Macbook Pro vs Toshiba Laptop

[overburnz]

So i have this Toshiba C855D-124 laptop with the following specs:

• AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M APU
• 39.6cm (15.6”) , Screen Toshiba TruBrite® HD TFT 16 : 9
• HDD 320 GB
• 8GB, DDR3 RAM (1,600 MHz)
• AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M APU with Dual Graphics AMD Radeon™ HD 7640G + 7610M
• Windows 10 Home

and i'm thinking on buying a Macbook Pro 13" Mid 2010 with this specs:

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo at 2,4GHz with 3 MB cache L2
4GB Ram 1066Mhz (i'll add the full 8GB)
500GB HDD (wich i'll swap for a SSD)
Mac OS High Sierra and i'll dual boot with Windows 10

My question is: i know that its an old computer, but so is mine, and i've been trying to change to Mac for a while... what should i do? Should i stay with my toshiba or is this as good as mine?
Thanks

Edit: the deal will be my toshiba + 100€ in exchange with that macbook pro (with new battery and new charger)

 

[overburnz]

Yeah i know, but i'll the macbook air ones are limited or if i want one thats good it will be expensive :\ the ideia is to play around with it for a year or two and then buy a new one again

 

[overburnz]

I've usually found that when I need* a new** Apple product someone just gives me one. It's almost as if they need permission to buy the latest shiny thing but they feel that they can't until they find a home for their current one.

You could try casually mentioning around your friends and clients that you'd be happy to provide a home for any old MacBooks they want to get rid of. You might be surprised what comes your way.


* OK, "want" if you're going to be picky.

** New to me, that is.

Lol i can´t do that, i could be fired (if i sugest that at work i mean), but i also don't enjoy spending money lol (just the bare essential lolol), because if i'm gonna spend big money it has to be on a new new, not a new to me macbook

 

[GTP]

Toshiba + Virtualbox?

 

[Markverhyden]

Assuming your objective is to become fluent in OS X and all of it's features 2010 won't handle some of newest. As @Computer Bloke mentioned that's the oldest machine still supported. Since they tend to go with processors I'd not be surprised if they dump the Core 2 Duo's with in a year or two. Those older model's will not support many of the new features, because of old 802.11 and BT, people might want to use with their iDevices. So even if you have a relatively new iDevice you can't use some of those features with it. Airplay is a good example if I remember correctly.

I very rarely buy any computer brand new. And I'll keep what I have until they croak. And that's when I occasionally break down and buy something new. Like when my 2010 MB Air went wonky I decided spring for a new one at the lower end configuration since my MBP is 2012. It's not really worth getting a 2-3 year old one. As mentioned people of proud of their Apple and way too much for them. And you will have no warranty on a machine where you cannot buy an OEM repair part, only "refurbed" parts. I always get the Apple Care since it's cheap insurance. Used it 2-3 times with my Macmini's.

On the VM thing. It's a copyright violation to install any Apple OS on any hardware that is not Apple which includes VM's. Yes there are some ways to get OS X running on non-Apple hardware, but that's not recommended. Have I done that? Yes. I've got some OS X VM's on my ESXi box so I can test certain things on a M$ Domain.

 

[GTP]

On the VM thing. It's a copyright violation to install any Apple OS on any hardware that is not Apple which includes VM's.

Thanks @Markverhyden
When I saw the pic of the "Jolly Roger" above I had cold shivers! I did not know about the 'copyright violation' thing.
(Hence the question mark at the end of my post)

Thanks for the weird but poignant headsup @Computer Bloke...

 

[timeshifter]

I'd say go for it. I'd look up the CPU specs on cpubenchmark.net and compare. But I'd still prefer the Mac. I'm reasonably sure the physical build quality would be way better on the Mac. Also, I remember a few years back right after the new Intel based Macs came out, a MacBook Pro won Editor's Choice for Windows laptops (running Windows dual boot)

 

[overburnz]

Toshiba + Virtualbox?

This model doesn’t support virtualization