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Pasha2015-07-13 21:12:58
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Pasha, 2015-07-13 21:12:58

Windows on Mac Book Pro - a question for those who work like this all the time?

I recently tried a Mac and didn't like it :)
Specifically, I didn't like the Max OS interface, I wouldn't want to argue about it, that's not the point.
I returned the Mac and started looking for something to take in replacements from the PC.
Initially, I wanted to take the Lenovo ThinkPad T450 again (now I have a three-year-old Lenovo T430, 16GB RAM, prim 256 SSD + sec 512 HDD, NVidia video), but unfortunately, and to my great surprise, their latest T450 has the same performance as mine processor, does not have a discrete graphics card + also a new docking station format is shorter than one frustration.
Long story short, having searched the manufacturers' websites, I realized that unfortunately there is nothing with the same fast disk (for me this is an important indicator) among PCs. Macs use PCIe, most PCs use SATA3, resulting in:

Our review unit's 512GB SSD transferred 4.97GB of mixed media in a ridiculously quick 8 seconds, for a colossal transfer rate of 636 MB per second . Having this kind of flash storage will make finding files amidst huge libraries a snap.
The latest MacBook also topped the XPS 15's 512GB SSD (154.2 MBps), the ZBook's 256GB SSD (175.5 MBps) and even the WS60's dual 128GB SSDs, which finished the test at an impressive 365.2 MBps.

In the end, I came to the conclusion that it was necessary to leave the poppy and put Windows on it.
Therefore, the question is, someone probably lives like this, in constant mode on Windows installed on a Mac: How is it, is everything okay, are there any problems / pitfalls?
Upd 1: Corrected information about the speed of SSD in poppies, not 300, but 600 720 MB/s
UPD 2: According to updated data, even old poppies (tested late 2013) give out 720 MB/s, but new ones should generally 1400 MB/s issue .
UPD 3: This is not a topic "which laptop should I choose", but if you want to write a comment in the style of "what kind of nonsense to install Windows on a Mac, there is a better PC" - offer a specific option, in which case the conditions are as follows:
- A fast disk comparable to a MacBook - 1400 MB/s
- Reasonable price, say $2500 (in the US) (at the price of competitors MacBook Pro, Lenovo T450, Dell XPS 15)
- Reasonable weight and size - up to 15 inches, weight up to 3kg , in short - a regular laptop, not a suitcase
- Decent manufacturer (not eMachines or another discount brand)

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AmikoYuki, 2015-07-14
@AmikoYuki

Excuse me, but no matter what the child is amusing. Why do you need a poppy? The poppy does not have super duper hardware, there is nothing cool in terms of hardware at all. Poppy iron is sharpened for poppy, period. You need Windows, buy a custom laptop, replacing the screw with a smart al video is not a problem at all.
Buying a poppy to put Windows there is the height of "idiocy", sorry.

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Makarov, 2015-07-13
@s3lfstyle

I used Windows on a poppy for 2 months, the macbook got very hot (windows 8.1). You can't work on your knees. + There are sometimes bugs with drivers (personally, I had to cut out the drivers for the video card to adjust the brightness).

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Danil Antoshkin, 2015-07-13
@TwerTrue

MacBook Air 2014, does not heat up at all, I calmly write programs on it in IDEA and there are no problems, no lags are observed

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oia, 2015-07-13
@oia

MacBook Air 2013 boot camp flight normal fast runs 8 hours keeps just super

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Pasha, 2015-07-13
@fog

Is it customary to put Windows on a poppy in the boot camp, next to Mac OS, or can you carry everything and put only Windows clean on the disk? What makes sense? Forgive me if I'm asking incorrectly, I haven't quite figured out how it works yet :)

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Nazar Mokrinsky, 2015-07-14
@nazarpc

Dear, you are a little lost.
A powerful laptop is clearly not for a Macbook. Okay, the SSD might be faster there, but there are almost certainly models from other manufacturers with PCIe SSDs, you just need to understand if you are limited by the performance of the SSD.
I have a custom laptop for a year and a half, not the newest:
Core i7-4900MQ Haswell
Nvidia 780M
2x128 GB mSATA3 SSD (RAID0)
2 TB SATA3 HDD
8 BG RAM
PSU 180W
+ CPU/GPU overclocking, replacement of any parts + one more HDD space is free, memory is supported up to 32 GB.
I sometimes play games on a 4k monitor. So, with such power, the Macbook will simply melt.
I have a 15'' model, in 17'' models you can put, for example, a couple of new Nvidia 980M SLI, a desktop Core i7 and several disks in RAID. Not a single modification of the Macbook comes close in terms of performance.
But judging by the fact that you are talking about Macbook and performance in one phrase, and then Windows - you obviously have something unhealthy in your thoughts, you already decide.
PS I had an old 64 GB SSD - SATA3, SP Velox V30. So - he gave out 450 MB / s for reading and 350 MB / s for writing. Put 4 even such old SSDs (this is a model from about four years ago) in my laptop now in RAID 0/5/6, and no Macbook will catch up with it, but what's the point ???
PS #2: Do you even know that the drive in a laptop can be replaced with a faster one?)

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