Ughh!!! Studio Xps 1645 vs. MBP 13

Couple days ago.. I found a nice deal on a SXPS and the specs are in the sig (didn't buy it yet)

But now I'm wracking my brain whether or not to get a MBP 13 over the SXPS..

And the only pros I see with the macbook pro is that it's gets 7 hours battery life and it's form factor. and a cheaper warranty

and the SXPS has a way better screen, GPU, and better overall performance

To be honest I never used an apple computer since elementary school so while I won't say window's is better (lets not go there) it would just take some getting used to OSx which I have no problem doing

This thread is stupid.. yes, just though I get some opinion's from my peers

 

It does seem a little silly since the laptops are in completely different classes. It's basically portability/travel vs power/"desktop replacement." If you need portability, the small laptop is better, if you need power, the big laptop is better.

When picking a laptop I usually start by deciding the screen size I want, and then research it from there, but at least you're not as undecided as that thread from a few months ago titled "XPS 1645 vs Alienware 11 ."

 

To be honest.. I'm a big guy and although the MBP 13 would be a huge convenience size wise, it doesn't really matter because of my strength.. already have a SXPS 13 and the 16 isn't that much heavier

The only thing is.. I want a SSD, but the price of the MBP is making lean in favor of the SXPS 16, I'm getting a X25-m 160gb for about $320.00 new and I have a budget of $1,600-$1,700 max!! and for the specs I'm getting the SXPS would seem to be the better deal

 

If you need a high performance to price ratio... go for the SXPS. Else, if you don't mind running OSX, I personally think the MBP wins in pretty much all other categories. I don't think the cost of an MBP 13 and a 160GB X25-M is going to exceed $1700 either.

 

yeah after doing much research for the past 4 hours.. I decided I'm getting a Macbook.. comes to $1,226.88 with tax I plan on getting apple care for $103.99 of ebay and the only issue I have now is that.. Since OSx doesn't support trim for SSD's.. I'm scared to get the Intel

So an SSD with a sandy bridge controller is my best bet.. due to budget, the highest I can go is 120 GB.. which I sure it would suffice

But if I had an 120 GB SSD.. with just OSx and nothing else installed.. how much free space would I have?

 

I don't think there should be any problems with OSX on SSDs... the size of a typical OSX install is probably comparable to that of a Windows 7 install... but I'm not that sure on either. At this point, you should probably ask the guys in the Mac/OSX forum.

 

It's all good now.. I know which one to get

 

I was between a macbook pro 15" and an SXPS. I was not able to pay so much more for not as good of a computer. But a macbook pro 2010 is amazing, i have one the only thing is i wish it had an i3 .... but next release.