Macbooks can duel boot but that is counterproductive as your going to pay 2-3x the price just so you can duel boot and have the mac OS. I would just say just duel boot a linux distro and windows on a PC laptop and save yourself 1000's of dollars. jedikevin2
idunno I assume since you are posting on a gaming forum, you want to play games...so get the Alienware
Also, I cannot justify the cost of a Mac...both Alienware and Macs are pricey, but at least with the Alienware you get what you pay for. Alienware also has insnanely good customer support and stuff like that iirc, and though they don't have stores everywhere like Mac does, I dont really see there being much issue.
Have you considered a higher-end Dell, also?
mrbojangles25
Where exactly is everybody getting their info on a Mac being $1000 more than other laptops?
I went to both sites and picked comparable components and the difference was about $120
Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 ghz, 250 Gb hard drive, 4 Gb memory, Nvidia Geforce 320M: $1200
Alienware: Intel® Core™2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz, 250 Gb hard drive, 4 Gb memory, Nvidia Geforce 335M: $1080
I added an optical drive to the Alienware one to make it even considering the mac has one.
Am I completely missing something? Because both machines are almost identical other than the graphics card (The Alienware one is better I believe). Although it is obvious that the Mac is overpriced, it isn't by $1000
Like I said, I wouldn't go with either, I would go with Asus.
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