Getting a new notebook/laptop...should I go pc or mac?

[pilonv1]

and don't be distinguished mentally-challenged...don't buy a gaming laptop unless you want something with no battery life, weak portability, and that's as loud as a lawnmower :roll 

and that utterly destroys the performance of any sub-$2000 macbook on the market for a mere $900

$900? what model and where?

[TVC15]

Macs are great if you like the OS or exclusive software.  The quality of their hardware isn't a selling point, though.  They are at best no worse than anyone else, and they have a tendency to make questionable component decisions.

[Van Cruncheon]

and don't be distinguished mentally-challenged...don't buy a gaming laptop unless you want something with no battery life, weak portability, and that's as loud as a lawnmower :roll 

and that utterly destroys the performance of any sub-$2000 macbook on the market for a mere $900

$900? what model and where?

did you not listen to the borecast episode 7? it's the asus g50vt-x5, and a best buy exclusive

[Don Flamenco]

yes and nothing has ever gone wrong with a windows-based laptop.  ever.  

ah yes, but you touted the macbook reliability, when there are well-known heating issues

great, did I say there were no problems ever?  no.  did you bother looking up whether there were problems with windows-based laptops or was I also supposed to get completely petty and go searching for stories about problems with them (of which there aren't a shortage either, ya know?)

[Eel O'Brian]

YEAH WELL my uncle knew this dude once, opened up his asus box and it looked like this: (Image removed from quote.)

and again, you were the one stressing overheating in your earlier posts, which brought the lulz because

[Eel O'Brian]

but yeah himuro get the mac, for realz

[Van Cruncheon]

members of the REPUBLIC OF GAMERS

me
tvc15
eel o'brian

and we will soon sway patel's allegiance

[Eel O'Brian]

in all seriousness, asus does have an outstanding warranty service should anything fuck up

[Don Flamenco]

oh i see, it was on the borecast...yes, well, just wait until tomorrow when I get the members of my podcast to come in with a circle jerk of anecdotal evidence and funny comics about PC batteries exploding.  then it's really on, yo.

[Van Cruncheon]

yes and nothing has ever gone wrong with a windows-based laptop.  ever.  

ah yes, but you touted the macbook reliability, when there are well-known heating issues

great, did I say there were no problems ever?  no.  did you bother looking up whether there were problems with windows-based laptops or was I also supposed to get completely petty and go searching for stories about problems with them (of which there aren't a shortage either, ya know?)

windows laptops have many, many different manufacturers

choice

[Eel O'Brian]

members of the REPUBLIC OF GAMERS

me
tvc15
eel o'brian

and we will soon sway patel's allegiance

maybe they'll have a newer, even uglier model by the time he gets one and we can all go out clubbin' fugly style

[Eel O'Brian]

oh i see, it was on the borecast...yes, well, just wait until tomorrow when I get the members of my podcast to come in with a circle jerk of anecdotal evidence and funny comics about PC batteries exploding.  then it's really on, yo.

why are you getting so bent out of shape

and i jerk alone btw fyi

[Van Cruncheon]

asus laptops(tm) -- the fat chick we ALL want to fuck

i should be in marketing

[TVC15]

members of the REPUBLIC OF GAMERS

me
tvc15
eel o'brian

and we will soon sway patel's allegiance

JOIN US

[demi]

and i jerk alone btw fyi

me too ^_^

[pilonv1]

and don't be distinguished mentally-challenged...don't buy a gaming laptop unless you want something with no battery life, weak portability, and that's as loud as a lawnmower :roll 

and that utterly destroys the performance of any sub-$2000 macbook on the market for a mere $900

$900? what model and where?

did you not listen to the borecast episode 7? it's the asus g50vt-x5, and a best buy exclusive

listen to the borecast?

Asus G50vt is AUS$3800 minimum

if could pay the equvilent of US$900 over id be fucking all over it

[Eel O'Brian]

"Why are you lookin' at the lid anyway, fucktard?  Just play your goddamned game."

Asus Laptops™

[TVC15]

They subsidize the cost of the awesome hardware inside by letting special education schools buy placement for student art on the back of their laptops.

[Eel O'Brian]

at least prole's looks like lightning and shit

mine looks like i drank too much and vomited across the lid

[ch1nchilla]

I just like Macs because I like using OS X. I'm a pretty casual user: music, chatting, internet, photos. I love using OS X for all of those. Bam. I game on consoles, so games really aren't an issue.

But I've lost this argument because of the Windows 7 and low-cost love.

[TVC15]

Mine has the lightning on the back, but I did vomit a bit on it, as well.  

[Eel O'Brian]

and don't be distinguished mentally-challenged...don't buy a gaming laptop unless you want something with no battery life, weak portability, and that's as loud as a lawnmower :roll 

and that utterly destroys the performance of any sub-$2000 macbook on the market for a mere $900

$900? what model and where?

did you not listen to the borecast episode 7? it's the asus g50vt-x5, and a best buy exclusive

listen to the borecast?

Asus G50vt is AUS$3800 minimum

if could pay the equvilent of US$900 over id be fucking all over it

you could get someone to buy one here and ship it to you, maybe?

man, you australians catch hell with prices

[Eel O'Brian]

I just like Macs because I like using OS X. I'm a pretty casual user: music, chatting, internet, photos. I love using OS X for all of those. Bam. I game on consoles, so games really aren't an issue.

But I've lost this argument because of the Windows 7 and low-cost love.

i don't really have anything against macs, i'm pretty much just trolling fer kicks

[Don Flamenco]

oh i see, it was on the borecast...yes, well, just wait until tomorrow when I get the members of my podcast to come in with a circle jerk of anecdotal evidence and funny comics about PC batteries exploding.  then it's really on, yo.

why are you getting so bent out of shape

and i jerk alone btw fyi

bent out of shape would be posting pictures of actual circle jerks...but I did think something was weird 'cause I didn't realize that you guys had a purpose here, that you were congratulating each other on your fine purchases.  which is fine, though it's more than a little sad with the whole "look at this set of blog posts about macs" b.s. which you can do for any number of laptops as well...

[Eel O'Brian]

for such a laid-back ad campaign you mac dudes should really unclench

[Eel O'Brian]

also, buy a mac himuro, it's like taking a refreshing walk in the park every time you turn it on

[Don Flamenco]

yeah, but at least they're sexy and hip.  your ASUS PCs are totally uncultured and generic.  they seem like they'd be owned by guys who spend more time defending them than playing awesome hits such as Sacred 2 on them.

[Eel O'Brian]

mostly i just load games up to ooh and ah over the performance 

[demi]

I installed FarCry 2

Sucks

[Don Flamenco]

hmmm, but what if I drop it to 2x AF, slide the LOD and grass density down a little more (don't notice those as much anyway), but bump up the shadows all the way and AA to 8xQ?  THEN it'll look even better!


I'M IN YOUR HEAD.  GO UPDATE YOUR DRIVERS PCFAGS.  I'M GONNA SEE [BAND YOU NEVER HEARD OF] AT [HIP VENUE]. PEACE

[TVC15]

I reinstalled Rapelay.  Pretending to go at demi's mom again.

[MCD]

man, i wanna get one of those samsung laptops but i always spend my money on shit and say "yeah, i will get it next month for real!".

[bork]

I used to be against mac, but now that you can run windows on mac, and considering my major (graphics/animation) I'm definitely shooting for a mac. But then, macs seem relatively more expensive than the average powerful pc notebook.

Forget all the nonsense in this thread.  Do you use Macs or PCs in your classes?  Get whichever one you use the most.  And do you NEED a laptop?  If you don't need one for the graphics stuff especially, just buy a cheap netbook and get yourself a good desktop.  Hell you can get a new Mac Mini starting at like $599.

I recently went back to school and am studying IT.  I'm also a Mac user at home, which doesn't help much when everything I'm doing currently involves using Windows.  Boot Camp works great for the most part, but there are some keys "missing," which means that I sometimes have to do these weird keyboard combinations just to do something easy like "printscreen."  This is mildly annoying (you can, of course, plug in a Windows keyboard and have all the functionality; I'm talking about the laptop keyboard)

For my next computer, I'm going back to PC.  Will likely be building my own desktop for the first time; seems like it would be fun and a good way to get more familiar with the guts of a PC.