Anyone who ever asks me about buying a Mac I tell them the same thing: Yes, they are great, easy to use and the OS works excellent, but they are obscenely overpriced. I dualbooted my HP notebook to run Windows7 and OSX a while back, and it runs faster than most MacBook Pros when in OSX. This guide will teach even partially computer retarded people how to take a $300 Dell Netbook, which is some of the cheapest hardware around, and install OSX on it which will still run nearly as well as a 13″ MacBook. Again, for only $300:
“You’ve got yourself a fully-functioning, beautifully small Snow Leopard netbook, which’ll do 90% of what a 13-inch MacBook can, at 70% the size and about 25% of the cost. Mine’s close to perfect: With an extended battery, I’m pushing 7 hours of battery life with Wi-Fi, which makes my MacBook pro look like a LOSER.”
How To: Hackintosh a Dell Mini 10v Into the Ultimate Snow Leopard Netbook
If you are too lazy to do this, Windows7 has worked pretty well on the machines in my house, if you are afraid of Linux and too cheap to buy a Mac. Or, you know, you could get yourself a shiny new Mac for about $2,000 more than you would spend on a comparable PC, and bring it to the nearest Starbucks to set it up so the back of the screen with the glowing Apple logo faces as many people as possible while you browse the internet.
My disclaimer: I think Apple makes fantastic products and the hardware/software integration is unparalleled, which is a monopoly you are paying for. Certain friends of mine use them in situations they prove to be more effective than PCs. Writing emails, browsing the internet or creating Word documents do NOT qualify as one of these situations. A Linux or Windows PC, or even a freaking smartphone can handle those tasks for 1/4 of the price. If you use your Unibody MacBook Pro to perform these tasks.. congratulations on spending +$2,000 to buy into Apple’s marketing machine.