying/youtube tutorials on the stuff I'm doing .. and when it's bedtime I just close the macbook and leave it plugged in. Take it to school, open it, and every things there like I never closed the mac. With windows it takes a while to reload everything etc. etc.
I find the OS is a lot more efficient ... I can go days without turning off my macbook pro, and when it's exam time (like right now) My mac goes days without restarting .. last time I restarted was sometime last week, and it's still just as snappy/quick etc.
For the average user, the macbook is just easier. You can leave it plugged in 24/7 without the battery dying from overcharging, you can just close the lid and put it to sleep and it barely uses any battery (over night in sleep mode, I lose maybe 3%?). Open it up, and within 5 seconds every things there.
I've got 4 pc's in my house, and just this one mac. I do agree for office style stuff like excel a PC is much easier, but you can dual boot windows 7 and it works very well if you install it properly.
Never thought I'd say this, but I love my macbook and I think my marks are actually higher now because I'm much more organized with it (iProcrastinate is a sick calendar app!).