I’m saving for a laptop, and I need to know which is better, an Apple or a Windows? I have experience on both.

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They’re both good in the sense that they both work.

Right now, Macbooks are just a poor value unless Steve Jobs decides to make less profit and pass some savings on to consumers…

First, brand brand shouldn't be important. Only the components you are getting (or more likely not getting) for the price.

For example, this unit at BestBuy is an excellent low cost find.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?…

It is amazingly hard to find such a lower priced laptop with dedicated graphics and a 7200 rpm hard drive.

The 7200 rpm drive will make a large difference to the overall feel of your laptop

So simply stated, here are the basic level requirements for any decent responsive laptop:

1. any dual core CPU

2. 4 gigs RAM becuase it's so cheap now, it is crazy to get less

3. any 7200 rpm hard drive if you want any kind of responsive feeling to your laptop. All laptops with 5400 rpm hard drives feel really sluggish..

4. any dedicated graphics chip if you want any kind of system stability

Begin with those basic specs and see what else you might need such as screen resolution of 1920×1200 and other possible extra features.

The brand mostly doesn't matter, only the components inside the laptop and what you’ve to pay for them. Two notable exceptions at two ends of the value spectrum are Macbooks which give you low end components for a high price and Alienware which gives you really goog components and really good “under the hood” construction.

Run away screaming from any laptop with Intel 3100 integrated chipset graphics in it or other simlilar chips using “shared memory”

This is a good reference to see where you chip compares to others:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Grap…

Some lower cost laptops that can meet the above 4 specs are Dell Studio 15 and Dell Studio 17

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pro…

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pro…

Some medium cost higher quality models are any Dell XPS.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pro…

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pro…

http://www.dell.com/content/products/cat…

Highest quality models that can meet the spec are any Alienware.

http://www.alienware.com/products/notebo…

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In my opinion Apple is superior for media type processing such as photos, videos and music. Although, Windows has some great software as well. One difference that you might hear people speak about is antivirus (most viruses are written for Windows). You can get free antivirus for PC such as AVG. It comes down to what you prefer. Although you are experienced in both, there is one that you are more comfortable with. For me it is Personal computer but I have no problems with Apple. Remember though, you can get a power PC for the same price as a “normal” Apple. Although, apple support seems a little better. Personal computer is much superior for gaming if that helps at all. For school needs is really will make no difference. Just cheaper to go Computer.
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What are you going to use it for?

If you're going to use it for audio or video editing, use Apple because it comes with free programs to let you do that. If you are going to use it for work, you should go with a Windows because they’ve more common file types than an Apple. For games you’ve to go with Windows. Most games for a personal are on Windows only.

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Well if you’re going to do music and pic effect then hands down Mac but if you’re gonna do office work the windows.
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If you get a MacBook, you get both. No need to worry about whether you're compatible with someone else or not.
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Linux