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Sell me a MacBook Pro

  • 08-12-2013 6:42pm
    #1
    paddydriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭


    Hello All,

    Hoping some of you can help me on a difficult decision. Looking to get a new toy for Christmas and toss up between Microsoft Surface Pro 2 and a Macbook Pro 8GB/256GB model.

    I have never owned a Macbook, nor any Apple based laptop etc. Have a nice Windows 8 ultrabook and iPad etc, use a Galaxy Note 3 as mobile and wife on iPhone5 so figuring time I maybe looked at a Macbook.

    Has to be the Pro as I love high res screens and will be virtualizing Windows 7 on there for odd customer support issues.

    Primarily it will be used at home for browsing and some app's my wife uses for craft making (All Mac compatible), but I will be using a VPN into work from it too on odd occasion.

    Anyway, can anyone sway me towards the Macbook as thinking just getting "another" Windows device is daft..

    Entering similar in Windows Devices thread too..

    Thanks for any help, really appreciate.

    Paddy


Comments

  • #2
    paulo6891
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭paulo6891


    You're spending 1550 euro on something for browsing?


  • #3
    paddydriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭paddydriver


    paulo6891 wrote: »
    You're spending 1550 euro on something for browsing?

    I am surrounded by devices for browsing.. I want to get a new laptop. Maybe I should edit the original post and pretend I will never use the Internet on it:p

    Spend my working life stuck in data centre's and crouched in racks so I love my tech.


  • #4
    paulo6891
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭paulo6891


    It's just that most people who spend that kind of money on a computer are using it for more demanding things than browsing! I think they're brilliant anyway, although personally I have little use for extra hard drive space so would go for 128Gb and 16Gb of RAM instead.


  • #5
    paddydriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭paddydriver


    Thanks Paulo.. That's a great idea. Don't need the space either but would be keen on the extra RAM. Was a little peeved when I saw RAM is soldered on at birth. BTW.. this is not my money I am spending, it's my end of year bonus from work.. Well sort of.


  • #6
    paulo6891
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 352 ✭✭paulo6891


    yeah it's ridiculous about the RAM. I had planned on buying one myself and upgrading the RAM later, but upon finding out about it being soldered on, I'm having second thoughts as I cant really afford/justify it (I'm a mature student and my current macbook is 4gb and my desktop is 16, so I'd need to go with the 16Gb for it to be a worthwhile upgrade!)


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