As a long-standing PC buyer and builder, I finally relented and bought a Macbook Pro for uni next year
Now, I don’t want to get into any PC vs Mac arguments (no one ever wins), but my feeling has always been, why would I buy an over-priced Mac that I can’t upgrade when I can build my own PC that will run like a rocket ship, I can replace any part at any time and will cost less than half the price of a Mac?
The answer is basically, I want what they’ve got. RMIT uses Macs and I don’t want any hassles with compatibility so I bought one.
It’s very fancy and lovely looking but I think I will still rely on my PC to be my main workhorse. Reason being, it’s still far superior than the $2700 Macbook.
Since it’s how I roll (regardless of my financial position at any time), I bought the best specs I could get minus the extra RAM. I wasn’t completely convinced on the price or necessity of upgrading to the 8gb of RAM for 2 reasons:
- Apple are notorious for overcharging on extras. For $240 for another 4 gb of RAM I figured I could buy and install that myself if I needed to for about $100
- I just don’t know yet if I’ll need it and will find out next year so I’ll wait
So, other than enjoying the fancy two-finger scrolling stuff, I am not really using it yet. I’ll see next year how it performs and update.