im an design tyro as well as need a desktop replacing laptop thats quick as well as means to hoop design oriented programs (autocad, form z, made of clay illustrator, inDesign, quark-xpress…)
i additionally have alot of mp3’s + movies, to store/play (need 2 usbs , 2.0). i would additionally similar to to revise movies,(need a firewire port). as well as fool around heavyer games (GTA..) i hatred pre-packaged multimedia programs which come with a mechanism since they customarily siphon as well as i never make use of them. i need a mechanism which can hoop all of this as well as it contingency contingency run fast. PRICE is not such a large understanding though id similar to to outlay underneath or a bit over $1500. whats a most appropriate laptop for me.
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i would say get a custom one.. one w/ good proccessing speed and a good video card (i assume u r going to be running powerfull drafting programs)… i dont really think sound cards are very important.
you can made your own computer through going to your favorit company (Toshiba,Dell,HP,,,,etc) and customize is by your self, you should get your self (Dedicated video card), not those built in ones, and you should get at least 1 GB or RAM.
cheers,
there are some good laptop’s form that kinda money you want to pay but DELL is off this list just look at the news
new note book best check the
Batteri coz .. Dell Recalls Four Million Batteries
keeping us abreast of the multiple exploding incidents involving Dell laptops. The Inquirer was the first to break the disturbing news with some startling photos of the sudden laptop explosion that occurred during a Japanese conference. According to one witness: “The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes.” Luckily, no one was hurt during that incident, or the one that soon followed.
Yes, a second Dell laptop caught on fire, and this time, Tom’s Hardware had some pictures taken by an engineer on the scene. Unfortunately, it looks like the pictures have already been removed. I have a Dell, and I’d lie if I didn’t admit that I fear an explosion every time I use it ever since I came across those photos.
According to CNet, Dell has confirmed that it will start a 4.1 million notebook battery recall starting on Tuesday. Owners of Dell Inspirion, Latitude, Precision Mobile Workstations and XPS units shipped between April 1, 2004 and July 18, 2006 will be among those affected. You can call 1-866-342-0011 or visit Dell’s website for more details regarding this recall.
If you happen to have one of the models listed above, you’re advised to eject the battery from the notebook after powering down, and run your PC on AC power until you get your replacement battery.
An analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates said, “This is the largest battery recall in the history of the electronics industry.”
So start checking those batteries, and if they say “Made in Japan” or “Made in China” chances are they need to be replaced.
http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/hughes/3895;_...
Another Dell Laptop Goes BOOM!
Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:27PM EDT
http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/1559;_yl...
Well this is starting to get ridiculous.
On the heels of last month’s Dell-laptop-turned-into-tower-… comes a new story, with a bunch of scary, scary pictures. Click through to the post on Tom’s Hardware for the full shebang: Yes, that’s a hole burned right through the base of the notebook.
Unfortunately there’s not much of a story to go along with the pictures. The laptop was sitting on a desk (closed), then it’s suddenly on fire. The resulting chaos required the fire department to be called and the building cleared.
The poster also relates a pretty awesome story about the aftermath (and I fixed the spelling): The engineer whose laptop it had been … heard there was a fire and that we all had to go outside. Being the noble engineer that he is, he quickly wanted to grab his laptop!
Whoops.
Still no response from Dell on these issues aside from a vague “we’re looking into it.”
http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/880;_ylt=AllHqxuex_9Pd22V1q0VNgYsLpA5
Wow. You hear stories like this all the time, but you never see photographic proof. The Inquirer has some amazing photos of a Dell laptop bursting into flames, shot by an attendee at a Japanese conference who was sitting just a few feet away.
Per the short story: “The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes.”
Click through for some jaw-dropping photos. Sadly, there’s no video of the thing burning through the table. But there it is, on fire.
(Please note: The picture to the right is not a photo of an exploding laptop, but rather a bomb test that I use whenever a piece of electronics explodes or catches fire. We don’t have publishing rights to the actual pictures… but click on over and you can see them in the flesh.)
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32550
you would have to get something at least a gig of ram maybe 60 or 80 gig hd also at least 1.5 gigaherts and a good video card. well alienware might be a bit over your price range but you can check some of those out. if your willing to sacrifice some of your gaming then you can take a look at dell laptops. specific models i dont know but your gonna need all those specs at least maybe more but if you up the specs it will raise the price lots. hope this helped
As an architecture student, I expect that you will need to run CAD programs at some point. You would be best off to focus on processor speed and RAM.
Lenovo has a very good line of Intel Duo Core notebooks at very reasonable prices that would be worth considering. Take a look at these examples:
http://www.buy.com/prod/Lenovo_3000_N100_Notebook_Intel_Core_Duo_T2300E_1_66GHz_15_4_WXGA/q/loc/101/202737989.html
http://www.buy.com/prod/Lenovo_3000_N100_Notebook_Core_Duo_T2300_1_66GHz_15_4_1680×1050_100_0G/q/loc/101/202466166.html
http://www.buy.com/prod/Lenovo_3000_N100_Notebook_Intel_Centrino_Duo_Core_Duo_T2400_1_83GHz_15/q/loc/101/202473232.html
So your criteria are:
- fast
- media friendly
- at least two usb 2.0 ports and a firewire
- price is not such a big deal
You sound like an ideal candidate for an Apple MacBook Pro. Its a little more expensive than you might have anticipated ($1800 w/ student discount) but it would be worth it:
- 2ghz Core Duo
- runs Windows for your gaming and special architecture needs and OSX for your media and movie editing needs
- its sexy as hell
The best way to find a computer like this is to define your specificaitons (like you pretty much have) and then shop around for machines that match those specs. Sounds like you need a gaming laptop. You can get specs for a gaming laptop at http://comprec.com