to spend a £1000 pounds on Apple Macbook because I don't like Windows

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My laptop which I have had for eight years has recently started to slow down and the battery is critical and needs replacing. I think I've done well to get 8 yrs out of it so far.

I am a student and do need to have a laptop, but feel like a £1000 pounds is a lot of money to spend on a laptop. I've not used Windows for 10yrs+ and I've always have security issues in the past.

Should I just get a cheaper model. What do u's think?

How does it work if everything you have saved and need to use is Microsoft though?

What sort of files? Microsoft Word, Excel etc files will open on your Mac. The Mac won't come installed with Microsoft Office so you will need to obtain this separately.

I actually don't want the new version of Office, I loathe all the new WIndows 10 stuff and feel as if I am being spied on every time I make a move.

I have many image files that I need to keep. My Photoshop is old and no longer works except on Win 7 and only after I removed a lot of updates so need a new start, I loathe the way Windows has taken over all my files and decided where I am going to store them.

Is Mac better than this? Will my image files work? Some of them are very old.

And my old e.mails, I keep them for reference, a kind of filing system, still on Windows Live Mail. I know I need to update it but really don't want to keep moving stuff to a system I loathe.

Well you can keep the PC simply as a storage device for your old Mail (or transfer the messages to your Mac if you can be arsed). The image files should open in a new version of Photoshop.

It’s one of the best laptops you can get so I would, but direct from Mac store and you’ll get a student discount and somethings other stuff thrown in. I got £300 off my plus free headphones which retail at £300.

You can also buy them interest free payment plan direct from Mac store

Mine also came with Office already installed...

I had my first MacBook as a requirement when I did my Graphics Degree. I remember my first week with my Windows laptop on one side and my Mac on the other because I couldn't fully make the jump 😂

When I did though I never looked back. They seem to go on and on and on, especially compared to the cheaper end laptops DH insists on buying himself.

I'd also save mine from a burning building.

It's absolutely worth it.

None of my Windows laptops lasted longer than a couple of years before either dying completely or slowing down drastically. The oldest Macbook in the family works like new and it's almost 10 years old now.

The battery life is poor but if you keep it plugged in, it works like a dream.

@FrickinA

You can also buy them interest free payment plan direct from Mac store

It seems they do charge interest . Just had a look.

I much prefer the look and feel of W10, but my laptop is jiggered and I can't afford a new one. I have been using DD's old MacBook, it's 12 years old and still runs well. Tbh it runs better than my old Windows machine did when it was new! There are a few bits of software that I can't use and I have to use the previous edition of Photoshop, it also need to be kept plugged in as the battery has gone, but apart from that it's great. We bought it second hand 6yrs ago.
We upgraded DD to a new MacBook 3yrs ago and it's a thing of beauty.

I'm typing this on a MacBook Air I bought around 8 years ago. It's brilliantly fast and I like the relative freedom from worrying about viruses. By contrast, the new Windows desktop that I have to use for work purposes is seriously clunky.

Another vote for Linux here. If nothing else it really is free (as in beer ).

Personally, after my lad had one, I'd run a mile from anything Mac.

You don't say what you are studying - and therefore if you have any killer apps that Linux can't provide. But assuming it's the usual word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, email, browsing and a little messing with graphics, then Linux can do it all.