I have a question that has been on my mind for a while now.
I'm currently in 12th grade and am doing my Abitur. I've been a passionate gamer (console) my whole life, but when I was in 11th grade, I sold my PS4 because I wanted to focus on school and said to myself that it wasn't as fun anymore and I was just wait for the ps5 to play with my boys again.
At the beginning of the 12th class, I bought a MacBook (2019; 1500 euro) for school and then my later studies. The MacBook is great and perfect for school. I always have my homework ready, can display it via airplay and no matter where I go, I can continue to work on my tasks. When the school was closed for 2 months I got another PS4 to send back after 30 days. In the. 30 days, I was looking forward to it in a long time. What I have learned from this time is that I can no longer play alone as I did when I was younger, but only with friends. When I sent the Ps4 back, I literally counted the days until the PS5 came out to be able to play again.
Then it came. 2 weeks later my friends informed me that they all wanted to switch to PC and I should too. I thought no PS5, but no matter I have long thought about getting a PC. And that's how the problems start.
I can't keep my Macbook and buy a PC because my parents don't allow it and I personally feel stupid.
The question is should I sell my MacBook and buy a PC?
Financially it would make more sense, because with my budget I would only have 300 euro with a purchase of a PS5 and with a sale of my MacBook plus the PC (setup to go) I would still have 1300 euro.
In itself, it also makes sense because I want to play with colleagues and that only works with a PC, but secondly, I don't want to disconnect from my Mac and get a tablet, although I've heard from a few students that a PC is + Tablet combination is better for studying than just a laptop.
I'm sorry for the long text, but you should understand what goes into the decision. I even left out a few things.
I hope you can help me, because an Ebay customer has already prepared to buy my Mac.
It's not an easy decision, but I would sell the MacBook and buy a windows laptop instead.
Windows Because you can get a really good laptop for 1500, and macbooks are more designed for video editing and stuff like that, for gaming, Windows laptops are usually better value for money. In addition, you can't easily connect monitors to the MacBook as far as I know it only has usb c connections. In addition, a laptop makes sense because it is not nearly as relaxed when studying with a desktop PC as with a laptop, because you could work anywhere. A Windows laptop has the additional advantage of being able to connect a monitor, mouse and keyboard to it and to be able to play trzdm with sufficient gaming performance. My plan for studying looks exactly like what pc belongs to.
So sell my laptop and buy a new laptop?
Yep Sounds stupid, but makes sense
Wouldn't do it because a MacBook is unbeatable for studying
