Hi,

Atm i have a media PC: (total crap: dual core M up to 2.58ghz - 4gb Ram - 500gb HDD - integrated videocard ...bought it new for ~250€ 2 years ago) had windows 8 but free upgraded to 10
and i am thinking about buying a new laptop for overall use, because this laptop even freezes sometimes when i just try to open my Hotmail mailbox ... or some news-sites etc (crappy internet explorer - slow Chrome) + cant run virus protection cuz of sloooooooooooow

what i want to do:

- multimedia (watching downloaded video's on my 4k TV)
- word / excel / ...(or ios pages / numbers / ...
- laying on my couch with laptop on my lap (so i want something not heating up to much)
- no need to play games or video editting etc
- i want a really portable device and long battery life (this laptop is 1 hour of surfing / youtubing and battery is dead... so i have to keep it almost plugged in to do some text - editing etc...

was thinking about macbook 12 (long battery life ... runs smooth for almost 8-9 hours, dont need hardcore gaming specs ...)
and also because i have iPhone from work / iPad air2 (wifi +4G) from work / iPad air (wifi) (from myself)
problem: costs like 1500€ ??? crazy but i can afford ... np
and i have a 2 GB external HDD with ~1.8 GB worth of music / video's / series / programs i would like to keep, but i searched and forums say i cant use it between windows/mac without reconfiguring + losing all data ...

i would keep this laptop anyway just to download all shit (so i dont waste a new PC with virusses / crap etc)

is there another windows option that also has very long battery life / portable / nice screen etc (i dont need a 15"/17" laptop on my lap) / low weight ??

my mate tells me ... just take a laptop with SSD since u use external HDD for all data

some thoughts ?? also about my HDD between mac / ios


thanks for reading all my shit and helping or giving your opinion

~Tim

This post was edited by Falkerakatim on Sep 1 2016 12:44am

The external HDD was filled from a Windows laptop?

From all that too tl:dr, I would just call Apple and ask them.

If they say it's possible to convert or move the data on your external (used by a Windows laptop) for use on a MAC, go for the Macbook.

This post was edited by Ghot on Sep 1 2016 12:57am

Yes, i filled the HDD with all my movies / music / photo's / also some programs like the downloads of Diablo / office 2016 (cracked) etc ... all from windows 8 + windows 10 PC / laptop

Sounds like you're firmly on the Apple path.

Call Apple and ask. They would know better than anyone, if you can convert or configure that external to work with a Macbook.



/e Tbh, I would say you would be better off with a Macbook, for light weight, great screen and long battery life.

This post was edited by Ghot on Sep 1 2016 01:00am

no, not firmly on apple path ... i used windows all my life (exept for iPhone/iPad). but i dont know if i can get same battery-life/screen/ portability on a windows device (that isnt a surface pro because i dont need another tablet device)

but thanks for the help already

I don't think you can, on a Windows PC.


Other topic on same subject: http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=74972709&f=199

This post was edited by Ghot on Sep 1 2016 01:17am