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hey guys this is Austin the PC versus Mac debate has been around forever but how did things stack up 10 years later starting off we've got the 2006 MacBook with the classic white design even though it's a decade old it feels surprisingly modern build quality isn't as nice as modern aluminum mags but considering its age this one is downright solid you've got max a4 charging which is still the best laptop charger ever and things like the keyboard feels decent if a bit mushy the tri pad is still better than a lot of laptops today with smooth two-finger scrolling and it's got a decent variety of ports like USB Ethernet and a couple obscure ones like mini DVI and firewire the screen is respectable too coming in at 13 inches with a resolution of 1280 by 800 it might be dated but it's absolutely usable on the PC side we've got a 2006 dell latitude d620 in at first glance it definitely looks at sage you'll notice the little things like the latch for the display unlike the OneTouch hinge from the MacBook and a tiny trackpad with two options for the left and right click buttons the keyboard feels a bit mushy but it's still absolutely fine by today's standards there are plenty of ports a DVD drive and a 14 inch screen which is downright good it's got an upgraded 1440 by 900 resolution which wouldn't look all that out of place on a laptop these days Windows XP has never looked so nice one of the big advantages of PCs / Mac has typically been priced but let's see what you could get with your 2006 cash the macbook started at $1100 with a 1.8 gigahertz intel core dual processor 512 megabytes of memory and a 6 dica gabite hard drive the dell d620 came with a slightly slower 1.6 3 hertz core duo half a gig of ram and a 40 gig hard drive for $50 more however this model was fully loaded which puts the original price tag quite a bit higher than the MacBook today though the Mac has held its value better running around $150 compared to $100 for the Dell and 2016 cache the big question though is how usable are these computers after 10 years the MacBook has all the basics you need like Wi-Fi and decent specs which means it handles basic tasks like web browsing just fine since the newest OS it supports a Snow Leopard a lot of apps aren't supported but you can still download an up-to-date copy of Firefox to browse and watch YouTube while the webcam on the MacBook might not be winning any awards it is 480p which just happens to match some other slightly newer MacBook the Dell originally shipped with Windows XP which while eight years older than Snow Leopard is actually still fairly well supported today thanks to the more powerful Core 2 Duo it's able to handle things even smoother than the MacBook while browsing and video is totally usable here neither laptop is equipped to do heavier lifting like video editing or gaming with a fairly anemic Intel GMA 950 graphics but they've got everything you need to be a functional computer I was curious though with a few upgrades how far can you push these laptops I started with the MacBook which is incredibly easy to upgrade just remove the battery and you can get at the memory which I bumped up to two gigs for ten dollars and install the modern SSD give it a fresh copy of Snow Leopard and it's surprisingly snappy the extra memory helps with lots of programs open and the SSD shrinks load times down to modern PC levels when it comes to upgrading the Dell it's a fairly involved process that requires some serious disassembly you're looking for the high ground yeah once you swap out the old hard drive for an SSD and install Windows 10 things are impressive basically everything works right out of the box and the core true dual really isn't that far behind some of the lower end computers you can buy today it might look a little weird but with a simple hardware update and a fresh copy of Windows 10 you've got a solid laptop when you look at price it's a pretty clear win for the MacBook not only was it cheaper when new but while use prices vary next to a solid job of retaining value design wise it's also clear that Apple was ahead of the curve the MacBook holds up well today but one of the big advantages of a PC is being able to load a fully up-to-date copy of Windows 10 so after 10 years which one would you go for let me know in the comments below and I will catch you oh I gotta talk about team Krispy life hahaha pitch people team Krispy live right now I'm gonna be there okay he's gonna be here co-hosting apparently I'll be like the panel Ralphy will be the panel the supervisor I like any of this chancres be live is a live show that we're going to be doing downtown LA on February 6th so it's going to be myself Jonathan Morrison we've got Lou from unbox therapy we got Marquez from mkbhd and Judd from your average consumer today's wanna come meet us take a look at the show we actually got a lot of really cool stuff planned devil be sure to check out the link in the description tickets are like six 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