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- Llyod
what is the best computer currently? the ultimate, it can be mac or pc but cannot be homemade. It must be good for gaming and graphic apps. cost is not an issue. alienware?
- MrOneHundred0
The 17" MacBook Pro is generally accepted, even in PC Mags, as the best all-round laptop.
- too bigLlyod
- +1funkage
- 15" I'd considerLlyod
- it is a personal computer (pc) after all.jaylarson
- I guess I'm still unsure how much I'll need my laptop for deisgn wiseLlyod
- I wish the mac air were more robustLlyod
- My better half has the 15". Def more portable. I can just plug into a monitor too.MrOneHundred
- thanks. I'll probably get one when time is rightLlyod
- ********0
I don't think i'm hijacking the thread but i was wondering about PCs for video and motion graphics stuff. i've heard alienware is awsome no matter what but is it really a legit option for a video work station or should i just put together a custom one somewhere?any others?
Something like this...
http://www.alienware.com/product…
I'm really am not up to date on the technical side at the moment, just starting the research but i'll be buying in a few months.
- nah I'm pretty much strictly windows for AE, Max, and Pshop. It would take some learning to go macLlyod
- jaylarson0
falcon northwest has the 9775 config available. they have probably the highest performing windows machine. .
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Never will be a PC
- Peter0
Best computer...guess those supercomputers excluded:
the build it yourself ones, if you splurge on all the latest thingamahjings. It'll be faster than any machine from any out-of-the-box ones available.Best laptop/note: harder to build yourself. I assume you'll design on it. So, max out the spec of a macbook pro - might not be the fastest - but all the other designers will do it. And if you don't, they'll bitch about it on this site.
- jaylarson0
it looks like falcon northwest are able to keep up. i'd look into them if my next machine wasn't going to be a mac.
also, if boxx tech makes some serious rigs too.
http://www.boxxtech.com/
- akrokdesign0
keep dreaming.
- xhanubis0
I Just bought a dell xps 15 inch.
XPS M1530, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.5GHz/800MHzFSB, 6M L2 Cache)
4GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm, for XPS M1530
15.4 inch Full Hi Definition Wide Screen WUXGA TrueLife LCDwith Camera for XPS M1530 1920x1200
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
160G 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive Free Fall Sensor
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition,For less than $1500 the xps is very customisable and good bang for the buck.
- Mojo0
Well, put it this way, with PCs you have access to all the latest components that you can mix and match how you please, and with a mac you get what they decide you can have.
PCs will always be faster and more powerful, because users have the option of putting whatever the hell they like in the box.
Until Apple release a mac box, I firmly believe it will stay this way.
But, depends what you need - macs are plenty powerful, there are loads of video editors who use them etc, it just depends what you want.
I am biased towards PC, because apple basically says pcs are a load of shit, but under the skin, it IS a pc..
I think apple have the upper hand when it comes to more intuitive software though, or at least the community or 'scene' is there for it. I'd only go mac for the software.
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