Ultraportables: IBM vs Apple

Im looking to get an Ultraportable and was wondering which company made a better product. The new apples look pretty sweet and I like the fact that theyre using nVidia.

1_What is your budget? <2500

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? Ultraportable

3_What screen resolution do you want? 1200x1600 ?

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable

5_How much battery life do you need? 4 hours

6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? If I can play games thats a bonus but not the priority

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.) Lots of use with Microsoft Office, Word processing, some photo editing, watching video content.

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? >300gb

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them. n/a

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop? probably about 2 years

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them. n/a

12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. Looking at IBM and Apple, people are recommending Dell but idk.

13_What country do you live in? US

this new macbookpro 15" is a good choice
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