Just curious, nothing much.
I am dilemma on choosing a Custom Build PC or a Macbook Pro.

So by surfing online, custom build pc can easily take down macbook pro.

Did you guys get apple product because of the stability, performance, or just simple neat and ease of use?

I am a windows user and iphone user, and looking for either a macbook or custom pc rig.

Cheers thanks in advance.

In my perspective, Apple's bag of tricks has already dried up to its maximum stage. You're better off with building a custom PC to save money and get the needed performance.

I migrated to macOS full time because W10 fucked up all my external drives and lost over 10TB of data. Stupiak USB 3.0 driver unstable. Occasionally will disconnect my drives without warning.

Now, I'm using an old Lenovo ThinkPad X60S as file and print server which my Macs can connect to it. Nice. The OS? Windows XP. Haha. W10 sucks!

If you intend to use your PC for both work and play, I suggest you go for a custom-built rig rather than MBP (and I'm an Apple notebook user since 2011, by the way)... You can bundle it with the best hardware and software you want, and without having to pay a bomb for those branded types!

By the way, is Windows 10 that problem-plagued? Until today, I feel the best ones I've used so far (in terms of stability, functionality, user-friendliness, etc.) are still XP and 7, whilst 8 has too many "interfaces" and Vista is very clunky!

This post has been edited by Millennium Falcon 888: Jan 23 2018, 04:21 PM

Thank you for the reply,

mind if i ask, is MBP come with Final Cut Pro or even Microsoft Office? We have to pay?

btw does MBA can perform heavy task like rendering video?

Custom built PC has always been much cheaper, more powerful, more flexible/adapter/customizable/etc than Mac. It was the same 10 years ago, it is the same now.

(Although briefly the 5k iMac was cheaper than the sum of parts in PC equivalent.... Because we occasionally get a bone or two back from Apple 😀)

Mac OS has a stronger eco system between the iPhone, iPad and Mac. If you can use those, or learn to use those, you will see how many mac os x became life long supporters.

Mac OS feels like a more refined OS. Less likely to have problems of viruses and bugs. Yes, it is not guaranteed but less likely compared to competition.

Macbook also hold strong resell value due to the same reason above. For a reason. Second hand prices are driven by market demand.

There are always workarounds to problems if you research hard enough. I find mac os x to be much easier to use without the hassle of workarounds, hence my 10 years of support of their products even if they are on the higher end of the scale.

You''ll have to pay for them.

Rendering video depends on your video output and the MBA (processor) itself.
You'll have to mange your expectation since its an integrated graphics

Thank you for the replies!

I've been using OS X, now Mac OS since 2006. Prior to that, I used to learn a bit with OS 9. I'm a Win user too, since Win 3.11. Way back during stone age of Operating System.

I can tell you this, Mac OS is built for ease of use. Start the Mac and just go. You want Final Cut Pro? Download it (buy it), install and go. No hassle of doing setup or whatever. And it last long. I am typing from an ol' 2011 MBP running a few Adobe graphics apps and occasionally iMovie (since this MBP cannot really run FCP anymore). No virus ever encountered since 2006. The thing with Mac OS, you're from thinking what next upgrade needed for your PC or tweaks that you must do to make it better. You're left with doing thing that you want to do with your computer, whatever it is.

As for PC, I love tweaking, setting, and customised it. But to do a graphic design there without thinking that I need to save every 10 minutes would be suicidal. PC is catching up or even at par with Mac nowadays.

It is your money, your choice.

I just realized that it's going to be 7 years since I switched to MacOS after over a decade of using Windows... And believe it or not, I'm still with the SAME MacBook Pro I bought in 2011 which is doing well until today (considering I usually don't switch off the notebook from Monday to Friday, only leaving it on standby but with a full shutdown over weekends)... Even if I had to replace the original (and way under-capacity) 500GB hard drive to a 1TB last year and leaving the PC with Machines Service Provider for almost two weeks with flickering screen issue...

So with reference to my earlier reply, while the custom PC is indeed a great way to have a top-notch computer without paying a bomb, the longevity may not be able to beat that of a MacBook...

This post has been edited by Millennium Falcon 888: Jan 24 2018, 10:34 AM

I've been using Windows my entire life, over two decades now and just recently switch over to Macbook Pro 2015 due to work purposes. I was really mad and angry throughout the transition process and the differences between both OS.

Took me about 3 months to be fully comfortable with it and I have to say, MacOS really does have advantages in certain areas. It really feels good, smooth, fast and a lot less lag compared to Windows.

That being said, only go for MacOS if you think you need it and if you have the money. Otherwise, Windows pretty much do the same thing as well.

if u game occasionally, macbooks are not meant for gaming and your experience and time will be frust. that being said, alot of idiots in utube reviews always wanna run games to benchmark mac hardware to windows. dumb idiot...

but if u r going into mac os for the stability and ease of use, and alot of typing and surfing and vid editing, mbp will be no doubt a better choice if money is not an issue.

not sure about other mbp users,,, but for me, once you used the macbook trackpad, almost every windows pc's trackpad feel like rubbish.

battery life is subjective to usage.

if your mbp encounter hardware failure... u gonna need alot of money to fix it as per compared to windows based noteoook.

Super easy to use. It's amazingly simple just that not that good if you use Office products a lot. I almost never use my MBP to work. Windows for that.

Just sharing my experience.
I am user of both MacBook and custom rig PC.
Believe it or not, my MacBook is 2008 version. I have been using it until 2016. When it battery is no longer available on the market. Than it has to rest at home and become my movie laptop (to connect to tv). Before this it is my only laptop for all my daily work, thesis, data calculation and presentation. It smooth, free of virus, done things perfectly without worry of hang or crash. If I can upgrade the HDD to SSD and have a new battery might be I will continue to use it for my work.
On the other hand, my custom rig PC is for gaming, playing with RGB, showing off to friend how your PC can be water cooled or colorful. Pc never failed me with any game compare to Mac. Mac can’t play game well. These two years when my MacBook aged, I used my PC for my work. It just feel sluggish and might be hang once in a while to give you a big headache.

This post has been edited by Zelmel: Jan 24 2018, 09:15 PM

I always choose a Laptop/PC base on their hardware spec, but one things i realize between MBP and CPU Rig, MBP having lower spec than those cpu rig but they still can perform task just like those cpu rig, then i read somewhere on net they say its the software compatibility.
Well guess my plan is this, laptop for MBP and custom rig at home later.
Do we really need the latest mbp? is the newer the better? does it apply on macbook? for Iphone i guess yes, the newer/latest is the best ( battery, spec, no lag), what about MB?

thanks for all the wonderful sharing. appreciate it.

I've been using the same MacBook Pro since 2011 and it is still able to perform tasks well, considering the notebook is probably equivalent to a mid-range Windows PC... Even if the computer did get hit by a flickering screen problem some time ago, but I was fortunate that repairs were free thanks to extended warranty (the PC had to be left at Machines for two weeks)...

Still, unlike the "usual" computers, it's quite an achievement for an MBP to be able to last until today - almost seven years since the first day of use... And I don't have plans to change the MBP as of now, why change a good thing?

And in contrast, during these seven years, I have already gone through five or six mobile phones, with the latest being the iPhone X and first one probably some basic Samsung Android phone!

been using mac for 6 years now. things i like the most is stability, UI and UX, and in the end of the day, it just works.

not like windows, i need to tweak this tweak that, run cc cleaner, etc.

but when it comes to gaming, hehe...

I'm still using my 2008 aluminum MacBook. If yours is the same one as mine, you can still get the battery OEM in imbi plaza . I got mine for I think rm150. Can last 2 hours plus with brightness set to 30%. Surfing n utubing is not an issue with my 2008 alu Mac lol

If u don't mind my personal thoughts... A brand new mbp is always the choice . If u can get a new 2016 base model, it's good enif for everything except gaming. U can even edit simple 4k vids using fcp

But.. if u feel adventurous and like to diy, and at the same time trying Mac os ecosystem, your best bang for buck is the MBP 13" 2012. Old yet gold. This is the last of the MBP that's user upgradable.

Pump in 16gb ram, remove DVD replace with secondary HDD bracket, secure 2 units of 240gb SSD, and raid it to a total of 480gb. Your SSD spead will be ultra fast.

My 2008 MacBook has 2 physical drives inside it. Boot SSD, 2nd is a 500gb HDD. Good as backup unit lol

Down side is no retina display.

Yup my one is macbook alu 2008, bought one OEM batt before, last two hours like your. After one year now the batt also very sad already.

Your 2008 Alu upgraded with SSD? how you do that? I tot macbook alu is PATA and not SATA. Or maybe i am wrong.
my ram is max at 8GB

This post has been edited by Zelmel: Jan 26 2018, 10:29 AM