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afternoon, can anyone recommend me a laptop, have around £1000 budget, lookin at sony vaio's but dont really have a clue about wats better. I have never used a mac but willing to give it a go. some advice would be appreciated, ta |
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sony is pretty but shit. I have a fujitsu teeny lifebook, p7010, and I adore it. IBM/lenovo is a very solid purchase, good all round machine, though a not very exciting pick. Asus/asustek makes good machines, don't be put off by them seeming cheapy, apple trusts them as one of the manufacturers of their laptops. scan through their site and try to find something. Avoid dell not just because of the batteries. toshiba is probably good, and my girlfriend bought a turbo cheap machine from 'averatec', but hasn't yet arrived so I can't comment. |
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get one of those dells that blow up |
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most importantly, since the selection is so varied, make a clear decision as to what features you seek, and filter based on that, otherwise you'll browse endlessly. I'm pretty lucky, I chose carefully and a year later I still like my machine more than everything that's show on up on the market. an easy way to filter is battery life. I am so bored! I should respond to email. |
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shutup I'm being a good person here seriously |
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cheers man, only goin to use it for music prodction and live performance. really frustratin this, too many laptops on the market, cant make a bloody decision. the asus machines look pretty good, also would u recomend goin to a large store like pc world, comet or a small dealer. |
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im a mac user so I would say this, but if its just for music production they are worth considering, I think they are very reliable for live performance. Check that the programs you use are available on Mac (acid and fruityloops aren't for example) first. General advice i tell everyone buying a laptop is dont be stingy, everyone including me seems to think theyll be fine with a smaller hard drive or a slower processor but upgrading isnt easy so I think you should splash out and get something really good, you will be glad you did. On the other hand I dont think getting a big one is a good idea neccesarily, I have a 12" iBook and I think the littleness is a real advantage most of the time. |
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i have ableton, sx3 and various native instruments products for windows, will the mac take the installation from my existing software or will new software need to purchased, cheers |
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They won't work on mac directly, check whether a mac version is included on the CD, but you might need to buy again which is ghey |
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mac is whack yo! |
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grrr |
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me could use a laptop too - or a new desktop altogether. |
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my hp is great. 1.6 ghz, 7?? whatever of ram. turned off everything except basics including speed shit thing in bios. and runs steam pipe 8 polyphony at 15%. yyyayayay |
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I'm loving my Dell 1.8 duo centrino and a 1gig ram! lovely! |
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I recommend you buy a laptop. |
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My Dell Inspiron 6400 has been good so far. |
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you can often "crossgrade" for a small fee and in some cases your license work for both platforms |
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thats what i got (slighty upped the spec from the standard though) |
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sony vaio 11" perfect for travel studio pc powerbook 12" perfect for travel studio mac laptops are expensive things |
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i seen this hp one with 2gig ram, 120gig hardrive, 1.66ghz, firewire, 4 hours batt life |
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be very conscious about the mouse design. I have this eraser head type of mouse and it sucks nine walrus cocks. |
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I think mine might be aswell. I checked this morning and it's not going to blow up on me.... goooood. |
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I have a Thinkpad. It is nice. Get a ToughBook. Then you can drop it down steps, use it for body armour, mount it in your car, operate in a hurricane, etc. |
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Does anyone know how long it takes from when I press "buy" on a dell laptop until I get it in the mail? |
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I am very impressed with my new macbook, I have to say... One of the best features is the remote, surprisingly - the remote menu is very very well designed - I now play all my music from my bed, as well as watch dvds etc, the usual... especially brilliant if you're at uni like i am. Haven't had time to set all my gear up on it yet, annoyingly, but I will do soon. I got ableton live working rather nicely but have yet to start any real projects. Of course its a HUGE HUGE HUGE factor that you can now run windows on it too - and it runs extremely well. |
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just a bit longer than the time it takes to get fucked |
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i have to support the mac lads here,its my duty. that and to drink this last stella. |
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macbook pro 2.0Ghz/15"/1GB/100GB is the right thing to buy. it will blow you all the way (away) ;P |
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