Dell Insipron 1427 vs Apple Macwhite

[johnjong1976]

Dear All which one is better ? both below S$ 1500 anyone, pls help

[Strong Eagle]

Better for what? Both make excellent door stops and paperweights.

What are you going to do with it? Do you want access to large amounts of Windows based software (and a lot of freeware) or Apple's more limited selections?

[durain]

Dear All which one is better ? both below S$ 1500 anyone, pls help

chicken rice or duck rice better? both below S$2.50. johnjong, pls help.

[OogieBoogie]

do you want something that always works, is quick and really easy to use like a Mac, or something slow, bugging all the time, and with security breachs like Windows?

[AngMoKio]

These days you can run all the windows software you want on the Mac (or for that matter - with some difficulty - the Apple OS on the Dell.)

[durain]

not only dell but osx on any x86.

[OogieBoogie]

These days you can run all the windows software you want on the Mac (or for that matter - with some difficulty - the Apple OS on the Dell.)

true, but only if you made a second partition, and installed Windows on it, and if you run something like Parallels to run a virtual Windows without shutting down OS X. But really, nowadays you can find exactly the same software on Mac and Windows.

[AngMoKio]

OOgie :

You can just install VirtualBox or some such. No other partition needed.

(Or isn't that how parallels works?)

Or is that what you meant?

I can run OSX in a window on my dell, running on Windows 7.

[OogieBoogie]

yeah true, you don't need a partition, i mixed bootcamp with parallel sorry ^^;
But you need a windows licence anyway.

[durain]

But you need a windows licence anyway.

dont we all...

[OogieBoogie]

no, i don't
Full Mac OS Never had to go back to Windows for anything

[AngMoKio]

Personally, I say don't rut either OS.... run Ubuntu. Then, install Win7 (great and free for the next year) in a virtual box and OSX if you must.

Ubuntu makes me surprisingly happy.