
Originally Posted by
hrtbrkd
If I had to choose. Stear away from MAC since all your paying for is the Brand Name.
You can get a 17" Asus with a great Soundcard, Video card, and tons of Ram fo that price.
let's compare two laptops.
Laptop #1
13-inch: 2.8 GHz
2.8GHz dual-core
Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz
750GB 5400-rpm1
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Built-in battery (7 hours)2
$1,499.00
Laptop #2
Intel Core i7-2670QM (2.2GHz) Processor
12GB DDR3 Memory
17.3" HD (1600 x 900) Display
500GB 7200 RPM
Nvidia GTX 560M 3G GDDR5 Graphics
Blu-ray-enabled DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive
802.11BGN and Bluetooth 3.0 Connectivity
8 Cell Battery
2.0M Pixel Webcam
$1,300.00
Laptop #1 is a Macbook Pro, Laptop#2 is the Asus G74SX.
You get a faster HD, More than overkill memory, Lighyears ahead of the MAC replaceable Graphics card. Larger Screen size means better work space.
With the Asus you can use it for more than just music since the graphics card is a monster. Gaming system hell yeah, Music production Hell yeah tons of memory on it. Film editing hell yeah graphics card and memory can handle realtime video effects.
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