Laptop advice

[mda]

heh, the fact that it's not impregnable is not important, its the "nobody makes viruses for them" is. there's no such thing as impregnable systems anyway. there have been proof of concepts and there are a few virus/malware out in the wild but thats still a drop compared to the ocean of windows viruses.

True that. I was just correcting the "One does not simply infect a Mac" comment.

baliktad lang ang mac sa ibang cheaper pcs. the macbooks offer better build quality for a limited choice in hardware specs. whereas MSI and other cheaper models offer a wider (higher specs) range of options but most of the parts (like the hinge not working in this thread) give out in less than a year. my old 206 macbook is still humming along nicely with it's Snow Leopard and i've even seen people on older, still looking good, G4 laptops when i was deployed onsite a couple of years ago.

The older mac laptops, I've heard last pretty long.

The newer ones from the Intel Era. Good luck. Those are made to break (the Core Duo series was okay, but starting Core2. Bleh.), with each iteration with its fair share of problems. I've had friends go through several macbooks and imacs since then, with everything from dead logic boards, GPUs, CD Drives and bad screens. Looks like Apple is forcing its customers to avail of the AppleCare. Or else. Did I mention outrageous out-of-warranty repair prices? Through the roof on parts you cannot find anywhere else.

At least with a cheap PC, replacing it entirely is an option.

We do have old Pentium 4 and 3 laptops running though. Looks like a trend. New stuff = a lot more breakable.