rpm Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Ok, I need some help here. I am thinking of buying a laptop and I can't decide which one. My options are either a MacBookPro or the ASUS W2JC. When I look closer at their specs I find out they are pretty much the same. Therefore my question, if I buy the ASUS would I be able to install osx on it natively or would I still need some tweaks (maxxuss). Here are the specs for both laptops. MacBook Pro 2GHz Core Duo 1 GB ram 100 GB HD ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 256 MB DVD+-RW 15.4 TFT - 1440x900 ASUS W2JC 2 GHz Core Duo 1 GB ram 100 GB HD ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 256 MB DL DVD/-RW 17 TFT - 1680x1050 They both have all the usual things like wireless, bluetooth + the ASUS comes with a TV tuner and is about 200 € cheaper. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14074-asus-w2jc-or-macbook-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceTea Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 It´s always the same - Apple hardware is darn expensive. However, if running both OS XP and OSX is equally important for you, the MacBook Pro has the edge. Beginning today Apple fully supports dual booting OSX and XP and provides XP drivers for the Apple hardware (Boot Camp). That´s hard to beat. With OSX86 you have to deal with patches, your hardware may not be fully supported, support of future OSX version is unclear at best etc., etc. Ok, I need some help here. I am thinking of buying a laptop and I can't decide which one. My options are either a MacBookPro or the ASUS W2JC. When I look closer at their specs I find out they are pretty much the same. Therefore my question, if I buy the ASUS would I be able to install osx on it natively or would I still need some tweaks (maxxuss). Here are the specs for both laptops.MacBook Pro 2GHz Core Duo 1 GB ram 100 GB HD ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 256 MB DVD+-RW 15.4 TFT - 1440x900 ASUS W2JC 2 GHz Core Duo 1 GB ram 100 GB HD ATI Mobility Radeon x1600 256 MB DL DVD/-RW 17 TFT - 1680x1050 They both have all the usual things like wireless, bluetooth + the ASUS comes with a TV tuner and is about 200 € cheaper. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14074-asus-w2jc-or-macbook-pro/#findComment-89570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dponmac Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 yeah that program that just came out is gonna kill it for a lot of company's. I'd go with a MBP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14074-asus-w2jc-or-macbook-pro/#findComment-89576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpm Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 Thanks for the fast reply guys. I just had a look at Boot Camp on Apple's website. This thing looks pretty good and I think in this case I will go with MBP. But I just hate the samll res. they got on the 15 inch and I can't wait for the 17 inch ones cause my HP died the other day and I am in a desperate need for a laptop. Oh well, I guess I have no choice but to go wiht the 15 inch. As dponmac said, that will hurt a lot of companies. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14074-asus-w2jc-or-macbook-pro/#findComment-89588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpuguy06 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Ah true boot camp does support XP...BUT you can't access your OSX partition in XP. Whereas with the OSX on PC you can.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14074-asus-w2jc-or-macbook-pro/#findComment-231176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampidire Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Ah true boot camp does support XP...BUT you can't access your OSX partition in XP. Whereas with the OSX on PC you can.. It's called MacDrive and yes you can. I'd go with the MBP, you won't regret it. I love my MB and I know I would have only been happier with an MBP, it just wasn't as portable as I wanted and all my friends with PC notebooks are jealous of how well my MacBook works and how great OS X is, and lets face it, as good as OS X x86 gets, it will always have it's little quirks. I really appreciate the work, but there's nothing better than real true Apple hardware with real true Apple software. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/14074-asus-w2jc-or-macbook-pro/#findComment-231299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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