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My cousin just graduated high school and I was thinking of getting her a new laptop for university. She was looking into a Macbook Pro but her friends have told her for business(Excel etc) it's probably better to use Windows than a Mac. (Not sure if theirs any proof to that though lol)
She isn't into gaming and doesn't need something top of the line, just something that looks very sleek and probably light with a decent graphics card and processor(i5 or even i3). But not too basic since she'll probably replace her desktop with this laptop.
Budget: Probably under $1600-ish would be ideal since she doesn't need anything top of the line or for gaming.
Any suggestions on what laptop to get? I've heard good things about ASUS.
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I don't think she needs anything high end, just something that looks very sleek and light but can still preform everyday tasks(not run games like D3/SC2 etc lol)
Yup, I agree with her friends. Last semester some of the programs/software my class was required to use was not compatible with mac.
For her needs like Manic! said, $1600 is overkill imo. I would suggest looking at some $1000~ ultrabooks instead (fast, thin/sleek, lightweight, battery life)
Sure it would be cool to tell all your friends "I just bought a MBP", but for it's price and specs, there's definitely a lot better competitors out there. MS Excel will run on Mac alright, but once you get to more high-end business/accounting softwares, that's a whole different story....
i could be wrong but can macbooks still boot into windows aswell? or has that changed? if she has any use for a macbook, and can still boot into windows aswell, why not get that? if not, then as others mentioned, $1600 is overkill.
don't know much about laptops but i picked up an acer aspire timelinex not too long ago for like 700 and its pretty good imo. fairly light, thin and has an amazing battery life.
thought i might share that to expand your options.
Yup, I agree with her friends. Last semester some of the programs/software my class was required to use was not compatible with mac.
For her needs like Manic! said, $1600 is overkill imo. I would suggest looking at some $1000~ ultrabooks instead (fast, thin/sleek, lightweight, battery life)
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base macbook air with apple care. At the end of the 3 years when she is ready to resell it, it would retain the most value out of all the suggestions listed.
iwork for spreadsheet functionality or word processing.
If I didn't sometimes play games I'd go with a Mac Air too. Very portable and convenient for students. $1029 to start and you don't really need the expensive add ons just for school.
base macbook air with apple care. At the end of the 3 years when she is ready to resell it, it would retain the most value out of all the suggestions listed.
iwork for spreadsheet functionality or word processing.
anything else she can fall back to VM or bootcamp
Shes taking business classes. Business runs on Windows and Microsoft office. Also switching between different operation systems during the school day would be a pain in the ass.
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lol business classes "requiring" microsoft office?
iwork can do everything the student needs in place of ms office(it will save to office file formats if needed).
only SOME classes require windows, most likely her business classes will NOT require windows. If she does need it she can use bootcamp OR with 8gb of ram she can run windows on a Virtual machine.
the macbook air is the best bang for buck out of all the machines suggested(also retains most value after the warranty is over). make sure you use the education discount option.
^MBA has the best bang for the buck? Thanks for the morning laugh!
As discussed on the other laptops thread, quite a few features on the PC - Excel 2012 are no where to be found on the Mac equivalent. You will also be spending more time trying to figure out the 'equivalen't on the Mac Excel in a business stats class when you should be focusing on how to solve the damn problem. My 0.02. (Unless they've changed Excel 2012 for MAC to mimic the PC vers, my point stands)
lol business classes "requiring" microsoft office?
iwork can do everything the student needs in place of ms office(it will save to office file formats if needed).
only SOME classes require windows, most likely her business classes will NOT require windows. If she does need it she can use bootcamp OR with 8gb of ram she can run windows on a Virtual machine.
the macbook air is the best bang for buck out of all the machines suggested(also retains most value after the warranty is over). make sure you use the education discount option.
Do tell me why they retain the most value after 3 years.
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Since she is a gril I hae to say MacBook pro or Macbook Air.
Personally my next labtop will be a Mac. They just seem to last longer (could be the built quality) and looks better.
Too bad I got a gaming desktop 2 years ago stop gaming so the desktop is going to last me a good 7+ years lol.........
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