Best windows based laptop on the market

[jeebus]

Unless of course you're going to game on it, in which case you do not want a Mac. Not to mention the fact that Macs are over priced.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Half Life 2 w/Counter Strike Expansion Pack
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas
Need for Speed Shift

I played ALL these on my Macbook Pro via bootcamp with windows with NO issues. As for over-priced I would argue that unlike a pc, macs are an investment. I've had this MBP for two years next month and it still smokes most of my buddies on their PC laptops at work. I have a ten year old G4 Power mac we use at home for basic stuff like web-browsing, Microsoft office, etc. I only upgraded it once in 2004, and that was only because I was still editing video on it.

Because I'm not a heavy gamer its nice to have this option in my "back pocket" when I'm not photoshopping my next masterpiece and jamming out to Fallout Boy.

[Zulaab]

Mom just bought a Dell XPS 16 Studio laptop.
I cannot find her e code right now but here is the closest thing I could find on the internet.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/performance-deals/fs.aspx?refid=performance-deals&s=dhs&cs=19

Choose the system 3rd from the left to customize it.
The only real thing I would change on their setup is (color of laptop if you need to)
Microsoft works.. change it to MS Office Student 2007

After that I dont see a reason to change anything else.
You are looking at $1528 for that setup.. go check it out.. setup how you like.. you can always cancel before you hit "buy"

[madugo]

i guess u dont care about the weight?
and what size of screen do you prefer..

[Jolley]

1K.
Macs are for emo kids and starving artists.
No self respecting company in the us runs that ****.

Just every commercial printer and ad agency does.........which is what I am.......a large printer. We are PC and Mac format and nothing compares to a Mac prepress workflow. I say this and I am a PC. But I am a sales rep and not a prepress operator. :)

[i_am_poor]

Macs are an investment? lol.. everything is an investment if you choose to use it long enough.

[jeebus]

Macs are an investment? lol.. everything is an investment if you choose to use it long enough.

The difference is if you're able to use the item long enough.

[myjohnson]

Why are you not able to use a "normal" laptop for was long as a mac running windows, assuming all else is equal?

[myjohnson]

Macs are for emo kids and starving artists.

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[jeebus]

Why are you not able to use a "normal" laptop for was long as a mac running windows, assuming all else is equal?

Better architecture, better parts, better construction, better written software.. I'm talking right off the shelf of course. Those who can build from scratch their pc need not apply.

[DiscusKid]

Alienware, not only are they epic but they look cool too :)

[myjohnson]

Mac are good b/c their OS is not subject to as much viruses as windows. If you are going to run windows on a mac then it make no difference.

[jeebus]

The difference is the freedom to not have to run windows except when absolutely necessary.

[mgarrido]

The topic says best windows based laptop.... Mac is not the best based windows laptop.
Allienware or Dell IMHO are the best.

[jeebus]

Why is mac not a windows based laptop? I can reboot right now and run windows native on my intel processor. No emulators, no shells, no clients, no windows for my windows - just windows lol.

Apple makes the best Windows OS based laptop because of the quality of parts, construction, architecture, warranty, and most of all: versatility.


EDIT: Dang, even the geeks at PC world think so: http://www.pcworld.com/article/13664...s_of_2007.html

Okay, so they "thought" so two years ago. I'll look for something more recent.

[myjohnson]

You think people that created Mac designed it to be ran with windows?