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| Originally posted by kitphillips So how long do you think a macbook can go for without starting to burn out? It seems like most PCs tend to burn out after 1.5-3 years, and theres really no cure for it. I'm assuming its because of cumulative heat damage, especially in hot countries like australia. Will a macbook last me longer do you think? |
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| Originally posted by Khayat I think that's the Bottom line  (Greatly said Lolo) |
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| Originally posted by kitphillips So how long do you think a macbook can go for without starting to burn out? It seems like most PCs tend to burn out after 1.5-3 years, and theres really no cure for it. |
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| Originally posted by Eric J Well thats all going to be subjective. I mean the MacBook is no different than any other notebook as far as durability. If you take good care of it, then it should last you for quite a while. If you gig with it, it will probably burn out quicker then if you keep it at home all the time. That's going to be true of any notebook, regardless of manufacturer. I have had my Dell Desktop PC for almost 5 years now and it is still just fine. No problems whatsoever. I also have a PowerEdge server that I have had for almost 4 years and it's also just fine, so I'm not sure why you are thinking that most PC's burn out in 3 years. Its just like anything else, if you take good care of it, it will last you a long time. A well cared for machine will most likely become obsolete long before any of the components physically fail. The problem you mentioned is specific to Toshiba Satellite notebooks, and actually to their A70 series notebooks. There was even a class-action lawsuit filed against Toshiba regarding the overheating problem on their A70 series notebooks. If you are looking for a good class of notebook in the PC arena, try checking out HP or Dell's line of business class notebooks. Those notebooks are generally going to be built better than cheap consumer notebooks and are probably going to be more suited for the type of processor-intensive tasks we are all doing. Ditto for desktops. The problem is that when people who don't know research PC's, they always look at the "Home" offerings when really you should be considering the business class products for studio use, because they are generally better suited for production work. The business class stuff is going to be more expensive than the home stuff, for sure, but it's built with better quality components. |
Stupid design. It runs really hot too and seems to have just melted itself a bit, affecting its performance.
its noticable on games (I don't play an awful lot, but even I'VE noticed), production, even internet browsing FFS 
So the performance is definately affected by age in this case.
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| Originally posted by Lolo here we go again, but fortunately this part of TA is now platform wars free, most of the time a Mac is a pc with a different OS on it. End of story. Many still rely on Windows xp and/or vista because they got used to it, that's GREAT. I'm left handed, and studies prove that left handed people tend to like Mac OS more, which is my case, so GREAT. But I didn't forget that many of my past records were made on a windows 3.11 app called cakewalk... You should have a mac so you can run both systems. If you don't like Mac OS, don't get a Mac, and the bill will be cheaper. This is a Mac User posting here, and I now want you to do one single thing: listen to yourself and not others, whether they're mac or pc. If people weren't arguing on forums at times, things would get better in their lives, if things got better in their lives, they'd be working harder, get more money off work, and then spend more money, be part of their local economy, that would make a huge growth of employment. Stop arguing, start working. |
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| Originally posted by kitphillips Yeah my toshiba's actually a p100 satellite model, the problem appears to be the fact that it has fans in the bottom of the chassis, which are the intake vents Stupid design. It runs really hot too and seems to have just melted itself a bit, affecting its performance. |
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| Originally posted by kitphillips Maybe I'll look into other PCs, but I'm thinking that if a macbook pro will cost the same as a similarly speced PC of similar quality, then thats probably the best option as its tried and tested. Durability is what I'm looking for really. |
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| Originally posted by Subtle Everyone who use a MAC will tell you to get it too. |
Too bad they removed firewire from the base macbooks. Those were my favorite notebooks for audio production.
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