I like the Apple OS X operating system so I use a MacBook Pro (have one for work and my own personal one). True you can get cheaper laptops / PCs from other suppliers, but I like Apple products because they are usually well designed and often have useful features years before other manufacturers.
Case in point, the MacBook Pro I bought 4 years ago (almost 5) had a unibody case which made the thing much smaller and compact than other laptops on the market. It also had a large touchpad which supported multi-touch gestures and was itself a huge button so you could click the entire touchpad down anywhere, rather than having separate buttons at the bottom. That and the backlit keyboard, trayless CD drive, magnetic power cord, etc. made it a really nice machine to work with. Plus, for a small fee it was insured under Apple Care for three years.
That said, I also have a netbook which runs Linux, and a server which also runs Linux. I haven't had a tower PC in a number of years because at the moment I don't have a need for one.
Case in point, the MacBook Pro I bought 4 years ago (almost 5) had a unibody case which made the thing much smaller and compact than other laptops on the market. It also had a large touchpad which supported multi-touch gestures and was itself a huge button so you could click the entire touchpad down anywhere, rather than having separate buttons at the bottom. That and the backlit keyboard, trayless CD drive, magnetic power cord, etc. made it a really nice machine to work with. Plus, for a small fee it was insured under Apple Care for three years.
That said, I also have a netbook which runs Linux, and a server which also runs Linux. I haven't had a tower PC in a number of years because at the moment I don't have a need for one.
