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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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