Macbook vs alienware

lahnabonny

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not again....

Jun 13 2010 12:26AM

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Skittle.

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Jun 13 2010 12:27AM

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ns24

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Jun 13 2010 12:27AM

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Fish_Sandwich.

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Ipad

Jun 13 2010 1:01AM

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JahJahBinks

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Yes.

Jun 13 2010 1:12AM

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tjski

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depends what you are using it for... school then hell no on mac.. video then hell yes on mac.. alienware is just as expensive and with mac i think you would get more out of it. on a mac you dont have to download anti virus shit every time you turn the computer on.

Jun 13 2010 1:39AM

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Peter.

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i'm 98% sure nomen is being sarcastic

just throwin that out there

Jun 13 2010 1:55AM

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KyleA

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I was debating this when I started college three years ago. I ended up purchasing an M9750 thinking it was the more logical computer for what I was going to use it for. It was quite possibly the worst computer I have ever used. It struggled to run CS2 and SolidWorks and the battery life was approximately 45 minutes. The only positive aspect of Alienwares is that a year later you can sell them for enough to buy a new Macbook Pro. I have had my mac for two years now and love it. I'm not saying you should definitely get a mac, but I would stay away from Alienware. There are better and less expensive alternatives.

Jun 13 2010 2:19AM

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ns24

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i think i might go towards a mac but in my case the alienwares are cheaper and have better specs than the macbooks

Jun 13 2010 2:30AM

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Bukkakeskitrip

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windows ftw

Jun 13 2010 2:32AM

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I_Am_Mod

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alienware, and get good antivirus and don't visit fishy pornsites ....

you'll get much better performance than a macbook for the same price.....

Jun 13 2010 7:25AM

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StevenR

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What do you want to do with it? Its hard to answer your question unless you answer that question. And i've said it before and ill say it again. Some people just prefer macs and OSX and DONT CARE ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE DIFFERENCE. The fact is, you may be able to get an alienware that is more powerful for the same price, but you wont likely be using all of that power unless you do certain things with it (why i asked). If you are one of those people who wont fully utilize it AND you like macs, I say go for it. The newer macbook pros are plenty powerful for what such a user might want to do with them. Your paying the same amount of money, but for a different experience. The comic someone posted in the thread earlier is so annoying. Performance isnt always the only thing that matters to people.

/rant. And by the way, i have been a life long PC user. I just got a Macbook Pro for college/video production type stuff, but i still use my PC all the time for PC things.

Jun 13 2010 8:55AM

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belden...

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I feel like you could just change the bottom pic to say alienware cuz people are just buying them for the cool "edgy" look

Jun 13 2010 9:43AM

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I've had an hp laptop for 3 years, it kicks as at video editing & other high performance stuff and I've yet to get a virus, just don't be stupid & download sketchy shit

Jun 13 2010 10:03AM

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drumbumocdp

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You say that until you learn how to use one

Jun 13 2010 10:05AM

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find

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it really just depends on how much you know/care about computers. if you don't know shit (like most people, don't be embarrassed) and just want to be able to point, click, and do all of the basics then i'd go for the macbook. however, if computing is very important to you and you will notice the most minute differences in quality and want to configure your machine to optimize performance for whatever you're doing (while also having to deal with more security issues), i'd go with the alienware.

Jun 13 2010 10:28AM

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SOLID7

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I could give each one of you links to three different publicly available Mac trojans out there for download. Not including the privately coded ones, which are really not that hard to make. Mac users are being naive. I use a mac, but probably due to the fact that it's UNIX based, can't stand DOS terminal :D

Jun 13 2010 12:04PM

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theabortionator

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Holy shit, have you not realized he just messing with you yet?

Jun 13 2010 12:20PM

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Dan.

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Alienware used to be a legit company, but it was purchased by Dell who now just uses the name to sell rebranded computers at a larger margin.

Jun 13 2010 12:37PM

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deleted5

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nope my dad works for them it's starting to become a problem.

Jun 13 2010 12:44PM

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yourthemannowdog

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alienware is made by dell. Dell is shit. IDGAF you can play crysis maxed out, i have a xbox so i don't have to worry about my graphics card being outdated every year.

Jun 13 2010 7:51PM

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Kirsakid

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genius

But seriously i would get neither macs are gay and Alien ware are way overpriced

Jun 13 2010 7:59PM

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antwone

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shut up fag

Jun 13 2010 8:01PM

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Yung_Gnarley

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I don't know how to use a computer very well so I got a Mac. That's all.

Jun 13 2010 8:16PM

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BrewskiJr

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I know the whole virus on mac's was just for shits and gigs, but one problem I definitely see for the Mac's in the wrong one is that there are multiple companies that worked on creating the new Mac OS and they actually split from Mac. This means that there are a couple companies besides apple that have the "blueprints" to their OS. Fallen into the wrong hands, hackers could and probably will definitely find ways to start hacking Mac's. You may be clean and free to download music and what not, but you might have a bigger problem in the long run

But what do I know. I'm a PC fanboy. WINDOWS XP FTW!!

Jun 13 2010 8:23PM

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iLLbiLLy

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haha sorry to burst your bubble but thats not true at all. Yes macs are much less susceptible to malicious software, due to several things. One being most hackers focus on windows because of its popularity and their hate for bill gates. Also macs web browsing is not built straight into the OS file system. (internet explorer is an extension of the service used to browse the file system). There are several other issues that make macs more resistance but to say its impossible is absolutely false.

Malware is just software that exploits the unsecured areas in the system. So far, no OS is perfect and therefor loopholes can always be found. Virus can even be written for linux systems(although the damage will not be as bad due to the fact that the root user is only used for system management).

So long story short: yes macs are way less likely to get virus, but that definitely doesn't mean its impossible and one day they might have just as big of a problem as windows.

sorry bout the spelling

Jun 13 2010 8:26PM

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