What hardware do you use?

[MRTG]

At uni/college what computing hardware do you use to get your work done? It seems there's a big emphasis on using Apple laptops there? For what reason is that? For their sort of easy-to-use functionality?

[cecBUSINESS]

I use my Apple MacBook Pro for pretty much everything, it's fantastic. They're very portabile, fast, powerful and generally fantastic for business. Also, the design is great, you see a lot of lit up apple logos at tech/business events...

[bw9231345]

I'm the same, at home I use a Mac Pro workstation, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air (& iPad, iPhone etc. but is that really hardware or more of a gadget?).

And at work, I use an iMac 27" and the whole office uses iMac's.

They're good computers; they last a long time, they're reliable, they're aesthetically pleasing - just all round performance machines.

[Caleb]

I use my MacBook Pro for all heavy(er) duty things like taking care of my website, and then my iPhone 4 for everything mobile. The combination of the two (and the way that they sync up) is sick, and I can everything done that I need to. I love my MacBook Pro, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[Aziz]

I'm required to get a Mac laptop for my studies, other than that, I've always been a Windows user

[MRTG]

Here's something i've been wondering for those of you with Apple laptops, how quickly do they boot up? Generally laptops do slow down with time, and i'd hate to be in a class using a laptop and have to wait for it to boot up, any might miss anything important. Does the boot up time with an Apple laptop increase with time too?

[cecBUSINESS]

The boot up time on Apple Macs is probably the fastest around! The MacBook Air in particular is very, very fast. My MacBook Pro boots up faster than I can say "entrepreneur"!

[Caleb]

I've been using my MBP for almost two years now and I don't see any performance difference than when I first got it. Sure, you need to do some regular maintenance on it every once in a while, but it's nothing like a PC. Mine starts up just as fast as when I first got it.

[Lukas]

I'm in highschool, but we all have our own laptops. Most kids have PCs, but personally mine is a MacBook.

[ryanhami]

I mainly use my Macbook Pro at sixth form, will continue to use it when I go to uni as well Lots of people at my sixth form do not bring in their own laptops so they use the schools ones which are slower at loading up. I can be already working and they will be 5-10 mins behind. Mac's are just so quick at starting up and loading applications up.