Question about laptops/MBP

If you really want a Mac laptop, get a MacBook Air and don't look back. I use an older one at work and they kick ass. Your parents won't need more.

Bootcamp experience is good last time I did it like 5 years ago lol. VMs like VirtualBox have gotten good enough that you can run Windows in a VM without much performance dropoff these days.

Just get a Toshiba and be done with it.

No one i know uses a mac anymore. The fad seems to have ended. Finally.

It's funny, going back to uni i expected to be confronted with macs everywhere. But... there were none. No one was using a mac laptop at all. Weird.

By giririsssJust get a Toshiba and be done with it.

No one i know uses a mac anymore. The fad seems to have ended. Finally.

It's funny, going back to uni i expected to be confronted with macs everywhere. But… there were none. No one was using a mac laptop at all. Weird.

Tons of people still use Macs, what are you talking about?

I second the MacBook Air recommendation. I have a circa-2010 MBP and I plan on selling it relatively soon for a MBA.

giri is a hate-hard

My dad has been buying Toshiba laptops for years and they fall apart within 12 months every time. Cheap plastic.

Gah... my parents are really into the Windows ecosystem though and they're not exactly young, so I dunno if the Apple OS is for them.

My mom still has issues with her iPhone...

By KingGondo

By giririsssJust get a Toshiba and be done with it.

No one i know uses a mac anymore. The fad seems to have ended. Finally.

It's funny, going back to uni i expected to be confronted with macs everywhere. But… there were none. No one was using a mac laptop at all. Weird.

Tons of people still use Macs, what are you talking about?

I second the MacBook Air recommendation. I have a circa-2010 MBP and I plan on selling it relatively soon for a MBA.

So i'm told, but it seems to have waned. I was fully expecting to see a plethora of them on campus, but there were virtually none.

I also don' think AU in general fell as in love with apple laptops as america did.

By reilogiri is a hate-hard

My dad has been buying Toshiba laptops for years and they fall apart within 12 months every time. Cheap plastic.

Never heard anyone say that about Toshibas. They generally rate among the best of all laptops. Most corporates I know of rate them for their reliability / build quality.

Though there are always exceptions.

I've been looking at downgrading from an XPS to a Toshiba for a while. Though... poor uni student can't afford too.

For parents, I wouldn't take them out of their comfort zone. I'd leave them in the windows family. It's not worth the phone calls to ask you how to internet. It just really isn't worth the effort no matter what you think is the best "technical" choice. Learnt that the hard way many times.

Maybe the top-end business laptop by Toshiba but at that point you are paying more than a MBA which isn't what Adam's parents need and total overkill. Their consumer line isn't very good, from experience.