$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?

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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!