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I recently got a new Gateway laptop with Vista and all the other bells and whistles you could want from BestBuy for $700. Everything runs great on Vista so far and I'm using Premium Home Edition.
I'd also get an external hard drive. I got a 100 gig one not too long ago to back up my old laptop so if the worst ever happened I'd always have a back up copy of everything. I think this was just under a hundred bucks. Jon |
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Well, I'm terribly prejudiced toward Macs...
The problem with any computer is that it will be totally obsolete in 3 years -- it used to be 5. My computer is getting old, but things have changed so much in Macs, that when I decide to buy a new one, I'll be going to a storefront, find someone knowledgeable, tell them what I use the computer for and what software I have, and see what they recommend. I will stick with Macs, but I need Windows for orchid software. Now that Macs are using Intel processors, that's made things more complicated for me, but maybe simpler for you... Any chance there's an Apple store near you? If so, you could at least go there and check them out. You might be pleasantly surprised. |
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If you don't need to around with you and it still runs you can just get an old monitor and plug your laptop into the monitor. OR you can plug your laptop to your tv with a s-video cable if your laptops has the port. I plug my laptop into my TV through svid so that i can watch stuff that I download
![]() But if you're looking for a new laptop ive seen zero % interest financing at circuit city or best buy or you can always apply for those zero interest cards for a year and then you can spread the cost of a computer of 1500 over twelve months for about 125 a month. as for preference....i dont like macs....but if you use just for mainly dreamweaver, photoshop and data processing i would get the mac if its within bugdet. |
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I know you are predicting I will say this but...
I would get a macbook. $1000, that's $300 more than what you paid for your piece of junk and it won't be a piece of junk. I don't think you need the pro tho, you just need the basic model. Because of the intel processor you should be able to quickly switch between a windows and mac desktop (and software) anytime you wish. It is the best of both worlds and you will have a good warranty for at least a year should you hate it. The interface is a beautiful thing, in my opinion. The only drawback I see for you is that buying one now will mean you will need to buy the OS upgrade when it comes out in a few months, should you wish to, and I think you will want it, it has some nice new features. If you could wait a few months, which it sounds like you cannot, the mac would ship with the new OS. I think it has a June release date? It is close. If you can wait, I would. I would never go back to a desktop, especially with you being in school (who knows where you might want to study?) and they are just so much more versatile. I love my iBook, and I want a macbook really badly. As Dot said - go to a store, play around with them. Check out things like Expose and Spotlight. There are some really classy features on the new macs. |
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Oh, and I should add that I have a mac mini. I was one of those crazy people who paid close to three grand for my titanium powerbook, but I still use it all the the time and the thing is close to five years old. I would get a new one, but I still don't need to. Plus, whatever I don't do on my laptop, I do on my mini.
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Normally I'd weigh in on the PC side, but I recently set up a computer with Vista, and the thing is almost 3 times as fast as my computer, and it runs like an old 386. If you get a PC, be prepared to wipe the hard-drive and install XP (not as easy as you might think) or do some serious optimization on Vista.
I tried a few Macs while I was computer shopping recently and I still don't like them, but Vista is even worse. If it were me, I'd go to some place like zipzoomfly.com and build a nice desktop computer, and install XP on it instead of Vista. Or buy a 1 year old PC notebook that isn't a piece of sh**... it will be cheap and will have XP on it ![]() - Matt |
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John,
I actually think Mac has the better software and interface, but because of work everything I do is on the PC. The bottom line is it all depends on what you want to do with the computer and what your future work will entail software wise. I've currently got 2 PC's at home and 2 PC notebooks running on a wired/wireless network. I've built 16 PC's for myself and friends and last month disassembled my wife's Emachines notebook for a CPU, hard drive, and memory upgrade. If you want to chat about options, give me a call on my cell phone # I sent via PM. Plus, I can salvage your data from your hard drive for free...you just have to drive down to Tucson (wink). orchids, computers, and F-16's...what a great life!!! ![]() |
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