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Originally Posted by gmku
I think I'm going with a Dell. If it's good enough for John Cusack in 1408, it's good enough for me.
Seriously, though, I can get it cheaper than a Mac. and I've used them before and know they're reliable and easy.
The whole idea of going freelance is that I can go into business with relatively little overhead, so I like the idea of keeping this cost down. Maybe later when I'm raking in the coin, I can go to a better than entry level Mac.
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dells are nowhere near as reliable as they're made out to be. my first laptop was a dell and it didn't even last a year before it crapped out on me. on top of that, windows really isn't a stable enough OS anymore (as if it ever was).
personally, i'd say bite the bullet and get a good mac and you won't be kicking yourself later on and spending more money than you would have in the first place. i speak from experience. i wasted too much money on a PC instead of just waiting a little longer for a mac and ended up spending about 1/2 the price of a good ibook on a bad pc, when i could've just applied it to the ibook.
but, if you only want it to write documents, surf the net (even though getting a mac would be in your best interest for internet security), email, and stuff like that, you may be better of with a pc laptop. if you do anything creatively, you may want to come on over to the fruity side, though.