Need a new laptop, Mac?

[white trash wagon]

I need a new laptop, I've always had IBM types with windows. Thinking of trying a Mac. I don't want play games, or watch movies on a laptop, just need a computer to surf the net, email, etc. I hear Macs are more user friendly, and more virus resistant. Opinions?

[CexMashean]

Those are some very basic needs to drop MacMoney on.
Sounds like a regular $400 or less laptop would do everything you want.

[Mach1]

Those are some very basic needs to drop MacMoney on.
Sounds like a regular $400 or less laptop would do everything you want.

Agreed, that being said, I think you’ll love a Mac. Windows drives me nuts now.

[white trash wagon]

Those are some very basic needs to drop MacMoney on.
Sounds like a regular $400 or less laptop would do everything you want.

I have found refurbed Macs at Best Buy for $319. I just have no Mac experience.

[stang2be]

The mac's on the best buy site for that price are old white original mac books core 2 duo with 2gb of memory and were released new in 2009.

The macbook airs are good units but going to spend a lot more than 320.

To get anything decent from even that bestbuy site looks like $650 before you get to anything semi modern.

[aggie97]

Shit, a $100 Android tablet will do what he's looking to do. Lol!

[BP]

If you already have a monitor take a look at the Mac Mini. It's more than capable of doing everything you described and is considerably less expensive than buying one of their all in ones.

They do build a good product and yes they are reliable but so is just about everything on the market these days. The cheapest all in one Mac will be around $1000 and that'll be with an I-5 processor. For $300 less you can get a similarly spec'd HP product but with a 3" larger screen, double the hard drive size and it'll be a touch screen.

[abecx]

Get an intel nuc and put hackintosh on it, or run linux mint. For what you're doing that would be your cheapest and best bet unless you want a used Mac Mini.

[Mach1]

Nice thing about a mac is that it will hold up. When I use a PC, windows tends to make me pick it up and throw it across the room, so I am spending much more on hardware in the long run.

[line-em-up]

Nice thing about a mac is that it will hold up. When I use a PC, windows tends to make me pick it up and throw it across the room, so I am spending much more on hardware in the long run.

Lol that sounds more like an anger management issue than a computer issue.

[abecx]

Nice thing about a mac is that it will hold up. When I use a PC, windows tends to make me pick it up and throw it across the room, so I am spending much more on hardware in the long run.

This is very true. I've had to do a fresh install on my Mac's, but only after 5 years of use, and thats development use with a bunch of random shit installed outside the default package manager. I really like my macbooks, they are solid and well built and work well with all my other iOs devices.

[line-em-up]

Macs are nice machines but you should spend at least 650 on a refurb unless you want a 5+ year old machine. Also they aren't perfect so you'll have the same hardware issues with them too.

[abecx]

Macs are nice machines but you should spend at least 650 on a refurb unless you want a 5+ year old machine. Also they aren't perfect so you'll have the same hardware issues with them too.

Honestly with how powerful machines are, this isnt really too much of a negative. My Macbook Pro is mid-2012 and I dont see any reason to upgrade it anytime soon. My wifes macbook air is also 2012 and runs just fine. As long as you get one with an SSD it should be great.

[Mach1]

Another problem with getting a Mac, you will wonder why in the hell you didn't get one sooner, may lead to depression, all those years wasted on a PC.

[Sean88gt]

I went PC-Mac-and back to a PC. I have an HP Spectre i7, 2 in 1, 15.6" and am really glad I went back to PC. I just never was a fan of the Mac file structure and set up. I liked the iMessage feature - when I had an iPhone. When I didn't it was a waste.