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Should I get macbook air or stick to windows environment ? - Printable Version +- Opticallimits (https://forum.opticallimits.com) +-- Forum: Forums (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4) +--- Forum: Just Talk (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17) +--- Thread: Should I get macbook air or stick to windows environment ? (/showthread.php?tid=5429) |
Should I get macbook air or stick to windows environment ? - toni-a - 01-11-2023 Looking for a laptop with a good color display my choices are narrowed to few options and one of them is suprisingly macbook air price gap isn't big and the offer looks good. I am between macbook air and Lenovo yoga 7 both cover 100% sRGB and have good screen and ergonomics, but retina display is tempting Does MAC use ressources more effectively and thus both are equivalent perfomers or I am better with a PC for the same price since Lenovo Yoga 7 has a far faster CPU, more RAM, and more storgage. Moving apple would be a total change of environment for me who have been using PC since the 90s and have been through DOS, windows 3.1, windows 95. windows XP, windows 7, windows 8 and windows 10..... RE: Should I get macbook air or stick to windows environment ? - Klaus - 01-11-2023 I don't think that there's a relevant performance difference between the two. If you want to do imaging, then 16GB RAM is a must though. The effective performance depends on whether the application is running natively on Apple Silicon (GPU/NeuralEngine). DxO does, for instance. I use both Windows and MacOS - and switching between the two during the day is a pain. ;-) If I had no constraints, I'd be on MacOS (but I won't purchase an iPhone). FWIW, there's a rumor that the Air 15" will be release in a couple of months. RE: Should I get macbook air or stick to windows environment ? - stoppingdown - 01-11-2023 It's a tough question, Toni. I got rid of Windows in 2005 (apart some virtual machines in case a project requires me to deal with it) and I moved to MacOSX/macOS. Excellent o.s., but I'm not happy with Apple anyway: increasing prices and decreasing quality of hardware. Basically all my latest laptops had hardware problems within one/three years:
Also investigate about technical support (whose quality I suppose changes from country to country). In my case for every problem that requires investigation they can take up to two weeks to give you a feedback — which is way too long. Yes, I have a cloned laptop (the one with the faulty screen coating, which is fine for all the other things), so I wouldn't be unable to work, still it's crazy. RE: Should I get macbook air or stick to windows environment ? - Klaus - 01-11-2023 FWIW, I had a dead screen on my old MB Pro 2017 - while still under an extended warranty. They replaced the whole screen, the keyboard and the battery - all included in the warranty repair. Took about 3 days. So yes, paying for the extended warranty may be a good idea for a high-priced Macbook. |