Sk8er_Square Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I've been really looking into making the switch to a Mac based laptop - with a cap of $1600. I've just been trying to justify if its better to buy a macbook and live with the lower specs over easily getting a 8600 at that price range - but in a x86 based laptop. The laptop also needs to be portable as used mainly for uni - so 15" is the biggest i think. Is there currently a recent laptop which we know works 100% under OSX86 with a 8600 for that price range?. So the question is: If you had this money - which is the best laptop which you can pretty much buy now for a max of $1600 (15" or smaller screen preferred) which is going to deliver the best experiance/performance with running OSX86 and Vista/Ubuntu? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99535-if-you-had-1600-hackbook-pro-or-macbook/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99535-if-you-had-1600-hackbook-pro-or-macbook/#findComment-710467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 if were doing a laptop mac if a desktop hack Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99535-if-you-had-1600-hackbook-pro-or-macbook/#findComment-710473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuditarian Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Refurb Macbook Pro, or find a teacher to do an educational purchase which shaves a few hundred off. Refurbs have same warranty and are elligible for extension with applecare(IIRC) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/99535-if-you-had-1600-hackbook-pro-or-macbook/#findComment-712028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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