lol. That's the point of them.Umm I have the pleasure of working with these pieces of junk everyday so I know what I'm talking about. If you actually use the likes of Garageband and iDVD and think they are good pieces of software good you are obviously not an experienced user. They only people who use that crap are Mum and Dad burning DVDs of the weekend barbeque. Its like the MS Paint of graphic design.
You could get a lower grade apple laptop, or an older one.SpamZ said:I need help choosing a new laptop, I figured it'd be better if I just added to this thread than start a new one.
Basically, I'll be travelling a fair bit over the next 12-18 months and I need something that'll be reliable. Probably won't be doing a lot of gaming on it, but def. needs to run smoothly when doing all my uni work.
I figured Macbooks are too out of my price range, so I'm leaning towards Asus or Dell (I'd go for the Macbook if it wasn't so freakin' expensive!).
Also with OS...should I stick with XP or just jump straight to Vista?
I suspect its more a perception thing, and people not liking things moving/changing from one edition to the next. I think the move from 2000 -> xp was actually the first incarnation of the mainstream population actually engaging with the computer.withoutaface said:Tbh I haven't had any major catastrophic explosions with vista yet.
Zamples?Kwayera said:It's not the fact that the design has changed - for me, XP GIU is substantially more efficient than Vista's.
If you want something that can do games good, get the dell xps 1530, it depends on how much you want to pay... you can get a solid one for $2000SpamZ said:I need help choosing a new laptop, I figured it'd be better if I just added to this thread than start a new one.
Basically, I'll be travelling a fair bit over the next 12-18 months and I need something that'll be reliable. Probably won't be doing a lot of gaming on it, but def. needs to run smoothly when doing all my uni work.
I figured Macbooks are too out of my price range, so I'm leaning towards Asus or Dell (I'd go for the Macbook if it wasn't so freakin' expensive!).
Also with OS...should I stick with XP or just jump straight to Vista?
no, because the greatest proportion of games are made for windows, obviously.Miles Edgeworth said:What so they can play games crippled by pissvidia at 40% lower frame rates?
Examples?AusBluesMan said:And yeah, I prefer the XP GUI to Vista. It seems in Vista you have to go through more menus and sub-menus...
Sorry, can't give you any. Vista is on my girlfriends laptop, which I don't use often, so I wouldn't be giving you any accurate examples.AsyLum said:Examples?