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hopelessaspielover
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: What Laptop to get... help please? |
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Alright, so I'm planning ahead for Christmas, and was asked if I could have a laptop, what kind would it be. I'd really enjoy one very much, but what to get?
I'm an artist, and I scan my pictures to online. I like to edit them as best I can. I'd love if I could use photoshop. I don't own any, nor have ever used it, but I see and hear that it works wonders! Also, I do photography, so if that helps narrow down specifics.
I plan on going to college for graphic design in video games, so I need to get my computer and graphic editing skills in my work up to par. Any ideas? I really want to have the ability to put photoshop on it, and to have access to wireless internet. Also, I like to listen to music, so I'll need to put my Zune software on it as well.
Help much appreciated. Thank you!!!
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Orwell
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I know that everyone I knew from high school who want on into art-related fields all got Macbook Pros. Very nice machines; MacOSX kind of has the niche for graphics, videos, pics etc and the graphics car on the Pro is VERY high-quality. They have about the same wifi chipset as everyone else, and it won't give you any trouble unless you try to install Linux. (shout-out to Fuzzy!  ) Also, OSX in general won't give you any trouble- no need to worry about security issues of any kind (I have never used an anti-malware program in my life and my MacBook has never once had a computer virus) and it is extremely stable- no crashes. Plus, if you find the Mac OS not to your liking, it is easy nowadays to install Windows on a Mac via Bootcamp, so you can still run all the same programs that Windows has.
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Fogman
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Location: SC, USA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Toshiba makes a quality notebook computer. If you're doing photo editing, I would suggest a dual core system with 1-2 GB of main memory, and a quality graphics controller that has separate memory, instead of using main memory for graphics.
I currently have a Toshiba that I got nearly 2 years ago. It has a dual core CPU, 1 GB main memory, and a graphics controller that has either 64 or 128MB of vram. This computer also has an SD memory card slot as well.
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computerlove
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Location: Male, Mexico, Graphic Design
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Another graphic designer? cool  good luck man
my vote for a mac or a toshiba 
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Vexcalibur
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| Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Really, focus on battery life, that should be the priority when getting something like this.
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