HP Envy 14 Beats Edition vs MacBook Pro 13"?

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I have the chance to get a new laptop but I couldn't choose between the Hp Envy 14 Beats Edition and the MacBook Pro. I like how the Envy has the slick, black design with the beats logo and audio. I am pretty serious about music sound quality and the Envy can give you this (I also do have Beats by Dre which I heard is to be amazing when connected with Beats Audio laptops).Yet I love how the Pro also has a slick yet more sturdy design than the PC. Also how it can give you iMovie, iPhoto, iBooks Author and Garageband (These softwares are really important to me). Garageband may not be the best music producing software, yet I do know that it is simple and easy to use. Also I can get the MacBook cheaper if I buy it from my school. The teachers will get me the international keyboard (English/Normal keyboard) and install Microsoft Word and the other apps for free. I also think I can upgrade the specs on the MacBook if I want to. The cost (I live in Europe) of a normal MacBook is about 1500 Euros, yet through the school, I can get it under 1000 Euros. The HP will be have to bought in the U.S. and brought by my relatives. The cost is about 1150 Dollars for the PC. Yet even though the cost is great for the Mac, I really really value the fact that the HP has Beats Audio. That is what is stopping me. Also everyone at my school has a MacBook and I have the thought that it would be cool to be different. It is hard to choose...
Finally the technical details,

HP Envy 14 Beats Edition:

Operating system
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit


Processor
2nd generation Intel Core i5-2430M Processor 2.40GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.00GHz


Processor speed
2.4GHz


Memory
6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM); Max supported = 16GB


Accessible memory slots
2


Display
14.5" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView Infinity LED-backlit Display (1366 x 768)


Video graphics
Radeon HD 6630 switchable graphics with 1024MB DDR3 and up to 4096MB total graphics memory


Audio
Beats Audio


Primary CD/DVD drive
Slot-Loading SuperMulti DVD burner


Hard drive
830GB (80GB mSATA SSD + 750GB 7200RPM HDD) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection


Networking
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)


Wireless options
Wireless LAN 802.11a/g/n WLAN & Bluetooth with WiDi


PC card slot
Digital Media Card Reader for Secure Digital and Multimedia cards


I/O ports
1 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ; 2 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 ; 1 mini-Display; 1 HDMI ; 1 RJ -45 (LAN) ; 1 Headphone-out/Microphone-in combo


Finish
Aluminum in black with soft-touch surfaces threaded throughout the body ; HP TrueVision HD Webcam with integrated microphone


Software, security and support
HP Support Assistant ; HP Power Manager ; HP Recovery Manager ; The NextBench ; HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection (HP 3D DriveGuard) ; HP CoolSense ; Adobe Reader X ; Adobe Flash Player ; Adobe Shockwave Player ; Microsoft Silverlight


Software, productivity
Microsoft Office Starter: Reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook. Windows Live Essentials 2011


Software, multimedia
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 ; Adobe Premiere Elements 9 ; Cyberlink YouCam DE ; HP MovieStore powered by RoxioNow: Rent or buy the latest movies, TV shows and music videos; Beats Audio


Software, internet solutions
Internet Explorer 9 ; HP Wireless Display ; Skype ; Bing Bar for IE 9 (Bing Bar 7)


MacBook Pro (I'm not 100% if I can upgrade specs through school):

2.8GHz dual-core
Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz (I might be able to switch it myself to 6GB or 8GB)
750GB 5400-rpm1
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Built-in battery (7 hours)2


(The MacBook shows simpler specs)


Please help!

Answer
go for the macbook pro. it is the first notebook to have 7 hours of battery life and it is powerful and strong. they ran more than 6 programms at the sametime with a fast speed. macbooks never get viruses as pcs.

i used to be a pc lover but the viruses made me buy a new laptop everyday. the envy maybe good in audio but it will cost you alot in the future.

Back in School at 32. Realistically, am I too old?

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Little background on me: I started college in 1997 at age 18 and was not ready for it. Consequently I failed all of my classes because instead of withdrawing from them, I just quit going.

Fast forward two years and I started back at the community college in Austin, and a semester later moved up to a university in Washington. But one year later I'd dropped out again.

Then, three years later I attempted college again, but I was still in my early-middle twenties and the concept of school was always outweighed by partying and making money through my job, which at the time paid very well. So I ended up dropping the classes again and deciding at that point that school wasn't for me. This was in 2004.

But in 2008 I landed my dream job of working on the radio. From 2008 until this past June (2011) I was a producer for a major market radio program. It was a BLAST! But through cutbacks and a general issue with the politics of the particular company, I was forced out and ended up collecting an unemployment check. After numerous failed attempts to land a job interview, I've had little luck. It's that issue which led me back to school, which is where I currently am. Fortunately I still have some prerequisites to get out of the way, and the unemployment check helps pay for those classes while once again at a community college. I felt I had to go back because while I have great skill in the radio industry, as well as serious hands-on experience (i.e. hurricane news coverage, presidential elections, daily reporting, producing and script editing, on-air work, etc), it's virtually worthless without getting a face-to-face with a potential employer. So school is my way of trying to tie up a loose end and have an official education to fall back on in the event.

So after all of that, here is my question: Am I realistically too old, at age 32, to have a college degree REALLY benefit me. I know the usual answer of, "You're never too old to go back to school," and that is true, but will I have a realistic shot against the more youthful adults coming out of college? Just within the first week of class I've found within myself a new drive and love of education - something I never had when I was younger. I know that I'm ready for my degree now, so I'll get it regardless, but I'd like to know if it will really benefit me in the job market.

Any employers have any feedback on this? People who've been right here where I am at one point? Professors? Anyone?

More than likely my schooling will focus heavily on television, which is where I see myself heading anyway, but one never knows if the path they're on will be the one they're on in ten years, you know? For all I know I could end up in something totally unexpected, like accounting (God forbid) or even law. So the first step to any of that is a degree. I'm on my way now, but will it be worth it?

Answer
32? Heck, I wish I had gone back and finished school when I was your age, 30 years ago.

Within the next ten years we might see another massive upgrade to broadband capacity, of the order of magnitude we saw before the dot.com collapse. In that future the TV and radio industry might be migrating wholesale to broadband, leaving cable and broadcast in the lurch. At the same time, the industry is going to be inundated with high-quality, low-cost producers - think a steroidal YouTube only with quality bandwidth and production values that anyone can buy from Adobe.

Huffington Post is today's print media model. TV and cable are turn-of-the-century business models. But what's going to be the case in ten years? You need to challenge yourself with the technology of 2021, not 2001. College will help develop the analytical skills and open some technological paths you weren't aware of. And this is the only perfect time that you will have in your life to do that.

At your age I was able to turn around a career in a failing company, moving into statistical software development and, later, engineering software. I was lucky, because I had no degree. Only networking got my foot in the door. And even while working in engineering, newly-degreed entrants quickly passed me in the earnings race. Again, I had coursework and years of experience, but no sheepskin.

If you don't complete this, you'll always look back at a missed opportunity. But you won't have much time to think about it because the next customer's coming in the door and you'll have to muster a cheery "Welcome to Walmart!" as you roll out a cart.

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