Macbook confusion at chennai

Hi Guys
I'm looking to buy Macbook in Chennai.
I'm bit confused to buy one.
Can any one give me a valid reason to buy macbook than dell and other books.
Could I able to run windows application in my MAC other than bootcamp.

Hi G Ragu,
You're going to have to be more specific on your needs. Tell us about what you currently have, what applications you're going to be running, budget, "power" needs, etc. Not to mention, a well educated shopper would perform their own research and then use things like discussion boards as supplement advice... not primary.
Yes, you can install VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop and run Windows directly within Mac OS X. You can also start here - http://www.apple.com/getamac/

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I recently upgraded my router from a Linksys WRT160N to an Airport Extreme, in the hope that it would do a better job of broadcasting a stronger wifi signal throughout my house. Whilst it is improved, it's still no good enough for streaming to my iPad 2 where I want in the house. Reading around on the web I discovered that I should be able to use the Linksys as an AP to extend the effective range of my wifi network, as long as it is hardwired into the base station via Ethernet (no WDS support on the Linksys model).
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Hi Guys,
Waiting for my new Alluminium MACBOOK and I am totally confused over the issue of connecting it to my Samsung 37 inch 2 year old HD TV.
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1) How and where to contact apple people to make a complaint in usa
2) Does apple use such substandard products that as soon as one year is over immediately the product fails?
Kindly help me what to do and get it repaired free of charge.
Thanks,
Regards,
SOnal
Sanghvi

Sonal Sanghvi wrote:
1) How and where to contact apple people to make a complaint in usa
http://www.apple.com/contact/
2) Does apple use such substandard products that as soon as one year is over immediately the product fails?
No.
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i'm really confused. and probably, there would be same topics as to this posted many times. my apology for posting this again.
i have read about Macbook Pro batteries from apple.com. i use to talk to many people and ask about batteries which brought me upto this confusion.
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http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook_pro/13?mco=MjEwNz M4MTE

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