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Any TA computer salespeople out there?

I'm looking to buy a computer, and wanted to give my business to a TA. I have an employee purchase plan (so I'll need a quote), I want to spend $2500, and was hoping to get a PC laptop for portability (I don't have much room at my place).

PM me with your info.

$2500 will get you one helluva laptop. Does it have to be Windows-based? If not, I'm gonna suggest a Macbook Pro.

However, if you go Windows-based, get nothing less than an IBM Thinkpad. They're indestructable and the X-Series is how a laptop SHOULD be. Light, portable, and durable as hell.

Thanks for the tips! Greatly appreciated!

I'm using it mostly for emails, would like to have a USB in for pictures, and was maybe thinking of using it for light video editing in the future....

Can I do all that from a laptop? I'm thinking yes, but then I should go MAC instead, right?

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Originally posted by muzzybear Thanks for the tips! Greatly appreciated! I'm using it mostly for emails, would like to have a USB in for pictures, and was maybe thinking of using it for light video editing in the future.... Can I do all that from a laptop? I'm thinking yes, but then I should go MAC instead, right?

LOL

You can buy a brand new laptop for emails and USB for pix in the $600 range.


$2500 will buy you a freakin supercomputer these days.

I would go MAC, even if you've never used MAC before I taught myself how to use it all in less than a day. Plus it never gave me problems, one of the more reliable machines I've had

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Originally posted by Stingray LOL You can buy a brand new laptop for emails and USB for pix in the $600 range. $2500 will buy you a freakin supercomputer these days.

What Cam said.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 $2500 will get you one helluva laptop. Does it have to be Windows-based? If not, I'm gonna suggest a Macbook Pro. However, if you go Windows-based, get nothing less than an IBM Thinkpad. They're indestructable and the X-Series is how a laptop SHOULD be. Light, portable, and durable as hell.

+1

I'm a little familiar with MACs. Can I get a Titanium powerbook for that money? I want the most bang for my buck... I can probably get media cleaner and final cut pro on there too, no?

Titanium Powerbooks aren't made anymore.

For your $2500 budget, pick up the 1.83GHz MacBook Pro: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...nclm=MacBookPro

They're absolutely incredible.

Would you recommend going thru Future shop or any store downtown? I need to get a quote in writing and have them accept a cheque from my company...

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Originally posted by muzzybear Would you recommend going thru Future shop or any store downtown? I need to get a quote in writing and have them accept a cheque from my company...

I think the price of the MacBook Pro will be the same everywhere you go, MSRP is $2299 for that 1.83GHz model I believe, so that's what everybody charges for it - Apple isn't going to let their distributors undercut them, and nobody will charge more than Apple for their own product.

So yeah, anywhere would be fine I think.

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Originally posted by KaiLee I would go MAC, even if you've never used MAC before I taught myself how to use it all in less than a day. Plus it never gave me problems, one of the more reliable machines I've had

i bought a powerbook G4 a while back, and its the best computer i've ever used. if you can do all your computer work on programs taht are avalaible for mac, get a macbook pro. insane. and they are VERY compatible with window PCs.

also for light video editing, i use imovie6 and it CANT be beat...

mac FTW!

If you're going to get a laptop, either jack it the fuck up so it lasts you 3-4 years or plan on selling it after 1.5 while it still has market value.

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Originally posted by simms327 and they are VERY compatible with window PCs.

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Originally posted by DigitalMP If you're going to get a laptop, either jack it the fuck up so it lasts you 3-4 years or plan on selling it after 1.5 while it still has market value.

It's going to have to last me.

Any idea what kind of goodie package it'll come with...?

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Originally posted by muzzybear Any idea what kind of goodie package it'll come with...?

What do you mean?

Like will I be able to get sorensen media cleaner and final cut pro with my mac? Or will they ding me another $600?

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Originally posted by muzzybear It's going to have to last me. Any idea what kind of goodie package it'll come with...?

I would only get a laptop if you really want/need it. You can make a desktop last much longer and add much more internal storage space.

If those programs work with MacOS X and are either A) capable of running under the Rosetta emulation implemented into OS X 10.4.4 which allows PowerPC programs to run on the new Intel Macs, or B) have Universal Binary versions of the program you want (this means that they've been re-written to run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs

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Originally posted by DigitalMP I would only get a laptop if you really want/need it. You can make a desktop last much longer and add much more internal storage space.

I have no room for anything but a laptop.

Maybe a cheap PC is the way to go for now?

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Originally posted by muzzybear I have no room for anything but a laptop. Maybe a cheap PC is the way to go for now?

Cheap? Yes for sure.

You can build a really sweet desktop for under $1000. Everything you need, and then some.

Thanks for all of your savvy computer advice!

And a-shopping I will go!

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