High School senior going into college pc or mac?

Well it's community college but just the same. Anyways I've been considering to buy a new lap top so I can take notes,record the professor and do work of course and all those lovely things that come with college. However I've been stuck if I should get a pc lap top or a mac book. I heard macs are great school wise but I also want the lap top to play a few games here and there so I'm stuck any suggestions ? Ah I also forgot if it is recommened I should go for pc which os should I get xp or 7?

 

Definitely DO NOT get XP. If you can even find a computer that comes with it any more, which I don't think you can unless you buy a used one. There's no point in buying an OS that's several years out of date.

As for PC or Mac, that's really a mostly personal choice. There are people who swear by each.

 

Well hopefully a person won't be biased I don't want to get into the whole pc is better than mac thing. More opinions needed thank u.

 

Agreed w/ Tibbs and Tim. The amount of freely available Windows-compatible software alone should sway the decision towards getting a PC, especially in an educational environment...

 

I agree as well go with PC just on the the price alone,over here Macbook air's start at around £8-1000 where you could get an equivalent PC for £4-500.

If money is one of your concerns being a student.

 

Agree with all above in going PC.


to Tibbs:
Guaranteed just as many swear at the other also.
As for XP being out of date, it will still be getting security updates for a while.
And, I believe, it is the most stable and dependable Windows yet.

6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other.
It all boils down to what each individual is comfortable with.

 

Thanks to all of you looks like I'll be going for the pc I still welcome all suggestions however.

 

Windows XP is not available any longer unless buying second hand. Additionally security updates for Win XP will stop in April 2014.

I'd go for a Win7 (although am totally unfamiliar with a Mac) for the reasons mentioned above. Both sides have their aficionados though.

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True, it's still getting security updates. But being that Windows 8 is almost ready for release, XP is pretty much a dead duck. And like I said, if you're buying a new machine, you can't find one with XP. When I bought my laptop a year ago it wasn't available, only Windows 7.

 

Just, i.m.h.o., go for the P.C. for the hardware and Win 7 for the O.S.
P.C.:- Better value for money; more upgradeable; more software available, (usually, most Mac software has a P.C. version available). Unless, as Tim said, you want/need to use a Mac specific piece of software.
Win 7:- Because it is the only fully developed P.C. O.S. that is not already semi-obsolete. Win 8 is not quite here, yet and XP is no longer a truly up-to-date O.S, regardless of the devotees. The exception to this would be if you are procuring an old/underpowered P.C., then yeah, I would stick to XP for a while in that scenario.
P.C. also better for most game compatibility, i.m.o.

 

Once again thanks for the response everyone, has for the class I'll be taking physiology along with general ed classed geometry algebra 2 english etc. il Since you brought up the topic of windows 8 should I wait until the end of year for it or just get windows 7?

 

If you're starting college this fall and you don't already own a laptop, you're going to need one well before Windows 8 is fully released. I'd go ahead and get a Windows 7 machine.

 

I suggest strongly, a Toshiba. I have one, I love it. It's far and away better than any Mac I've ever worked with. Windows 7 is an amazing OS. If you have enough room, and you are a gamer, an install of Windows XP might be useful for playing older games.

Having a Linux install is also a useful thing, since college wifi's are not exactly the safest things ever. I'd keep a live CD on hand.

That said, there's not a single thing that I've ever found that a Mac can do, that a Windows PC can't, or can't do better.

And I say this as a Graphic Design student. Besides, I can do stuff that's 'Photoshop' for free on GIMP on Windows that I can't do at all on a Mac.