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Originally Posted by +buG

I'm going overseas on a company contract for about 7 months. The only form of entertainment will probably be my laptop. I was wondering if anybody here had experience with both PC and Apple laptops. I am looking for either a 3ghz dual core dell studio xps, or a 2.8 ghz Macbook pro.

The macbook is a bit more expensive, but I heard the display is better and worth the money. I play a lot of games on my PC and would probably dual boot if I had a macbook pro, but I'm worried that it can't hold up to the dell's 1gig video card and an extra 2 gigs of memory.

Is there any reason to get the apple over the dell? The specs seem better on the dell but I heard rumors that Apple still performs better (probably mac fanboys but would still like unbiased clarification). I honestly don't know the first thing about Apple but am very knowledgeable when it comes to pc stuff.

Thanks :up:

If you're gaming, then there is no sense in the Apple unless you run virtualization software and install windows on it to. While most games are compatible with both, every PC i've ever tried, has always had better graphics than the Mac.

I recently purchased a 17 MacBook Pro, and don't get me wrong its awesome and I love it. But I got it to do everything other than gaming. For that, I still find my Windows based laptops still take the cake.

The display is slightly crisper and maybe even more clear with the luster screen which is nice.