Hi Will, whilst on the surface, this may look like a good deal,
I'll bring up a few points below you might consider. Also, you didn't
mention the processor speed?…
• Vista needs more memory to run well, than does Leopard, so the
memory issue may be a moot point in regard to actual system performance.
• Apple hardware / built-in software is completely integrated I.E.
it's designed / chosen to work together within the system as a whole
as part of the design of the physical system itself. In other words,
everything is assured to work well together when you buy the system
because it was specifically designed to do this by Apple. It's not
like a Windows set-up where a manufacturer adds their own bundles of
drivers and such to a -one-size-fits-all OS.
• As I'd addressed above, the time / effort you may spend in dealing
with misbehaving software or driver issues on a Windows machine as
compared with the relative ease-of-use on a Mac can be a huge factor.
• the quality of Mac hardware tends to be better than that of
similarly priced Windows systems, at least at the moment?…
• lastly, the cost of a screen reader as compared to VO on the Mac.
The above are just my thoughts, of course… Whatever you choose, I
sure wish you the very best!…
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Dec 22, 2008, at 11:55 PM, Will Lomas wrote:
hi i noted that whilst i love the mac for the price i paid, windows
laptops give you more value for money
For the price i paid for this macboo with 2.4 ghz core 2 duo 2 gigs
ram and 160 gb hard disk, my step dad now has a windows vista system
4 gigs ram and 320 gb hard disk
interested to read what people think
regards will
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