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I wrote this from a 2013 laptop, and I want to upgrade. I recently got interested in the MacBook Air M1, but I didn't like the price. I also liked the Surface Laptop Go from Microsoft, which is way more affordable.
For Microsoft Office, a little photo & video editing, Google Sites editing, Zoom Meetings, web browsing and YouTube, which one should I get?
M1 MacBook Air or Microsoft Surface Laptop Go?
Decide whether you really want to use Microsoft and Google or not. If you are unable to do without either one then do not buy a Mac.
There is the Apple way, and there's everything else. This site is littered with complaints about Microsoft this and Google that. You did not mention Adobe but they're another problem. All those companies have different business models with completely different ways of doing things: Microsoft exists so that they can hold you hostage to their Office subscription models. Google exists to track and monitor your every move so that they can package and sell you as a product. And since I brought them up Adobe is just a lazy producer of incredibly expensive and outdated bloatware.
I don't use any of those products and get along perfectly fine with the rest of the world. If you want to use a Mac and enjoy life, then I strongly suggest you forget everything you ever knew about Microsoft and the rest of the bottom feeders. Dump them and don't look back.
On the other hand Apple is single-mindedly fixated on producing superior products, placing you at the center of them. Decide whose needs are more important to you. Yours, or Google's. Or Microsoft's. Or Facebook or YouTube or whoever, because all those companies are becoming angry and frustrated about what Apple is doing to their business models. I wonder why.
Decide whether you really want to use Microsoft and Google or not. If you are unable to do without either one then do not buy a Mac.
There is the Apple way, and there's everything else. This site is littered with complaints about Microsoft this and Google that. You did not mention Adobe but they're another problem. All those companies have different business models with completely different ways of doing things: Microsoft exists so that they can hold you hostage to their Office subscription models. Google exists to track and monitor your every move so that they can package and sell you as a product. And since I brought them up Adobe is just a lazy producer of incredibly expensive and outdated bloatware.
I don't use any of those products and get along perfectly fine with the rest of the world. If you want to use a Mac and enjoy life, then I strongly suggest you forget everything you ever knew about Microsoft and the rest of the bottom feeders. Dump them and don't look back.
On the other hand Apple is single-mindedly fixated on producing superior products, placing you at the center of them. Decide whose needs are more important to you. Yours, or Google's. Or Microsoft's. Or Facebook or YouTube or whoever, because all those companies are becoming angry and frustrated about what Apple is doing to their business models. I wonder why.
If you really want to use Microsoft or Google products then do not buy a Mac. Buy a Windows laptop or a Chromebook.
I mean, I never had a Mac before, I only used Windows, but as I know how to use macOS (mostly), it got me thinking. Should I still go with Windows, or maybe should I switch to mac?
wow, thanks!
Which Mac (or Microsoft Surface) should I buy?
