SuperstarJ Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I'm looking for a laptop that I can take to college with me, my budget is around $1500 I just can't decide between Mac or PC. Which is better or is it just a personal preference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Derrickt Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Macbook pro with the nVIDIA graphics are the only laptop on MAC I can use for video editing with final cut pro but unfortunately they are $2600 brand new. For that price PC is viable solution 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mantisis Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 With a 1500$ budget for a macbook it will be hard to get something enough powerful to do advanced video editing, so look for a pc in my opinionI think it's a preference, i've always loved pc's perfs but i've always loved weight and design, easy to use and "bug-free" mac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 lcj759 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 with your budget i would say get a regular laptop. for $1,500 you can get a good laptop with the right specs for 1,500 or less but with mac you are looking at a higher price. Now as for the programs my friend says mac has better video programs compared to windows but if you get a regular laptop you can get it for cheaper and have more money for a good program so go regular laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mikesaand Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Apple’s operating system can therefore make presumptions about the hardware it will be functioning on because Apple can extensively test its operating system with every piece of hardware it releases. Microsoft doesn’t have this luxury, as dozens of manufacturers create hardware for Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 own4ft Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I thinky for 1500 you will end up with a pretty good PC that is far more flexible for than a MAC book. If you are only planning on using it for video editing then Mac is the way to go but like the other posters say you may need to bump your budget.PC if far more flexable and you will be able to do almost anything with one in your 1500 range. I usually comment to people unless you have a very specific need for a MAC stay with PC, better price, better flexibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 revausr Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 For college students Macbook air is more than enough. It is also a eye-turner and a conversation starter. But if you would like to do something more than just a regular college based work(Like gaming and any other flamboyant stuffs) I would recommend the the PC. Plus with your budget getting a PC is a more viable choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 C. Ringham Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 For normal use it is personal preference. If you ever want to do gaming, I would switch to windows, but for graphic editing or video editing or basically any other kind of video editing I would chose a Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 C. Ringham Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 It is personal preference for normal use, but if you ever chose to do gaming windows is definitely better. However for your use of editing I would chose a Mac. They are excellent for basically any kind of editing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 israsuke Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 I would go with I PC if your main flow is premiere pro. Only con is the Prores codec exporting is Mac only. Still there is a workaround to export Prores directly from Premiere/AME in Windows. PC is very customizable, and robust at your price of 1500. An: I7 4790K, 32GB DDR3 RAM, GPU NVIDIA 970GTX without any big storage, and optical drive would cost from Newegg $1.515 without tax. If you don't live in New York you could probably find most of this parts in BH Photo Video and not pay tax or shipping.[*=1]CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0 - $399[*=1]MOB: ASRock Z97 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 - $139[*=1]RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB DDR3 (X2 KITS 32gb) - $165[*=1]GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 GTX 970 4GD5T Titanium OC 4GB - $309[*=1]SSD: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III - $89[*=1]PS: Thermaltake PS-TPD-0850MPCGUS-1 850W 80 GOLD PLUS - $119[*=1]CAS: CM Storm Trooper - Gaming Full Tower - $149[*=1]MON: LG 25UM56-P Black 25" IPS HDMI ULTRAWIDE 2K - $199Its just an example, you could go for the newer socket 1151 / skylake. But I don't justify the poor performance gains with the new intel i7-6700k. Plus the ddr4 memory is extremely expensive compared to ddr3 and not worth it at the moment. Besides judging how intel is basically just improving energy efficiency / shrinking dies instead of increasing performance, feels not so promising to invest more on a platform that just wont give you much performance for the extra bucks that you are paying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dhamodharan Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 best is a mac book pro with i7 16 GB ram SSD will suit ur needs nowadays mac book pros have built in nvidia graphics that is the nessesary for ur video editing even 4kbuy 2gb or more of Graphics mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 koki1337 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I personally built a desktop and got another cheapo laptop for my other usages.Gotta consider for the long term - for any other upgrades or faulty parts, the laptop is pretty much defective entirely.Build a desktop however, if that one part is faulty, change that instead. Speaking from experience, my laptop's keyboard broke and I had to lug another keyboard around. Defeats the purpose of a laptop entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm looking for a laptop that I can take to college with me, my budget is around $1500 I just can't decide between Mac or PC.
Which is better or is it just a personal preference?
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