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What made you choose this over a windows laptop?

1BadManVan

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Just curious, especially for those of you who aren’t big into photo and video editing. What made you choose this over a windows equivalent? Especially once I bump up the specs a bit, I’m getting into some pretty good windows ultra book and gaming laptops.

One specifically that catches my eye is the asus rog zephyrus g14. A nice portable ultra book on the new AMD 4800hs processor, dedicated graphics and a magnesium alloy build with 11 hour battery life for less then the MacBook Air on the same storage and ram specs.

So what made you make that leap over? Battery life? Screen? Certain apps? Or just the ecosystem? I currently own an iPhone and iPad. Have owned a laptop in years
 
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anshuvorty said:
Battery Life and how seamless Rosetta 2 is able to run X86_64 apps, unlike WOA devices....

It is a homerun!
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It’s definitely an impressive machine, I honestly never even gave them a second look until the M1 came into the picture. But as i look deeper into it, I start to see some pretty nice windows machines
 
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Apple Fritter said:
Granted, that G14 is a very nice machine. That said, at the end of the day, it runs Windows.
Since I have to fight Windows all day long at work, I prefer the peace of mind and stability that comes with a proper OS every chance I get.
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Haven’t really used windows full time in years so can’t speak from much experience but my wife works from home and used windows for hours daily with little complaint
 
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I've got a couple of Windows laptops but have never had a Mac, never really been interested. With the hype over the M1 chip, and having seen/read lots of reviews, I decided to see what the fuss was about.
 
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UnLiMiTeD558 said:
Haven’t really used windows full time in years so can’t speak from much experience but my wife works from home and used windows for hours daily with little complaint
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That lady may just be a bit tougher than me. I've suffered from Windows ever since 3.1 and I'm thoroughly fed up with all the little quirks and oddities that rear their head on a regular basis, need a reboot or tinkering. At the same time, my Macs just run 24/7 and get a reboot once or twice a year when an upgrade asks for it.
 
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If I wanted a gaming laptop, I might have looked at the G14... but I don't need a gaming laptop. Kind of depends on what you are after? For productivity or software development, M1 machines are a much better buy overall: better performance, better display, better keyboard, batter thermals, better battery life, better build quality, not to mention cheaper.

And a big question: why would I want a Windows laptop? :rolleyes: I prefer to have nice things in my life.
 
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russell_314 said:
Maybe but that would be leaving out Apple’s customer support. This just isn’t available with a Windows laptop.
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Does anyone ever use that customer service, to be honest?

I've had a:

BlackBook
iMac 20"
iMac 24"
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macbook air
macbook air
m1 MBA

I usually simply walk into a store and buy a machine and use it. No interaction with Apple required or necessary.

I can't see the advantage of Apple's customer service?
 
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I waited for the May Macbook pro refresh, then brought a windows PC for less money. last weekend I ordered an M1, Windows is ok if you take care of what you install, and uninstall all the bloatware. It was fine for 80% of my use, but using it for recording my guitar and using plug ins without hiss stutter etc. was impossible despite i7 tenth gen with 16gb of ram. Hence back to mac.
 
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leman said:
The value of good customer service only becomes apparent if there is a problem. From my experience, Apple support is usually very quick in offering satisfactory solutions. Can't say it the same for Dell or Lenovo.
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With all of those machines, I've only ever had 3 issues over what it probably 50 years of heavy usage.

The BlackBook battery expanded after 5 years and about 500 cycles. That required a proper replacement and I simply unclicked it and changing it. The iMac 20" developed a short in the mainboard after 8 years of usage and several moves/storage where it subject to a wide variety of dampness/temp rang (Stockholm to Frankfurt to Copenhagen to Munich to Durham to my current location).

The only real failure was the Toshiba 128GiB SSD in the early-2013 rMBP. I bought the machine in Yodobahsi in Yokohama on holiday as the JPY went down 40% compared to the € the month before. I didn't pay the 5% VAT or import duty back into the EU and didn't want to ship the machine back to Japan.

So, I think this in this final case, I would've have used Apple, as it was only 18m after the initial purchase.
 
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Apple Fritter said:
Granted, that G14 is a very nice machine. That said, at the end of the day, it runs Windows.
Since I have to fight Windows all day long at work, I prefer the peace of mind and stability that comes with a proper OS every chance I get.
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That’s exactly why I (mostly) switched to Apple decades ago. I got so fed up of working with, fixing, programming and maintaining Windows systems professionally, that I just couldn’t be bothered with my own. A switch I might add, I have never regretted.

I do still have a Windows server for all of my files and media, but I can cope with that :D

As for why an M1 over Windows, other than the above, I’ve also never had a Windows laptop last as long as an Apple one. I’ll grant you that could be a very different situation these days. But I see no reason to find out, all of my needs are met by my Macs, so I don’t see the point of changing.
 
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I have been using Macs for years after many years as a Windows user and developer. My wife also had a Windows laptop (many years ago) and I was always her IT dept. Some driver would need to be updated or a new patch broke something else,... It was an ongoing struggle to keep her machine running. I bought her a MacBook Air and I haven't had to worry about it since. Macs just work.

Also, I do a lot of embedded system development so I spend a lot of time with lower level tools such as the terminal/console, writing my own makefiles,... I come from a Unix/Linus background and I like that environment. On a PC, I would have to purchase those tools and they aren't as good.
 
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TrueBlou said:
That’s exactly why I (mostly) switched to Apple decades ago. I got so fed up of working with, fixing, programming and maintaining Windows systems professionally, that I just couldn’t be bothered with my own. A switch I might add, I have never regretted.

I do still have a Windows server for all of my files and media, but I can cope with that :D

As for why an M1 over Windows, other than the above, I’ve also never had a Windows laptop last as long as an Apple one. I’ll grant you that could be a very different situation these days. But I see no reason to find out, all of my needs are met by my Macs, so I don’t see the point of changing.
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Right on the money. As we speak I've got another Windows drama queen on the table that just decided to give me a spinning wheel instead of booting up. I can do without this as soon as I drop the hammer.

And yeah, Macs do last. My 2012 iMac, for which standard Apple haters would laugh at me because it's "so expensive", is still chugging along just fine. In the meantime, I've also had half a dozen PCs for half the money each, but WAY more altogether. I could say I buy Macs, because I can't afford Windows machines. Money doesn't grow on trees.
 
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