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Posted: 2008-01-23 18:35:36
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Posted: 2008-01-23 22:48:56
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^^ im with fatreg do it you will never look back i love mine
http://www.apple.com/macbook/
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Posted: 2008-01-23 22:55:07
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Ditto!
You really have to try it for yourself to see the benefits, it's just a case of whether booting into windows to use the software he needs will be efficient enough, from what i can gather it should be ok it's whether he takes the plunge so to speak.
Do it do it do it do it!
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Posted: 2008-01-23 23:15:35
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hey all
right, im concluding the laptop search very soon....
i noticed the vostro range on dell....
so i have a few screen shots of laptops below... these are basically what im choosing between... If anyone could recommend/advise/anything i would be really greatful...
as you can see between the first two vostros 1500/1700 the main difference is the screen size and operating system... both come with 3 gig of ram... is vista really that bad? i want a machine for running CAD, Revit, and sketch up on.... is it really that much better going for the xp os?
1700:
price £700
1500:
price
below is a XPS dell laptop
price
OR a macbook... £700 (the bottom spec one) which i will add more ram too....
cheers all
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Posted: 2008-01-29 11:12:12
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Go for the T7500 CPU, that 4Mb cache does make a difference. A clean install of Vista home premium needs 1Gb to work at it's best, so 2 gig should be enough for all but the most power hungry apps. With Xara, paintshop pro and dreamweaver running at the same time, I still have on average 512Mb of free memory or more on a 2Gig system.
So the first one is looking like a good bet. Have you checked that your software will work ok with Vista?
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Posted: 2008-01-29 11:35:49
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most will (CAD etc) but apprentley its a bit of a pain to set up, BUT it can be done.....
honeslt, would you pay the £10 more and go for the 17inch screen + vista?
on the vostro ones? also have you ever seen a vostro? is the finish good?
cheers cyco
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Posted: 2008-01-29 11:37:45
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Never seen a Vostro in my life matey so I really can't comment. Back to googling for reviews eh?
1280x800 is enough for what I do but in your line of work I guess it would be well worth paying £10 extra for 17".
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Posted: 2008-01-29 11:41:15
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check the screen shots, the resolution on both the 15inch and 17inch have been bumped up to the max i can acchieve... i think the 15ich is: 1680 x 1050 and the 17inch is: 1920 x 1200......
so both 'should' be more than suficent....
just not sure if the weight/size will make 'that' much difference to me.....
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Posted: 2008-01-29 11:43:52
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Yeah, but won't everything look a bit tiny if you run a 15" screen at 1680 x 1050?
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Posted: 2008-01-29 12:12:34
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