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Location: Dearing, GA | My laptop is just about dead. The screen is literally coming apart from the keyboard, and its moving realllly slowly. I am going to bite the bullet and get another. What do y'all feel about Macbooks vs. HP products? I have a Toshiba now, but was looking at the HP Pavillion Touchsmart. Any opinions? |
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| Just Let Me Run - 2014-01-08 8:44 PM
My laptop is just about dead. The screen is literally coming apart from the keyboard, and its moving realllly slowly. I am going to bite the bullet and get another. What do y'all feel about Macbooks vs. HP products? I have a Toshiba now, but was looking at the HP Pavillion Touchsmart. Any opinions?
Macbooks are hard to use if you are switching from a regular computer. I like HP pretty good. |
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Location: Montana | HP is great! We have a HP laptop with Windows 7 and I love to use it (even better than Windows XP). We've had HP products for a long time (mostly printers) and haven't been disappointed yet.
Macbook might be good, but I've never used one so can't give you an opinion one way or the other. |
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Location: USA | Just an FYI, New laptops now come with Windows 8 which is very frustrating for those new to Windows 8. Same programs, but getting around Windows 8 is NOTHING compared to WIndows 7 or XP. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | canrunnr - 2014-01-08 9:40 PM Just an FYI, New laptops now come with Windows 8 which is very frustrating for those new to Windows 8. Same programs, but getting around Windows 8 is NOTHING compared to WIndows 7 or XP.
Ugh thats no good.
I'll mostly use it for iTunes, internet browsing and eventually school stuff.
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Location: North of the 49th Parallel | Mac. |
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| I got a MacBook Pro about a year ago and love it. I am 67 yo so technology is not second nature plus I had used windows for years. Learning to use the Mac was very very easy. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I have an HP desktop all in one, and have had an HP laptop before. My printer is an Hp as well. I like HP and have had good luck with their products. You can still get Windows 7 if you get a computer configured for business purposes. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Honestly, if you're going to use it for school stuff, in the long run it's better to have the PC. It's more compatible with most programs and assignments you'll have to do. Macbooks are better if you are a graphics nut. |
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | Mac's are great but SPENDY....you can get a LOADED HP or comparable brand for much less and be able to upgrade more often. |
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Location: South Georgia | I found an HP Pavillion G7 or something. Cant remember exactly what it is called...on craigslist brand new for $200. The guy had bought it to take overseas with him on a deployment so they could skype and used it for nothing else. It would have been $600 in stores. Check craigslist. I am always pleased with my HP products. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | horsegirl - 2014-01-09 8:20 AM
I found an HP Pavillion G7 or something. Cant remember exactly what it is called...on craigslist brand new for $200. The guy had bought it to take overseas with him on a deployment so they could skype and used it for nothing else. It would have been $600 in stores. Check craigslist. I am always pleased with my HP products.
Thanks, if you come across that link again let me know! |
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Location: Land Of Oz | I'm never buying another PC again. I've had my Toshiba laptop for 5-6 years and it really hasn't had a whole lot of use. I spent the extra money and got a good one. Pretty sure the motherboard is failing. The stupid things get viruses even when you pay for good anti-virus software. Mac's don't seem to have that issue. I could see if I had used it hard but I haven't. I'm buying a Mac Book Pro.
It isn't true that MAC's aren't compatible with Windows - you can run parallels on a MAC and run ANY Windows program. In fact if you're a Windows fan, you can strictly have that as your OS.
Edited by Jinx 2014-01-09 9:17 AM
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Location: Texas | I have a HP laptop for work and a Mac for personal use. Of the two, hands down, I prefer the Mac. Getting used to the differences isn't hard. They are much more compatible with iTunes, which makes sense since it's an Apple product. I've had my Mac for 4 years and am wanting to upgrade, but just because I want the bigger screen. It still works great.
I've been in my job for 3 years and am on my third HP. It seems to crash more and has had way more issues than my Mac. |
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Location: Nebraska | Is it safe to get a Macbook off craigslist? I've seen a lot of ones that are decently priced that say that they have been wiped clean. How do you know there isn't some spyware or something on it? |
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Location: Land Of Oz | brlracerchick - 2014-01-09 9:32 AM Is it safe to get a Macbook off craigslist? I've seen a lot of ones that are decently priced that say that they have been wiped clean. How do you know there isn't some spyware or something on it?
You could repartition the hard drive and reinstall the OS just in case. |
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Location: South Georgia | Just Let Me Run - 2014-01-09 9:27 AM horsegirl - 2014-01-09 8:20 AM I found an HP Pavillion G7 or something. Cant remember exactly what it is called...on craigslist brand new for $200. The guy had bought it to take overseas with him on a deployment so they could skype and used it for nothing else. It would have been $600 in stores. Check craigslist. I am always pleased with my HP products. Thanks, if you come across that link again let me know!
I bought it! lol
But my point is, you can find good deals out there. |
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Location: North Dakota -> Colorado | My HP laptop is definitely not worth the money, I will hopefully be getting a Mac for college. |
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Location: Nebraska | Jinx - 2014-01-09 10:19 AM brlracerchick - 2014-01-09 9:32 AM Is it safe to get a Macbook off craigslist? I've seen a lot of ones that are decently priced that say that they have been wiped clean. How do you know there isn't some spyware or something on it? You could repartition the hard drive and reinstall the OS just in case.
What does that mean? I don't know much about macs or computers |
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Location: NW MT | My personal experience is that Windows 8 SUCKS! :) I hate it - have had it for over a year & can't wait til it dies so I have an excuse to ditch it! |
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Location: Wellsville, Missouri | I bought a Lenovo with a touch screen. I love it! |
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Location: Dearing, GA | Well the guy pitched a great fight for MacBook and I bought one. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | I'm going with a Mac next time. I bought a HP and it didn't last 6 months. |
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Location: Canada | I have a MacBook Air and its so light and fast, it's not the cheapest laptop on the market but if you want to have a laptop for the longterm I highly suggest going Mac. I use it for school and charges super fast too, last 12 hrs. Once you go Mac, you never go back. But I could be MacBook biased  |
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| I love our MacBook! It's great, works great and so easy to use. And I actually know a lot of other students that use a MacBook for schoolwork and haven't had any problems. But if you want something a little less expensive, I have a Samsung laptop as well and it works great, has windows 8 (I believe) and easy to use. And not too bad price wise either! |
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Location: Dearing, GA | Y'ALL.
I love this MacBook. And I figured out how to transfer all my 1000s of songs in iTunes without getting mad and doing it one by one. I LOVE IT. Best choice by far. Now, what I need to do is buy a cover! Any suggestions? |
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Location: Land Of Oz | brlracerchick - 2014-01-09 11:23 AM
Jinx - 2014-01-09 10:19 AM brlracerchick - 2014-01-09 9:32 AM Is it safe to get a Macbook off craigslist? I've seen a lot of ones that are decently priced that say that they have been wiped clean. How do you know there isn't some spyware or something on it? You could repartition the hard drive and reinstall the OS just in case.
A system restore to factory settings. It will usually ask whether you want to repartition the hard drive or not. (erases everything off hard drive) |
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Location: Nebraska | Jinx - 2014-01-10 2:22 PM brlracerchick - 2014-01-09 11:23 AM Jinx - 2014-01-09 10:19 AM brlracerchick - 2014-01-09 9:32 AM Is it safe to get a Macbook off craigslist? I've seen a lot of ones that are decently priced that say that they have been wiped clean. How do you know there isn't some spyware or something on it? You could repartition the hard drive and reinstall the OS just in case. A system restore to factory settings. It will usually ask whether you want to repartition the hard drive or not. (erases everything off hard drive )
So, if you were to do that it would erase any virus or anything on the computer? Does it work the same for a PC? |
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Location: Oregon | I second the Windows 8 sucks. |
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Location: Arkansas | Rockyroad - 2014-01-09 3:09 PM My personal experience is that Windows 8 SUCKS! :) I hate it - have had it for over a year & can't wait til it dies so I have an excuse to ditch it!
I got a new HP laptop in December. Had Window's 8 on it, no tenager around for help, so found someone who had a copy of Window 7. Had him wipe Windows 8 off and install Windows 7. Turned my life around! I hated Windows 8!
Any laptop you buy now comes with Windows 8! |
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