What is the fundamental difference in the amount of HDD in a MacBook?

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laptops

Hello everyone, the question arose about buying a laptop and now I'm rushing between the LENOVO IdeaPad Y510P laptop model (for 50 thousand) and the APPLE MacBook Pro with Retina display MGXA2RU / A laptop (110 thousand)
I understand that the difference is two times, but the question is this. I have never had a poppy and I want to take it so that it would be my workhorse for a long time, before that the Asus n750 was a very powerful machine, but it was very inconvenient to work in it + it got very hot even from watching the video.
In fact, my work is as follows:
1) word + excel + google docks through browsers
2) photoshop - processing photos for my store + can make a banner i.e. minimal work
3) specific programs that are sharpened clearly for Windows
what I want from a laptop
what would be the backlight of the keyboard, powerful if we allow it to be loaded with maximum tasks and processes. A good matrix because I spend 15-18 hours a day behind the monitor.
What is the result:
If we consider LENOVO, then for 50 thousand I get a powerful computer + I will deliver ssd and then in general a rocket, but black keyboard and red backlight confuse me and I don’t know how it will work at night (at night it works about 30% of the time)
And if you buy a MacBook then for 110 thousand I get a 2014 model with 16 gigs of RAM and 256 hard ones, with a retina screen, but I’m embarrassed that there isn’t enough space for me, but I still can’t find out how the Makovites are struggling with this, because there are no such animals from my acquaintances, but the difference between 256 and 512 is almost 40 thousand rubles.
And the second thing that confuses me is that half of my applications should work under Windows, but I don’t know how the poppy behaves when two operating systems work simultaneously.
I’m afraid to make a choice because if I buy for 50 Lenova and it’s uncomfortable, I’ll regret for a very long time that I didn’t take a poppy and vice versa.
People who have such machines and have experience with the transition from Windows to Mac, give advice to the teapot!
thanks in advance!
PS or anyone who sells a 15 inch poppy is ready to consider your offer. (only interested in retina)

Answer 1

I'm writing from MBP15 2014.
The hardware is amazing:
- excellent screen
- holds a charge for a long time
- structurally very good - there are no holes for coolers at the bottom - they bring air up in front of the monitor - you can freely put it on a blanket and not worry about overheating.
- a keyboard that is pleasant to press (I have an American layout, so there are questions about the location)
- I found out about the existence of a cooler inside after 2 months of use, when I launched a couple of virtual machines + several browsers with dozens of tabs + many not closed applications. In real life, he is generally silent.
- excellent gesture work - I have not seen such quality on any Windows computer (Surface Book gives hope). Really convenient to switch desktops. The touchpad is very large - it's really not hard to use it without a mouse.
Windows 10 in my opinion is better than MacOS - if you spent a lot of time on Windows - you will swear for a long time because of the little things that freeze you:
- window management is terrible - you can’t just drag a window to the right or left (and in Windows 10 it’s also corners) so that the window takes up half the screen. It's just brutally annoying. It's good that I found a solution - the SizeUp program allows you to do this using hot keys. The split screen into two parts added to El Capitan is complete crap, it’s not at all clear why it was created - it’s absolutely not usable.
- switching the default language Cmd + Space (read Win + space) and using standard OS tools you cannot do Alt + Shift, Ctrl + Shift or whatever you like there (this is generally some kind of nonsense)
- it’s good that an item was added to El Capitan "Rename" to the context menu - it was in the explorer, and to find out how to rename a folder on the desktop - every time I got into Google.
- but with all this, it does not slow down at all, that's right at all.
As for virtual machines, they work perfectly, without brakes at all (I use VirtualBox). On Windows 10 Visual Studio works natively. I have not tried installing Windows as a second operating system.
In general, I don’t regret a bit that I switched to a Mac (but during the presentation of the Surface Book, saliva flowed - I reassured myself that there was only a 13-inch screen). And if you decide to take something on Windows, I would still look at an honest competitor at a price, and not half as much, if there is an opportunity - I think there are really worthy alternatives.

Answer 2

I am writing with Lenovo Y500. No complaints about the keyboard (the same membrane as on the thinkpad, the backlight is exactly such that the keys are clearly visible), the TN matrix has a poor vertical viewing angle (at > 30 ° colors are distorted). I have not seen analogues in terms of performance / price. Cons - battery life (I have a model with 2 GPUs, more than 3 hours with a new battery without 3D graphics will not work), the back cover is on a lot of fragile latches.

Answer 3

For win-software on a poppy, there are Parallels, virtualbox is much better.
The most unexpected thing for me was that the mouse is not needed for work, an excellent touchpad satisfies all needs. (I'm not a designer :))
PS I have Macbook Pro Mid 2014, 8Gb RAM.

Answer 4

If the issue of price is not critical, then I would advise choosing a MacBook. The retina screen is really very good. After it, it is very difficult to use other screens. Even mid-range IPS cannot be compared, there is no point in comparing with TN at all. I have two MacBooks: MacBook Air 13" mid 2013 and MacBook Pro 13" 2014. Although the Pro outperforms the Air in benchmarks due to its faster processor, the Air is faster in normal operation. Apparently the effect is that the retina has to turn the resolution almost 4 times more. But if you do not compare side by side, it is quite difficult to catch the difference. At the same time, I don’t want to look at the Air screen after the retina. I sometimes lack 8GB of RAM, I regret that I didn’t take the 16GB version, I highly recommend it if you take it for a long time and the usage profile involves a lot of running applications and active surfing. The trackpad on macbooks is perfect, there are no analogues. The mouse is not needed at all. Well, such pleasant little things as assembly, almost silent operation, very convenient charging. The difference in price here is fully justified. You can run Windu both through Bootcamp - natively, and through a virtual machine, there are no problems here. Place - to each his own. 256 is enough for me, I didn’t look at how busy it was for a year. 130-140GB did not exceed. Usually 100-120. But I don't keep movies, music and all that. The basis of the place is virtual machines and large git repositories. Enough to work without problems. for the year did not look how busy. 130-140GB did not exceed. Usually 100-120. But I don't keep movies, music and all that. The basis of the place is virtual machines and large git repositories. Enough to work without problems. for the year did not look how busy. 130-140GB did not exceed. Usually 100-120. But I don't keep movies, music and all that. The basis of the place is virtual machines and large git repositories. Enough to work without problems.