Quote Originally Posted by schrammalot View Post
I actually do quite a bit of non-hipster stuff with my MacBook. There's a reason why they're popular.

How come I went through so many PCs within three years when I've had the same MacBook since my senior year of college?
Macbook is a specific laptop (or a very few laptops), PC in normal lingo just means something not running OSX, you're referring to thousands of computers. As for being popular, apple wasn't even 10% of the market share in the US last year and wasn't even a speckle on the global market share last year. HP however is the most popular manufacturer in the US if you were curious. Glad you're having a good experience with you mac tho.

What exactly do you want to do with your computer, you say it for school, but what does that involve? That will determine what specs you want to be looking at.

My advise, try some laptops out at the store, one thing many people don't talk about is comfort. If you plan on using the thing for a few years, you don't want it to be a pain to use all the time. My big complaint on some laptops is having to push the keys on the keyboard too far to get them to work. I'm a light typer so that is a big thing for me. I miss keys all the time on my mom laptop, I just can't use the stupid thing. Some laptops are just shaped goofy where your wrists are in a bad position to type, or some put the mouse in a bad spot so your wrists move it when you type. Some are heavy as heck, some can be used as frisbees (not recommended). Try em out. Maybe you'll find your own pet peeves. It is amazing what a few degree slant or moving a few cm can do.

Then I would go home and look at reviews of the one I'm think about buying. There are problems you can't see in a few minutes, such as overheating problems. Also don't let a few bad reviews discourage you, but if it appears to be a common problem, you most likely saved yourself some headache. Then I would shop online and see I could get it cheaper than what the stores offer www.newegg.com is where I do most of my online computer buying. Sometimes its cheapest to buy directly from the manufactures website. Shop around and see whats best for you.

With that said I got the HP Folio 13. Comfortable to use, all solid state, battery life is awesome, and stays cool with normal use, weighs like 3 lbs. Everything I could ask for and zero issues. I bought it directly from HP online.