I take it that you are voting for my buying a PC laptop.
Why, you ask? Many reasons, here's a few why.
The reason for considering buying a Mac is the high regard that members
of this listserv hold for the Mac. It seems that the OS is claimed here
to be superior to that of a PC, as well as the Mac hardware.
For the software:
My work gives me free software for PC, none for Mac. If I buy the
software for Mac, I must pay for it myself.
Example (one of many): Matlab, with 13 toolboxes. Unfortunately, the
Matlab web site doesn't list prices, but I estimate that the packages
would cost around $1,000 to $2,000.
There are quite a few other mathematical or scientific packages that are
free to me for PC but for which I would have to pay for myself to get
the Mac version.
There are a number of other, more mundane, reasons: for example, just
this week I upgraded to a version of a music notation program that is
available only for PC. What music notation program is available for a
Mac, and how much will I have to pay? It is the cost of switching many
professional-quality programs to a Mac version that is a reason to avoid
the Mac if it can't execute PC programs satisfactorily.
Thus, my question: can a Mac run PC programs well enough to make a Mac
laptop a desirable choice, or is there no reason to prefer a Mac laptop
over a PC laptop?
Please note that I am not a PC or Mac partisan. I've never owned a
laptop nor a Mac, so I have no opinion at all about the differences
between the PC and the Mac until I have tried both at some length.
Jeff Miles wrote:
On May 28, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
I'm considering buying a laptop. All my programs for my desktop are
for PC, and these I will most likely use on a laptop.
My question is: is it better to buy a PC to run PC programs, or a Mac
to run PC programs?
Please don't tell me that I can get as good as or better results
using programs for Mac. Except for the odd example, running Mac
programs is not going to happen with me.
Then why are you even bothering asking the question? If you're
dead set against running any Mac programs why would you even consider
buying one?
Jeff M
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