Right - after looking at the extortionate cost of smaller sized but high still reasonably high-spec laptops, I have sacrificed a bit of portability to get this:
Inspironâ„¢ 1564(N0056411)
Date & Time: Tuesday 16 March 2010 4:23 AM
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Base IntelÃ,® Coreâ„¢ i5-520M (2.4GHz, 4 Threads, turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz, 3M cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine WindowsÃ,® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Memory 4096MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
Video Card 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450
Hard Drive 320GB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD)
Wireless Networking Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
Cables 1 Meter Power Cord - UK
Shipping Documents English Documentation
Gedis Bundle Reference N0356411
Bluetooth Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Module - European
Primary Battery Primary 6-cell 48 WHr Lithium Ion battery
Camera 1.3 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera
Colour Choice Obsidian Black
Online Backup DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year
LCD 15.6" High Definition (1366x768) WLED
Microsoft Application Software MicrosoftÃ,® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include MicrosoftÃ,® Word)
Protect your new PC No Security/Anti-Virus Protection
Power Supply 90W AC Adaptor
ACCESSORIES
Belkin 15.6" Neoprene Sleeve - Chocolate/Tourmaline Qty 1
TOTAL Incl. VAT:Ã,£623.00
[FONT="]Total Price inc delivery Ã,£547.23(No VAT) Ã,£643.00 (With VAT)[/FONT]
The only weakness I can see is the wireless card not supporting N but if that really bugs me I can always get a dongle I suppose.
What do people think?
Gah, I just looked at one of the new 13" MacBooks, with 4GB RAM for Ã,£763.40 (Not Inc Vat)
More portable, more battery life, but more expensive.
- 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
- 250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
- NVidia Geforce 9400M
Having a gaming capable laptop isn't going to help me really, and I definitely don't need one, my desktop will cope until I sort my life out and get more money.
A Mac will be better at the sort of multi-tasking high memory stuff I'm going to be doing. All the programs I use are Mac compatible. It'd be good for the photography I do as well. And it's shiny and small and light and stuff...
I think I've pretty much convinced myself really...
Quote from: A Twig;306086Gah, I just looked at one of the new 13" MacBooks, with 4GB RAM for Ã,£763.40 (Not Inc Vat)
More portable, more battery life, but more expensive.
- 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
- 250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
- NVidia Geforce 9400M
Having a gaming capable laptop isn't going to help me really, and I definitely don't need one, my desktop will cope until I sort my life out and get more money.
A Mac will be better at the sort of multi-tasking high memory stuff I'm going to be doing. All the programs I use are Mac compatible. It'd be good for the photography I do as well. And it's shiny and small and light and stuff...
I think I've pretty much convinced myself really...
Yes, but
it's a Mac.
Quote from: b00n;306091Yes, but it's a Mac.
:withstupid:
and your point is?
Quote from: A Twig;306110and your point is?
it looks fancy, and thats just about it
I have a 15" MacBook Pro is awesome, i don't have a gaming rig anymore just a xbox360 and its the best thing i have done :D
I use it primarily for listening to music, films, editing photo's and music production. Its crap for games but then i have a 360.
Take the Apple plunge!
Don't ban me :devil:
Your lucky your moving to the states mate, A fallen brother of to the twin evils, hes become a controller jokey and a Mac user.
Dom I am sorry but you are now dead to me :crying::crying::crying::crying:
The only point really is that you can get a superior machine for less. In terms of OS, for those who don't like Windows, linux is free and more stable than OSX.
Apple love to market to the belief that Macs are better for creative, multimedia tasks carried out by creative, multimedia people. That belief has always been false (hell it existed even before Apple made OSX - despite old MacOS being the very definition of 'bland and uninspiring'). In fact I'm sure there is almost nothing that you could do on a Mac better than you could do it on Ubuntu, much less Windows.
I guess then that my main beef with Macs is that they seem pretty pointless.