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5 COMPELLING REASONS TO BUY A WINDOWS LAPTOP INSTEAD OF A MACBOOK

MacBooks and Windows laptops used to have more in common than they do today: An Intel processor was at the heart of both mobile systems. Since November 2020, Apple has equipped its laptops with its own system-on-a-chip—the M1, which was followed by the M2 about a year ago. This made the differences that have always existed between MacBooks and Windows notebooks even more obvious. But each platform has certain advantages and disadvantages that can be decisive for a purchase decision. Here we present the most important reasons why you should prefer a Windows laptop, while our friends at Macworld have a companion list of the reasons you might want a Mac.

1. HUGE RANGE OF SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS LAPTOPS

You can really do everything with a Windows laptop: Because there is suitable software for

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