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Question

Laptops

Sep 9, 2015 3:46PM PDT

I'm going to start learning web design, so I would like if someone would suggest me a suitable laptop and the budget would be at maximum $1000.
Also, would a Apple MacBook Air be suitable?

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Can't tell.
Sep 9, 2015 4:16PM PDT

Let's say you are developing a million user social or dating site. While you need this to test and tweak with, the hard core system is likely to be in a rack space.

For me the 1000 buck air missed one key item. The disk space is too small. Read about that XPS 13 at http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/which-ultrabook-to-buy-for-college/ and for heavy app work, I'm back to core i7 models.

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I might say
Sep 9, 2015 11:24PM PDT

Hello,

I'll give you guidelines regarding on how to choose a laptop for web design
http://usabilitygeek.com/web-design-resources/how-to-choose-laptop-for-web-design-and-development/

About Apple MacBook Pro
//With excellent performance, a long battery life and a completely flawless design, Apple’s MacBook Pro is the ultimate blend of user-friendliness and power laptop for web designers, or just about anyone. It’s available with either a 15.4-inch 2880×1800 screen or a 13-inch 2560×1600 screen, both of which use an amazing retina display. With the Mac OS X Mountain Lion, 7 Hour Battery Life, lightning fast 256 GB Flash Storage, 8 GB DDR3 ram and some amazing processing power, you get a laptop that can rival or surpass most desktop computers.

I hope this would help you.