impo said: a notebook is what you write in, and a laptop is what you type in

sjt333 said: this video explains the difference between laptops and notebooks www.youtube.com/

jam3s said: For Mac, how do you do work? Does it have word, Powerpoint or Excel? Or is it called something else?

jam3s said: For Mac, how do you do work? Does it have word, Powerpoint or Excel? Or is it called something else?

sjt333 said:

also some laptops tend to explode

Cham-balam said:

jam3s said: For Mac, how do you do work? Does it have word, Powerpoint or Excel? Or is it called something else?

They have most apps...

As I say, mac > windows

But sadly I find mac too hard to fiddle with, similar to linux, linux you can screw round with to suit your needs... plus half my things dont work with mac, like my webcam, microphone, blah blah.

Rainbow7 said:

sjt333 said:

also some laptops tend to explode

haha, yeah, the ones made by SONY: www.smh.com.au/

I use a laptop, the Dell Inspiron 1720, which is a great laptop for the price, since the equivalent Mac would've cost nearly twice as much.

If you don't want to spend $3000+ on a Mac, you can get a good laptop for around $2000.

malaka said: i have a macbook pro and its awesome and nice looking

and it has everything a normal pc has and more* if ur worried about playing lame pc games then u can either get crossover/crossover games, parralells, boot camp(comes with), or vmware fusion so yay u get the best of both worlds with out slowness/viruses

*much much more

magickstar said: I was told that the reason for the name change from 'laptop' to 'notebook' is because customers were tending to believe that a 'laptop' should and can be placed on your lap when in use. However because of the placement of the cooling fans on laptops/notebooks, this isnt something you should ever do because you will clog the ventilation and cause overheating. So apparently companies just decided to start rephrasing it as a 'notebook' to avoid the misconception.

magickstar said: I was told that the reason for the name change from 'laptop' to 'notebook' is because customers were tending to believe that a 'laptop' should and can be placed on your lap when in use. However because of the placement of the cooling fans on laptops/notebooks, this isnt something you should ever do because you will clog the ventilation and cause overheating. So apparently companies just decided to start rephrasing it as a 'notebook' to avoid the misconception.

ShuffleZ said: Simple

magickstar said:

ShuffleZ said: Simple

I wonder how many more times this will be repeated in this thread

magickstar said:

ShuffleZ said: Simple

I wonder how many more times this will be repeated in this thread

Cham-balam said:

magickstar said:

ShuffleZ said: Simple

I wonder how many more times this will be repeated in this thread

I still laugh every time

And it's not a notebook, its a MACbook

Silence said: Okay, for word processing, all Macs come with a 30 day trial of iWork and Office '08 now. iWork is much more integrated, and is much better for presentations. Office, on the other hand is bloated, and only really good for Word, and only for quick type-ups. Since you want to use it for school, where the presentation of the document relly counts, i suggest you use iWork.

Pricing:

iWork is $99. No 'Student Editions' or 'Professional Editions.'

Office 2008 is $184 for the 'Home and Student Edition.'

Cham-balam said:

magickstar said:

ShuffleZ said: Simple

I wonder how many more times this will be repeated in this thread

I still laugh every time

And it's not a notebook, its a MACbook

gokhan said:
Yes like a MacBook which can be had for under $2000...