Logos Desktop On Mac and Windows

Lukas · 2025-03-12T10:17:30+00:00

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I need to look at getting a laptop to make use of Logos Desktop. Does logos run better on Mac than on windows. I am looking at MacBook Air M3 but can save quite alot on a windows laptop I5 12gen 16Gb Ram and 512SSD. It will mainly be uses dor logos and email and office apps. Nothing hardcore. But I need to know if logos will give the same joy on the I5 as it would on a M3.

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Mike Binks

Hi Lukas

There should be little difference in the Logos runs on either platform.

If you go the 'Apple' route you will gain the advantages of an office suite provided at now extra charge, free OS updates for a number of years, no need for extra drivers etc, excellent customer support.

When asked about choosing a computer I suggest that one does a 'total cost of ownership' calculation expecting an Apple machine to be capable for at least 5 and maybe 7 years.

Lukas

@Mike Binks it sound like you are saying that Apple is the better option.

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/247419/logos-desktop-on-mac-and-windows

What are you running now? All things considered, Apple is the best available now. But someone who has always run Windows and switches to macOS has to re-learn many things.

Lukas

@John I am used to Win and Mac, have used Macbook Air before and have a desktop Win but my Son is using it. So I need something mobile now. I currently use Logos on Ipad but I need to get a laptop. So I am trying to figure out if paying the extra on Apple is worth it. The interesting point that @Mike Binks mentioned was the fact on Apple I dont need to pay office, and I currently make use of Apple suite on IPad and Iphone.

John

@Lukas

So I am trying to figure out if paying the extra on Apple is worth it.

macOS is the best by far. Windows might be cheaper initially, but Windows 11 is a shock to many people.

Personally, I would reject Windows 11 for the privacy issues alone … it collects your personal data like Google, then sells it. It will upload all of your documents to OneDrive, whether you want that or not. Windows 11 is also the first version of Windows to display advertising inside the system menus.

Given enough time and effort, and lots of technical expertise … Windows 11 can be locked down and made secure. But the average person is not able to do that.

That cheap laptop with Windows 11 on it is cheap for a reason. It is made from less expensive parts. But you get what you pay for. (the cheapest ones are total junk). If you buy a Windows machine with the same quality as an Apple product, you will pay about the same.

Right now Best Buy has M2 and M3 MacBooks $200-$300 off.

DMB

Yep … if you're on an iPhone and iPad then the Mac is the answer … they spend a LOT of effort on integrating the devices. I now have my AppleEarPods/hearing-aid > Ultra2 watch > micro-iPad (iPhone Max) > MBP-M1. Amazing if not bewildering, as they work with each other.

Graham Criddle

Yep … if you're on an iPhone and iPad then the Mac is the answer

I agree that the integration across the different Apple devices is really good.

But while I do use a Macbook Pro, my main computer(s) for running Logos are Windows and there is great integration between Logos on those and Logos on my iPad and iPhone.

Lukas

I maybe should have mentioned that I am in South Africa, so support is not as good as it might be in USA and also not able to purchase on best buys. @Graham Criddle as you favoring Windows then.

Graham Criddle

I'm not favouring Windows - just pointing out that, as far as Logos is concerned, I don't see any real difference between how synchronisation and integration happens on either platform.

Both Windows and Mac computers do a great job in running Logos - so either would be fine in my opinion.

DMB

This is seriously off-topic (apologies, Lukas), but just yesterday, I was exploring verse memorization etc for my watch (apps are already moving well into watch extensions). Just seems to me (!), Faithlife is going to have to do more, regarding device interweaving (eg desktop and mobile, to start) than their current big-boy, little-boy duo, with hints of Proclaim support. And their current architecture is badly out of date.

I suspect they'd do well to look closely at their new church subscription initiative … people have tons of mobiles, and a better integration of 'church' into Bible study is the future. Not just 'AI'.