Help me shop for a laptop? (See details.)

I have had horrible luck recommending Windows laptops lately so I won’t bother since I don’t want to be responsible.

Since you are open to OS X I will focus on that. First, you can install Windows on a Macintosh and when you boot you can pick what to boot into.

https://support.apple.com/boot-camp

So that Windows software you need that requires Windows is 30 seconds away with a quick reboot. Or you can run Windows in a VM so you can run Windows inside of OS X. So you have instant access to both operating systems.

I like you so if you do get a Mac I can give you my email so can ask for any help you need whenever.

You might have read about the consumer reports thing with the new MacBook Pros had shit battery life. This is resolved.

Thanks @johnpowell I really appreciate it, and I’ll PM you if I have an issue if I end up going that way. My 15 year old knows Mac way better than I do as I bought her a macbook air a couple of years ago for school. I’ve been borrowing her laptop to make sure that my powerpoint slides run okay on them. What’s funny is she actually prefers my PC desktop in the office. She finds the Mac interface annoying.

I saw the battery life problem and the fix. What does impress me is that Apple did respond to the CR complaint and their engineers worked to fix it. Hats off to CR for doing that—it’s why I keep a subscription to them.

Our local tech support expert at work today has been helping me too as he has both macs and PCs. He brought his Surface Pro in for me to look at. The thing is I really don’t need another tablet (I have a good ipad) and the battery isn’t nearly as good. The display was great, though.

My sister has one of these and loves the shit out of it. So if money isn’t a option there is that.

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.5074012200?icid=Surface_Cat_ModB_NEWSurfaceBook_103116

Thanks. Sometime this weekend I am going to go to Best Buy and just get a feel of the machines. Cost is secondary as it’s a business expense and I get partially reimbursed but I don’t want to go crazy.

What do you want to use it for?

I have an iPad Pro with keyboard thingy and it makes a pretty reasonable laptop replacement for my needs. The iPad versions of word, excel etc are pretty good and there’s some other pretty decent productivity apps available.

@johnpowell I’m not made of money, but cost is less important to me than function. I don’t need a high end gaming laptop, but I do want a good screen.

@Lightlyseared Thanks. The stuff I need to do with it are laptop-level stuff, not ipad level stuff. I need to be able to interact with patient medical records, astronomical image processing, and creating, editing, and giving powerpoint presentations with embedded video.