How about:

"If you don't buy her a Mac, Chuck Norris will come by and give you a roundhouse kick to the head."

 

or one of these

 

Well now its $299 at best buy I was $399

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?sk...d=1083713449054


And no I don't pay that. I pay $2000 for every microsoft application minus the games...

 

Easy. MacBook FTW

Save your sister's sanity!! She'll have a lot of things on her mind at college. Don't let the computers reliability be one of them!

 

i just bought a laptop a year ago and went with HP, and I am a graphic design graduate now, I went to school using both MAC and PC,

MACS are great, but if you are looking for most bang for you buck without all the cash, get a PC

 

or you could spend half of that and get a computer that works for what she's using it for. I didn't know that a duo core processor was needed for a college.

 

Now there's a good argument for not getting the Mac.

If all they want to spend is $500-$600 and price is the deciding factor, then by all means, go for it.

 

The Mac vs. PC arguement is truely the dumbest arguement ever.

Buy a Mac if... you like trendy things, do *serious* photo editing or *serious* video editing, wear sunglasses that are way too big for your head, or have some extra bucks to spend. They are good computers, compatibility is getting better, are reliable.

Buy a PC if...you're on a budget, do normal photo and video work, and aren't concerned with looking "cool" when you whip out the computer in Panera or Starbucks.

Lets face it, if you're an idiot with computers, switching over to the Mac OS will be difficult at the very least. Anyone with some computer sense can get a PC to work just as well as a mac, albeit with some differences in graphical use.

The biggest factor is however, if you are on a budget, DONT BUY A MAC. You can buy less expensive PC's with less options. Mac doesn't really offer a stripped down version of their computers.

-Dewey

 

I do not want to argue on this because there really is no winner. I will agree that if price is a top concern, then maybe a Mac is not the way to go. My recommendation was on the basis of value, and personally I think that Mac's give you more value for the money.

FWIW, I've owned my Powerbook for almost 2 years now and I have yet to have any problems minor or major. It just works, period.

 

FWIW - I am going back to college in the fall. My desktop is my main machine and my powerhouse for gaming, web browsing, etc. I've always loved Macs, I just always had a pesky gaming habit. However, when it came time to get a laptop, I opted for a new Macbook. I haven't looked back yet.

I've installed all my windows apps on it with no problem whatsoever. Great lil machine!