Looking for a PC - fed up with Macs

[on the brink]

After many years I got fed up with Apple's tyrannical behavior and shoddy products. My latest Mac Air is a sorry bit of almost disposable machinery.

So I am ready to jump ship. Can anyone recommend a good, solid PC brand with good BA service?

 

[lunar]

There are two major notebook brands with a strong local presence here: HP and Lenovo.

It may make more sense to bring a laptop from the US or buy one from Amazon US.
The catch is that warranty support in Argentina can get complicated.

MacBook Airs are considered fairly reliable, so you may have simply gotten unlucky with your particular machine.

Some models with decent build quality that come to mind, in no particular order:
Dell XPS, Lenovo Thinkpad, HP Probook and Microsoft Surface.

 

[carride]

Do you plan to use Linux operating system or Windows 11?

First ask yourself if you really need a laptop. I find I am most comfortable at my desk, so a desktop computer is now my primary machine. They are cheaper to maintain. A local shop can build one from name brand parts. You describe your needs and they will give you a quote showing the 5-7 different type of parts (motherboard, CPU, case, PSU power supply, ram, SSD/HD, etc...). Then you discuss changing quoted items based on what they explain to you and the price. In future you can plan upgrade of individual components timed with your travels to your home country for a better price than here.

If you simply buy a windows PC, as you asked in your post, you will have the same chance of having a disposable unrepairable piece of hardware in a few years. The other recommendation is a $700 Mac mini desktop that will still be working fine in 7-10 years.

For example: many similar stores as before link now have the department to "arma tu PC"

INFINIT PC & GAMING

www.infinitonline.com.ar

 

[elhombresinnombre]

I've just jumped ship from the Windows/Linux platforms and bought my first MacBook. I've never had quality or reliability issues with Windows machines but the trend there seems to going towards software as a service via the cloud and I'd rather not go there so choose to leave now. I was dual-booting Linux for banking and personal stuff because I'm not completely confident about Windows security. I don't have the same reservations about Apple so life is becoming a little simpler for me now.

 

[on the brink]

The problem with Apple is that hardly anyone services them. Or programs them. I had a wonderful Apple guy for years, but he decamped for the US.

 

[Vagrant Violet]

After many years I got fed up with Apple's tyrannical behavior and shoddy products. My latest Mac Air is a sorry bit of almost disposable machinery.

So I am ready to jump ship. Can anyone recommend a good, solid PC brand with good BA service?

In the event you might still be in the market for a PC, I have a Victus HP gaming PC from the United States that I bought for my son less than 1 year ago. It has 512 gb memory, 16 gb RAM and an intel 5 processor.

He never wound up using it in the end (in fact, the charger is still in the original plastic wrap that it came in (images and further specs below), so the computer is effectively new. It has a QWERTY English keyboard though.

I can't find an exact equivalent on Mercado Libre, but I would accept any reasonable offer.

 

[redlobster]

So I am ready to jump ship. Can anyone recommend a good, solid PC brand with good BA service?

If you need to buy something like right now for basic things like MS Office, web browsing, etc.,
you can consider this ASUS VivoBook.

Notebook Asus Vivobook 15 Intel Core I5 16gb 512gb Fhd W11 - $ 999.219

Linea de la tarjeta gráfica integrada: Intel Graphics. | Marca de la tarjeta gráfica integrada: intel. | Frecuencia de actualización de la pantalla: 60 Hz. | Procesador: Intel Core i5 120U. | Versión del sistema operativo: 11. | Edición del sistema operativo: Home. | Nombre del sistema...

www.mercadolibre.com.ar

 

[toongeorges]

There are two major notebook brands with a strong local presence here: HP and Lenovo.

It may make more sense to bring a laptop from the US or buy one from Amazon US.
The catch is that warranty support in Argentina can get complicated.

MacBook Airs are considered fairly reliable, so you may have simply gotten unlucky with your particular machine.

Some models with decent build quality that come to mind, in no particular order:
Dell XPS, Lenovo Thinkpad, HP Probook and Microsoft Surface.

I personally would not recommend HP (I have a bad experience of an HP laptop falling apart), I'd recommend Dell, Lenovo or ASUS, whichever of them you prefer.

 

[carride]

The problem with Apple is that hardly anyone services them. Or programs them. I had a wonderful Apple guy for years, but he decamped for the US.

What programing is required?

If you buy a Mac mini desktop and plug it into a USB battery backup you will probably never need to bring it for service. It will last 10 years. Though apple might stop supplying security updates at 8 years. Based on the experience of the oldest non-intel Mac mini M1 shipped on nov2020, it will receive security upgrades to the free and compatible 2025 version 26 "Tahoe" operating system until at least 2028.

 

[Caribbean Cool]

Here I am in Colorado today. I own an Acer i3/8. Last week I bought a new Lenovo with a non Intel processor and 4 gigs. I cannot tell the difference.....Cost $199

Lenovo through Amazon