Question Posted Thursday November 10 2011, 6:54 pm
I recieved a toshiba laptop as a present last year and it only dosen't work because I spilled water on my keyboard :( and now like ten to 15 of the keys don't work and it's slowing down rapidly now with the processor and the function. :( So I am in the market for a new laptop. So I am thinking of an HP or macbook. Which one should I get? I need it for school, and also entertainment like surfing the web, and watch movies?? which one do you guys reccomend??
solidadvice4teens answered Friday November 11 2011, 12:38 am: HP just reversed a decision to get out of the business of making PCs. I have a Toshiba Laptop and it's not as exciting as the Mac Book to be sure. However, if all you want to do is watch movies and surf the web a laptop works fine but for value the Mac Book is better.
If you love to create, design, do anything with Photo Shop etc. Mac is best. It's the perfect time to buy because they just re-designed Mac-Air laptops with new processors and the faster Lion operating system.
My brother just bought one and loves it. I have used a Mac desktop since 2006 and it's still really fast and 100% reliable. Mac's also don't get viruses so that's an enormous plus, nor error messages, or glitches like Windows does. You'll never need Anti-virus software either as it's already built like Fort Knox.
I find that their word processor is better than Microsoft and easier to do really creative presentations and reports. It's called Pages and it's art of ILife or Iworks which sells for about $90.
When it comes to entertainment pretty much any laptop is good for movie watching, web surfing although the Mac's browsers are easier to use and free of errors, re-directs, malware etc.
My advice is to get one preferably from an Apple Store or by ordering direct on their webpage to configure it the way you want. Base model is $999. Should be all you need. By the way don't buy one without Apple Care which gives 3 years extended warranty, no question repairs (unless you went out of your way to damage) and 24hr tech support on the phone. You'll need it as switching from Windows to Mac suddenly will take a while to figure out new things. But once you switch you'll never want to use a PC again. [ solidadvice4teens's advice column | Ask solidadvice4teens A Question ]
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