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Custom laptops in Toronto (pg. 2)
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| Abercrombie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Takayuki
lol... HP bought out Voodoo a long time ago. |
Yeah, I know, I'm biased :P
| quote: | Originally posted by love_child
Well Dell and HP is not really lower quality stuff...you can go to www.alienware.com and still find some great custom built laptops for good prices. |
HP has VoodooPC, Dell has Alienware. These are their high end gaming divisions.
Regarding tomshardware... did they test voodoos and aliens or the cheap futureshop/staples/costco/retail line? It's totally different product from totally different divisions and manufacturing facilities. |
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| chinamon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ravist
why? i dont want a macbook. Too expensive and not worth the money with the specs you get.
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if you think you need crazy specs to have a mac that runs like a champ then you obviously dont know anything about mac. osx is a unix-based operation system. people who run unix/linux/bsd know you can have that running well in a low end computer. |
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| bcope |
| quote: | why? i dont want a macbook. Too expensive and not worth the money with the specs you get.
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so you want to spend ~2K for something similar to a macbook pro, but you don't want to buy an actual macbook pro, which you could get for $1849 for the base 15"?
does not compute.. |
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| techno_addict |
| macbook pro all the way! |
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| Edde Dre |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
just get a macbook pro. end of story. |
Thats what I did. Paid 2grand-ish and got myself the 15"
15-inch: 2.66GHz
Intel Core i7
4GB Memory
500GB hard drive1
SD card slot
Built-in battery (8-9 hour)2
Intel HD Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512MB
Dual boot Windows 7. Life is good.
My wife just got a new dell XPS16 (for free), it sucks balls. such poor build quality and it gets so hot. |
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| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Edde Dre
My wife just got a new dell XPS16 (for free), it sucks balls. such poor build quality and it gets so hot. |
Says the guy with a laptop that has a CPU shown to peak over 100°C in multiple tests |
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| DigitalMP |
| HP Elitebooks FTW. |
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| Jer |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
just get a macbook pro. end of story. |
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| Ravist |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
if you think you need crazy specs to have a mac that runs like a champ then you obviously dont know anything about mac. osx is a unix-based operation system. people who run unix/linux/bsd know you can have that running well in a low end computer. |
Ok I wasnt specific enough, im getting a laptop for audio production. Want a laptop so I can travel and make music, design sounds, etc. I just want something pretty powerful that will last me for years and can handle all the processing that I will put it through. I already made my decision and am buying from the states, found a good laptop for about 2,3000$. Thanks for the replies guys, definitely helped make my decision. |
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| gumisxp |
| quote: | Originally posted by Edde Dre
Intel HD Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512MB
My wife just got a new dell XPS16 (for free), it sucks balls. such poor build quality and it gets so hot. |
so which card is it? or does it come with both?
I don't know what you call hot, macs heat up too no worries, but hey you can make macaroni with it lol |
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| bcope |
| it comes with both, and the OS switches between them dynamically to conserve battery life etc. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
if you think you need crazy specs to have a mac that runs like a champ then you obviously dont know anything about mac. osx is a unix-based operation system. people who run unix/linux/bsd know you can have that running well in a low end computer. |
People who know anything about computers know that sometimes the OS just doesn't matter. When you are ripping through video, or rendering, or what ever, sometimes the hardware is all that matters.
I'm a *nix guy, but I cannot stand Mac bull, and I can smell it a mile away. You have said that the mac will be better, without even knowing what he is going to be using it for.
From Toms, 5 laptops that beat the macbooks in specs:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ma...re-7,10191.html
The macbooks always win in size, but you always pay for that in price. So if you can live with a larger size to save on cash, do it. |
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