Should I buy a Mac or a PC?

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Tanis

If you're going to dual boot, I would go with a windows machine. If you buy a mac, then add on a windows OS, you stuck with one of mac users' biggest downfalls- a total inability to upgrade your hardware.

I suppose the expansion slots on the Mac Pro don't count. I suppose the fact that we're discussing laptops is also moot--Mac or PC, hardly anybody does upgrades to a laptop beyond perhaps RAM or a hard drive. Also note that Apple's EULA for Mac OS X only allows it to run on Apple-branded hardware.

Additionally, you can find the same mac specs on a PC for buttloads cheaper. The only advantage to buying mac in this case would be that you get the sleeker design.

Wanna bet? A Dell Latitude E6500 with education discounts actually costs MORE than a 15" MacBook Pro with similar equipment and discounts ($1633.08 vs. $1599). The price gap has closed for most scenarios short of "What's the cheapest computer a manufacturer makes?"