Help me decide please...

deaglecat · 3 May 2010 at 09:11

DELL STUDIO 15, i5 430 2.26ghz, WLED 15" 1366x768, Ruby Red cover, 4Gb, 500Gb/5400RPM, Backlit keyboard, Intel wireless N, 2MP camera, 512Mb Radeon 5450, DVDRW, Windows 7, at £670 (ish)....

Or base model Macbook pro 13" C2D 2.4Ghz, LED 1280x800, Unibody, 4Gb, 250Gb HDD, OSX, GeForce 320M, OSX, 10 hour battery. at £938 (after discount).

I know they are totally different machines.. but which would you go for ?

icedbullet · 3 May 2010 at 10:58

It depends what your going to use it for?

Personally I would go for the dell simply because the spec is a lot better then the mac. But your after portability for uni or something maybe the mac is the way to go because of its extensive battery life and small size (seems wildly overpriced compared to the dell though even after discount)

qqg3 · 3 May 2010 at 11:37

If I had the money I'd take the Mac mainly for the reasons above, portability.

deaglecat · 3 May 2010 at 11:56

Would the macbook be ok for light gaming... e.g. Wow / Cataclysm ?

icedbullet · 3 May 2010 at 12:29

Doubtful on the gaming aspect, you would be better of with the dell for that. My friend had a macbook she struggled to run any kinds of games on it with a decent framerate on decent settings. The i5 and the gpu in the dell would be better then the mac in that respect.