Help me buy a new laptop!

[BennyJ]

For the price of an entry lever MBP u can get a high end pc thats faster and has more features then the MBP. They are very nice comps tho. I will get one just dont need one now

[Coldfuzion]

Alien-ware(i still love the specs on there systems even though they are aimed at gamers, Digital DJs should consider alien-ware as there systems are built with heavy power use in mind)

Yeah, I looked that up, along with Cyber Power PCs, and Sager for Laptops for him as well, and they are not in the price range, especially since they all have high end video cards in them. If I were buying another PC i'd definitely go the gaming route (As in look for laptops meant for gaming) since they are built to endure usage under long amounts of time while being pushed to their limits.

[Djtom420]

Yeah, I looked that up, along with Cyber Power PCs, and Sager for Laptops for him as well, and they are not in the price range, especially since they all have high end video cards in them. If I were buying another PC i'd definitely go the gaming route (As in look for laptops meant for gaming) since they are built to endure usage under long amounts of time while being pushed to their limits.

i speced an alienware 11.6 inch screen at like 759. only problem was its a core 2 duo. and i wanted the i5 or i7. I know acres got same system i listed the 1803t with an i7 chip starting at 799. But thats right at ur limit of 800.

U right though gaming machines is really where its at on the pc side. For the most part they are built the same of better then any MBP u could get. the middle to high end alienware machine's are supper sick.

[zimfella]

I would recomend having a look at Packard bell's. They have brought out some decent laptops with good specs and great prices.

[Coldfuzion]

i speced an alienware 11.6 inch screen at like 759. only problem was its a core 2 duo. and i wanted the i5 or i7. I know acres got same system i listed the 1803t with an i7 chip starting at 799. But thats right at ur limit of 800.

U right though gaming machines is really where its at on the pc side. For the most part they are built the same of better then any MBP u could get. the middle to high end alienware machine's are supper sick.

Hahahaha yeah, dude my uncle bought a i7, 13' Alienware with EVERYTHING upgraded. Basically paid about $3k and some odd dollars for it, and he let me use it for a few months. Thing was fucking amazing. I could play 3 different games at the same time with things going on on all screens simultaneously and I could switch between screens and what not without any computer lag at all.

Here's a picture of my desk :


Ohh and he let me use his iPad (64gb + 3G) too!

Kinda sucks that I have to give them all back on Saturday .

[michaeldunne109]

If i was going to fork out the cash for an alienware laptop id just go for a Mac mainly because with alienware you pay for the graphics card and as Djs their is no need for a high end video card. Id prefer to get a Mac book which have a proven better track record than a pc platform with audio.

Personally i believe a finally tuned pc is almost as good as a mac without the 'Mac Tax'

[astromech]

For the price of an entry lever MBP u can get a high end pc thats faster and has more features then the MBP. They are very nice comps tho. I will get one just dont need one now

You can't compare the specs like that. Since OS X is built from the ground up for those SKUs, they are much more optimised. You get way better experience than on Wintel. Take it from someone that was a militant PC fan. With this MBP, I get real world 8-10 hours on battery and the thing is fast and stable. For DJing and music production, the current baseline Macbook model is more than enough. Even the "low specs" of the new Air are getting rave reviews. You can even get Steam for Mac now! I understand that you can't afford one, but why not wait a few more months and get something that will last? PC laptops are not very durable and the screens are usually cheap crappy ones.

If not, why not get a laptop designed for music production? They usually test the hardware configs for DPC etc.

[Djtom420]

Hahahaha yeah, dude my uncle bought a i7, 13' Alienware with EVERYTHING upgraded. .

Thats right 13' inch my bad. Idk y i though 11.6 still they are sick systems.

[Djtom420]

If i was going to fork out the cash for an alienware laptop id just go for a Mac mainly because with alienware you pay for the graphics card and as Djs their is no need for a high end video card. Id prefer to get a Mac book which have a proven better track record than a pc platform with audio.

Personally i believe a finally tuned pc is almost as good as a mac without the 'Mac Tax'

Actually video cards are a very over looked thing. One of the main reasons people experience lag on there pc/laptop (aside from obvious malware) is because they are trying to run to many things at one time which does require good video lots of apps = need for not only ram but video memory. A video card with a nice chunck of dedicated memory will make ur laptop/desktop preform much much better then say an onboard video care which usually has no dedicated memory or even sucks memory from your RAM.

Also part of the mac tax is the video card, every Macbook or MBP come with a high end video card installed, U cant run OS x without high end video its just to graphic intensive.

But I have owened both and still love both. I love os x and I luv win 7 at this point there isnt much differnce really. Win 7 preforms far and above my expectations and actually seems to be built in a simliar way to os x.

[astromech]

Actually video cards are a very over looked thing. One of the main reasons people experience lag on there pc/laptop (aside from obvious malware) is because they are trying to run to many things at one time which does require good video lots of apps = need for not only ram but video memory. A video card with a nice chunck of dedicated memory will make ur laptop/desktop preform much much better then say an onboard video care which usually has no dedicated memory or even sucks memory from your RAM.

Also part of the mac tax is the video card, every Macbook or MBP come with a high end video card installed, U cant run OS x without high end video its just to graphic intensive.

But I have owened both and still love both. I love os x and I luv win 7 at this point there isnt much differnce really. Win 7 preforms far and above my expectations and actually seems to be built in a simliar way to os x.

Horsecrap. Desktop rendering requires very little power. Even integrated Intel chipsets can handle GL/DX rendering of "3D" desktops as found in OS X, Vista, Compiz, Windows 7, KDE Plasma. If you want to watch HD movies or play games then GPUs are useful, but again, even the cheapest chipsets have HD decoding built in. People even manage to run Hackingtosh netbooks, FFS.