my mom bought an inspiron as well and it took me hours to repartition the hard drive and install windows from my HP discs.
Perhaps using HP OEM disks on a Dell machine was your problem?
Some of you guys are freaking hilarious.
LOL!
my mom bought an inspiron as well and it took me hours to repartition the hard drive and install windows from my HP discs.
I have always heard macs are a great computer, but I would like to know why they're so great compared to a PC.
Check this out:It really depends on what Dell you get. Dell Inspiron's are probably what large companies are buying and, yes, their build quality isn't great but it's also very cheap. Dell XPS is what most users buy for personal use and their build quality is pretty good. The new 15" XPS was just released so we no one knows how the build quality is yet. The new MBP have their own build quality issues according to IFixIt's breakdown of it.
Its the operating system, Mac OS X, that runs on Macs. Simple to use, built on top of Unix (which is a far better foundation than the NT roots of Windows 7), and far less susceptible to security issues. There are features like Time Machine that makes backup really simple, you'll only have to reboot very infrequently, and you don't have to worry about stuff like your registry getting corrupted (there is no Registry in OS X). No messing around with a ton of drivers and such trying to get hardware to work properly too.
Since Apple makes both the OS and the hardware, the integration is a lot better, they both function as a whole. Case in point is gestures on the trackpad, and the glass trackpad in itself is a joy to use. The industrial design of the Macbooks is all about simplicity... you don't get ports all over the place, you don't get a ton of vents wherever its convenient to the manufacturer to place them.
The premium you pay is for the integration between OS/hardware, the industrial design and customer service and handholding if you need it too.
Plus you don't get a machine with a ton of bloatware loaded on it. And you get useful apps like iPhoto and iMovie which are great for organizing photos and editing home movies.
You're asking the wrong people, almost everyone here is ridiculously biased towards Macs
Also anyone who says "they just work" is just saying that because they have no legit reasons why Macs are better.
you just described windows 7 as well
can't speak about all the hardware out there, but the OS is rock solid.
between Microsoft and a lot of companies merging in the last decade most of the driver issues went away by themselves.
you just described windows 7 as well
can't speak about all the hardware out there, but the OS is rock solid. between Microsoft and a lot of companies merging in the last decade most of the driver issues went away by themselves. even before that most of the issues were buying crappy hardware in the first place.
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Look at the construction of the MBP, now look at the Dell XPS. There's a huge difference in form factor and quality. The MBP is chiseled hunk of metal, the Dell is a hunk of plastic tonka toy.
If build quality isn't your concern then you should be fine with the Dell.
2. Windows 7 barely has any Virus problems these days and if he's really worried he can spend the extra $30 and get virus protection which isn't a big deal.
To be fair you'd have to say that the regular macbook is plastic, so I guess that would classify as tonka toy also. At $999 it's more expensive than average PC laptops.
I only use Macs, but that's because I like Macs.
Both machines can work. Just depends on your wants and needs.