Ruan Chun Xian Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Please avoid all Acer, that is all I can say. I had an Acer, my dad also used Acer for a while. Neither were all that great.By the way, I have a Lenovo netbook S10. The one advantage is that it weighs less than my textbook so carrying it around uni is much easier. Battery isn't great obviously but it lets me get by uni pretty well. I get along with it better than I did with the Acer Oh and it's cheap. The S12 apparently has a full sized keyboard which you might prefer. It does take a while to get used to the tiny netbook keyboard. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiara Angel Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Please avoid all Acer, that is all I can say. I had an Acer, my dad also used Acer for a while. Neither were all that great.How come? Does it crash all the time?Anyway, I use a pink Dell laptop (I guess you know what my favourite colour is by now ). It's working fine at the moment although it has experienced some restarting problems recently. My OS is Windows Vista. If you assumed I'm using a Mac by looking at my avatar, you're wrong Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 It was fine for the first year, and then after that it gets really slow, crashes really easily and generally had problems. (I had to change the hard drive on mine but that was more my fault than the laptop's ) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edibility Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 I've got an Acer Travelmate C213. It's.. survivable, I guess. It's a tablet and stuff, but the design is.. well.. it's an Acer, what else do I have to say?Battery is practically dead now. I've had it for about 2 and a half years and a full charge runs for half an hour.. IF I'm lucky..Moral of the story: Acer = no. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Just don't buy a HP. The tablet PC that I mentioned earlier was repaired a few weeks ago with a new motherboard and it started malfunctioning again yesterday. Good thing that I only paid a fraction of the original 1000 quote, and it has a 3 month warranty, but really HPs are not reliable or durable. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindieeluieee Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Buy a macbook pro and install dual operating system windows and mac - it's your best bet, if you have the money. Plus if you are going to college you can get a free iphone. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliase Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 I have an Eee PC from Asus.Love it ! Love especially 9,5 hours lifespan of the battery ! Great for school who don't have plugs for computers. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s-r Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 I want to get a new laptop for September.I have been really thinking about getting a Macbook Pro (mainly because I prefer Macs to PCs as I love my photography!)- I have the money & loads of people have told me that it is worth it but I thought I would ask anyone on here!Do you have a Mac Pro? Recommend anything else?Thanks Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 I think the Mac sounds like a super option if you can afford it! All I would say is that if you're going to be printing off work at school, emailing work to teachers etc., you may have some problems with compatability. My friend had a Macbook and trying to transfer stuff onto the school system was nightmarish, even using one of those converter programmes to save it in a universal format.That's the only real downside I can think of (besides price, which you say you have covered) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
__inthemaking Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Yeah, compatibility would be the biggest issue with getting a Mac. And also if you're a gamer then you can't play some games on a Mac. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 A Mac Pro is different to a Macbook Pro. A Mac Pro is a highly specced desktop, while a Macbook Pro is the laptop version.Macs are reliable PCs, with good tech support and they are generally durable. If you want to use Windows for any reason use a virtualisation software such as Virtual Box (which is free) or Parallels Desktop (paid) and use windows as a guest OS. You can also use boot camp to dual boot both Windows and Mac. All software such as Word etc. are available for the mac. Anything a windows software can do, with the largely increasing mac user population, you can find a mac software with the same functions. As far as games are concerned, some games are made natively for Mac OSX but others can be run via boot camp and windows. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meh Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Personally I would just go with a PC.During the school year I had to use my brother's Mac for a couple months until I could get my own laptop. I hated using it for school assignments, because sometimes it would seem like the formatting was slightly off if I sent the file to school and had to print it. Also, Parallels Desktop crashed on me several times and felt unreliable to use. That's just my experience... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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