PC vs Mac Laptop

[dr427]

I did a search for this topic, but I guess I wasn't hitting the right "keywords".

I switched to Mac last August. Love it! But my work uses PC's. I am thinking of getting a laptop and I am leaning strongly for the 12"PB just for size and price. Probably just go with a refurb.

I will mostly be using Office & Macromedia Studio products.

Does anyone have any advice as to which laptop would be better (PC or Mac) in this situation.

I don't really see a reason why a PB won't suit me just fine, but before I shell out the expense I wanted to see if anyone had anything to add.

My home computer is an iMac G5 2.0 Ghz.

Work are all PC's networked with Novell.

 

[ieani]

My sister had novell on her PC from school and it we couldnt get rid of it. Its finally gone now that she did a full system deletion and restore.

 

[dr427]

That was on a PC?

Can a Mac connect to a Novell network?

 

[beige matchbox]

No clue about Novell, sorry, but..

I have an Acer 1692 - 1.73Ghz Centrino, 128Mb X700, 1Gb DDR2 etc., good laptop, definitely faster than my 1.67Ghz PBook, but, i don't really use it unless i have to, except my nightly bedtime warcraft quest, it's heavy compared to my powerbook, clunky and it's got one of those shiny screens (ok, so that ones my fault ) my powerbook is simply nicer to use

My experience of other PC laptops hasn't really been much better, so unless theres a major compatibility issue (the reason for my Acer) stick with Apple


I'm sure this was already your plan, but what the hey, a bit of encouragement can't hurt

 

[billiam0878]

No clue about Novell, sorry, but..

I have an Acer 1692 - 1.73Ghz Centrino, 128Mb X700, 1Gb DDR2 etc., good laptop, definitely faster than my 1.67Ghz PBook, but, i don't really use it unless i have to, except my nightly bedtime warcraft quest, it's heavy compared to my powerbook, clunky and it's got one of those shiny screens (ok, so that ones my fault ) my powerbook is simply nicer to use

My experience of other PC laptops hasn't really been much better, so unless theres a major compatibility issue (the reason for my Acer) stick with Apple


I'm sure this was already your plan, but what the hey, a bit of encouragement can't hurt

Netware makes the Novell client for Macs, and it works just fine with Novell networks (I have it on my PowerBook and I have no issue accessing all the networked drives at my college).

Go with the PowerBook 12. Great little machine in a killer form factor!

Cheers,
Bill

 

[dr427]

Netware makes the Novell client for Macs, and it works just fine with Novell networks (I have it on my PowerBook and I have no issue accessing all the networked drives at my college).

Go with the PowerBook 12. Great little machine in a killer form factor!

Cheers,
Bill

Cool, that is what I was wanting to hear I guess.

 

[hasselhoff]

Flash performs far, far faster in XP. I don't know if it's more comparable with the Intel Macs...