Laptops?, Warning: There may be italics involved. Options

[Twilight Wandere...]

Okay, so here's the deal. I finally got my computer back. Wonderfuls, right? Not really. It's still not fixed, and it still has that god awful Vista still on it.

Well, you found an XP CD while going through your stuff the other day! Why not just use that, right? No. Your father reminds you it's the boot leg copy he gave you that killed your computer thus requiring you to get Vista in the first place.

Well crud. You don't know what to do. He suggests going to a site that sounds extremely phony and looking to see how much Windows 7 is so you can upgrade you computer. But oh. It may not actually be Vista that's the problem, so you'd lose all your data for nothing.

Okay dad. You're really on my poop list right now.

So mom says. Why spend your money fixing something that is broken? Just buy a new laptop. You won't want a desktop when you go off to college in a year anyway.

Oh yeah, I'm doing that, aren't I? Thanks mom. You're not on my poop list.

So anyway. The entire point of that little story was to introduce y'all to why I'm looking at laptops. It's not just for show, I'd like to ask you tech savvy people about what you think is best. ;D

What I'm planning to run on it that I know of are GIMP and Sims 3 with one little expansion pack, maybe more if I get any.

And pictures. Loads and loads of pictures.

This here is my only candidate thus far. I want a laptop basically that can run those applications above and still have a little memory left, if possible. As for money issues, I'll be saving up for this, and my mom said she'll back me up $100.

So, questions, comments, suggestions, etc. I can has them here please.

[Oscar]

What, you can't have sound on?


Ahh, I see, you're looking for more of an opinion from someone who isn't trying to sell you their product? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lalaexdee.gif) Well, I guess I sort of am trying to sell you on it...


Well, you don't really have to worry about viruses, since they're much more rare on a Mac vs a PC. MUCH MORE. I don't have a virus protection program downloaded at all and have never gotten a virus. Ever.

From what I've seen, Macs are much much faster than PCs (Windows). They are so slow to turn on, while my Mac turns on in less than a minute. :D Or a minute, I guess.
And once you log in, you don't have to wait for anything to load. You can jump in to anything you want.

Umm, I've enjoyed their photo-editing program and movie maker. There's a bunch of neat little features, but I don't use those much.

I like their App Store. I can download the new update to my Mac (Lion) for an extremely cheap price versus downloading the next Windows update (when 8 comes along) for a much heftier price.

Safari and iTunes work way better on a Mac than a PC.


Umm, I don't know, any questions?