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Advice needed on buying high-performance laptop

by matt__87 May 24, 2009 7:49AM PDT

Hi guys,

I am starting a new business which will invole video ingest and editing as well as designing annd building websites. I plan to get the Abode Creative Suite 4 Master Collection and want a new high-end laptop that will easily cope with the demands of Abode's software and boasts good scalability as my requirements for memory, hard drive space etc grow.

I have used Dell before and, speaking with one of their advisors, I was recommended the following laptop http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstor ... 6402&s=bsd
with these upgrades: processor (Intel

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ThinkPad
by Renegade Knight May 26, 2009 4:52AM PDT

For performance and upgrades.

Lenovo Thinkpad W500 or W700.

Dell (and I used to be a fan) chose to argue policy over warranty. That left me with a full warranty and no repair. My laptop sits on a shelf as I ponder throwing in the tall and writing off the loss or hiring an attorney to force the issue. This was after 3 other problems (2 repaired, 1 not) with their laptop. I'm not seeing the quality with Dell.

Also worth considering is a MacBook Pro (I Like the Lenovoy Keyboard and Keybaord Layout enough to make my Thinkpad a Hackintosh next upgrade cycle). MacBook Pro's are fairly high end. Using Bootcamp to install windows gives you both OS X and Windows. Having access to software for both may benefit your business.

In laptops you generally don't upgrade the processor. Typically it's easy to upgrade RAM, and the Hard Drive. ThinkPads you could swap out the DVD drive for Blue Ray at a later time when they are affordable. As a general rule, though you get what you get when you buy it. Everthing else would be upgraded via USB or the PC CArd interface (or whatever they call it these days).

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That Would Be...
by 1shado1 May 26, 2009 10:55AM PDT

"throwing in the towel" : )

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If the software you need will only run in Windows I suggest
by orlbuckeye May 27, 2009 4:53AM PDT

you get a Windows machine. Running Windows on an Apple means your running in a virtual environment which will slow down performance. A good source of laptop information for me is Laptop magazine.

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