Tunes wrote:
niLdesperandum wrote:
Sorry for the double post, had a chance to look at the vaios Tunes,
www.sonystyle.co.uk/SonyStyle/catalog/updateItems/(z_cua_add=&citemarea=48BC58BDFD1001D7E10080002BC29B86&layout=15_116_61_55_117_121&next=seeItem&carea=48BC58BDFD1001D7E10080002BC29B86&order=null&citem=48BC58BDFD1001D7E10080002BC29B8648FC77D761810062E10080022BC29B73&z_cua_sel_acc=&z_cua_accArea=z_cua_specs&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&isHideActive=)/.do#bottomTabs:tvuyz3x3 compares to the alienware set-up I'm looking at, however it's only dual-core, smaller (flash) disk capacity, gfx aren't as good, yet it has blu-ray and an 18.4" screen AND it's only 4KG!
Well, SSD is true.. thats why I have one on my 3 year old vaio
, then again, what really matters on handling big resolution images, and believe me, in 1996 till 98 I worked with a designer, and already by that time I had to handle 30gigs tiffs, but if that is the only thing you are going to do.. say no more, buy a mac and not a gaming rig, you will be HEAVILY dissapointed for spending such a sum on a bling bling Dell, but using the ammount on a MAC... its money well spent.
You won't regret this tvuyz3x3 and believe me, for image procesing, THIS is the state of the art machine, an alienware.. duh.. too much £££ for a dell on a funny case.
The thing is about mac, the program compatability isn't great, sorry to mention an 'uh-oh' here but I do not own legal copies of any design software. If I were to buy a mac, I couldn't transfer any of these programs (.exe) and so would most probably have to purchase an official copy of said programs, costing around £500.
However, for around the same price as the m17 (although the processor and GFX card are not as high spec) I can get the following:
tvuyz3x3
Which, when combined with a
www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/:tvuyz3x3 and my other 24" (1920 by 1200) monitor, I'll basically be able to rule the world.
So, this would mean that I would have the most beautiful laptop ever for design, that when I get home turns into 2x24" display and runs equivalently to a mid-range PC (I'll basically have a cinema screen in my room). Then I can boot my PC up to play games and other things that I prefer to do in windows. BUT, can I really make the jump to mac? Is it something to be scared of? I'M SCARED! HALP PLZ!
NOTE: I WILL BE BUYING ALL PRODUCTS THROUGH MY DAD'S COMPANY AND SO WILL NOT BE CHARGED VAT, DISCOUNT IT!