Why should i buy a macbook pro while the i7 windows laptop comes with more features and with a lesser price??

why should i buy a macbook pro while an i7 windows laptop comes with greater specs with less price???????
i love mac but i need strong points for mac to convince my father!!!!

osamawazarat wrote:
why should i buy a macbook pro while an i7 windows laptop comes with greater specs with less price???????
i love mac but i need strong points for mac to convince my father!!!!
For me, presonall, becasue the Mac will run OS X, while the windows machine will run, well, Windows. Seriously, whenever given the option, I greatly prefer to use OS X over windows without hesitation. I buy Apple hardware because I prefer OS X to Windows and have since the OS X public beta. Apple hardware is very good quality, but so are many Windows PC (Lenovo IMO makes some great hardware, if picking a Windows machine).
I use windows at work because that's what they give me, but I'd not pick it if given the choice.

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To L.L. all I can fathom to say is - "often wrong, but never in doubt"
To the original poster, all I will comment is that I have nothing personally to sell to you but offer you the subjective point to which, as a former computer repairman, and owner of several Macs, both Air, Pro, three Mac Minis etc,.....I can state that subjective bias aside the use of a nice macbook Pro in 15" with 256gig + SSD and 16gig RAM would be a very nice choice given the parameters of what you have stated in your needs list.
If you would allow a personal statement, of the countless people that have made a 1st time Mac purchase that I know, all have been happy and greatly relieved both as pertains the product itself but additionally the removal of unnecessary stress upon either using or switching to same.
As a person who generally is "unimpressed by everything and generally likes nothing" (myself) I wholeheartedly endorse the macbook laptop (and desktop) line over that of other laptops of which I have owned countless ones (and repaired / used far more still).
I say DITTO to what Courcoul said above as per a nice 15" macbook Pro, to which as money allows you can upgrade RAM and HD/SSD at a later date.
Appologies to the OP for the minor drama that occured in this thread following your original post

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1. Basic Microsoft programs(Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. for school)
2. I will also be Parallels on my mac
3. Light amount of gaming (League of Legends)
4. Websurfing/Research ( usually with an abundance of pages open)
5. Studying ( as any student would do)
6. Video Watching
7. Music
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In addition to what Japib wrote
You might be able to shave $50 or so via education pricing at online Apple Store
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I am in communication with "Small Dog Electronics" in Vermont; they are an authorized Apple reseller and extremely knowledgeable staff; their email newsletters are great. I plan to order from them in morning.
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