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MacBook Pro vs XPS 13. Help me choose - The Notorious B.I.G. - Mar 8, 2016
MacBook Pro vs XPS 13
I have narrowed it down to these two laptops for college.
Does anyone here have any experience with either one?
* - ۤMD5 - Mar 8, 2016
I'm using the XPS 13, great laptop and have no regrets. I'd choose it over a macbook any day.
* - Egregious - Mar 8, 2016
I'd take the XPS over the Mac any day.
* - iNk. - Mar 8, 2016
What are the specs on the XPS 13 and the macbook you are looking at?
Also price differences? What do you plan on using them for? I know you said school but like.. for what?
* - The Notorious B.I.G. - Mar 8, 2016
(Mar 8, 2016 12:04 PM)iNk. Wrote: What are the specs on the XPS 13 and the macbook you are looking at?
Also price differences? What do you plan on using them for? I know you said school but like.. for what?
http://www.dell.com/ie/p/xps-13-9350-laptop/pd?oc=cnx9321&model_id=xps-13-9350-laptop
http://www.apple.com/ie-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MF840B/A&step=config#
It will mainly be for coding and design.
* - OpDh54 - Mar 8, 2016
I heard a lot of bad things of the xps.
* - Łuke - Mar 8, 2016
XPS all day bro, Apple are terrible imho
* - The Notorious B.I.G. - Mar 9, 2016
(Mar 8, 2016 12:49 PM)Łuke Wrote: XPS all day bro, Apple are terrible imho
I wouldn't call Apple terrible. I am a big fan of their design and build quality.
* - BITW - Mar 9, 2016
I am using MacBOOK PRO and Enjoying. I prefer going with MAC.
* - minimalist - Mar 9, 2016
My MBP was a gift from a family member three years ago and it's still running strong. Both are solid choices.
* - Starchy - Mar 9, 2016
I have an XPS 17, and my god, I must've been unlucky, but it seems to always be breaking. If something goes wrong then have fun replacing it. Dell parts are not cheap!
* - ๖ۣۜOpulence - Mar 9, 2016
everyone in my CS class used a MBP or air,
I work at an IT company and Dell is garbage IMO
I have a macbook, have had it for 2 years now, it was expensive as fuck, but if I could go back I'd buy it again
get a MBP, you wont regret it. Dell is garbage.
MBP is sexy asf
Made with higher quality parts
OSX GUI is sexy as fuck
You can use a VM for a windows machine (I use parallels, never had any compatibility problems EVER.)
with the MBP you'll get 2GB/s R/W speeds (Dell is barley pushing 500MB/s)
retina display is sexy asf
bitches love MBPs
Also, with a MBP you'll get double the ram it says because it will use virtual ram. I have 16GB and I can use 32GB
OSX is designed for apple hardware, producing performance that a windows machine will never be able to compete with
* - Sunshine State - Mar 9, 2016
(Mar 8, 2016 12:27 PM)The Notorious B.I.G. Wrote: http://www.dell.com/ie/p/xps-13-9350-laptop/pd?oc=cnx9321&model_id=xps-13-9350-laptop
http://www.apple.com/ie-edu/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MF840B/A&step=config#
It will mainly be for coding and design.
With that kind of money you can buy a kick ass maxxed out Macbook. I'd go with apple. You can never go wrong with long battery life and the elegance.
* - ๖ۣۜOpulence - Mar 9, 2016
(Mar 9, 2016 07:32 AM)Sunshine State Wrote: With that kind of money you can buy a kick ass maxxed out Macbook. I'd go with apple. You can never go wrong with long battery life and the elegance.
Yes ^^ and after 2 years with my MBP my battery health is still 94%, I can go a full day at work (8Hrs continuous use) without charging.
If I dumb down the brightness and backlit keyboard it will last longer, also I took my MBP on vacation with me, forgot the charger. Didn't need to charge it all week. granted I didn't use it too much BC vacation and stuff
* - The Notorious B.I.G. - Mar 9, 2016
(Mar 9, 2016 07:36 AM)R3m3mb3r Wrote: Yes ^^ and after 2 years with my MBP my battery health is still 94%, I can go a full day at work (8Hrs continuous use) without charging.
If I dumb down the brightness and backlit keyboard it will last longer, also I took my MBP on vacation with me, forgot the charger. Didn't need to charge it all week. granted I didn't use it too much BC vacation and stuff
Im leaning towards the MacBook. I am wondering is there an update coming out soon as the last update was a year ago.