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  • Laptop suggestions

    Posted by Ben Hawkins on November 12, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    My worked has asked me to find a laptop that I can use for video editing, capturing, and exporting. I will also be using it for motion graphics (After Effects and 3D max.) So I was just looking for any suggestions.

    Thanks!!

    Nicholas Toth replied 18 years, 6 months ago 6 Members · 17 Replies
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  • Steve Roberts

    November 12, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    What’s your budget?

  • Ben Hawkins

    November 12, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    AH YES.
    I was told I have a budget of $3500.00

    I got the hottest beats and the softest fur.

  • Steve Roberts

    November 12, 2007 at 10:18 pm

    Just get the hottest machine you can, with lots of RAM and Firewire.

    Get XP pro, not Vista.

    If you go to Dell, buy through their business channel. Their business support is much better than their personal support.

    Anybody else?

  • Aaron Zander

    November 12, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    macbook pro?

    15 inch or 17″ and get a copy of windows, and dual boot via boot camp

    macbook has repeatedly been rated the best pc laptop available. thats my opinion

  • Steve Roberts

    November 12, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    3D MAX was in the mix. 🙁

  • Aaron Zander

    November 12, 2007 at 11:44 pm

    dual boot, i know people who don’t run osx at all excpet for internet browsing and chatting on their macbook pro’s. I have a friend running bootcamped into a octo mac running 3ds max right now, he only booted into osx to set up bootcamp…thats it

  • Steve Roberts

    November 12, 2007 at 11:48 pm

    Dual boot? Excellent suggestion!

    (I feel so old …newfangled computers these days…)

  • Aaron Zander

    November 13, 2007 at 5:02 am

    oh man, u see this new thing apple put out, called a mouse, lets u navigate a pointer around your screen and select things. And using tools in different, hmm what do they call them, OH YEA applications u can do different things

  • Aaron Zander

    November 13, 2007 at 5:02 am

    oh man, u see this new thing apple put out, called a mouse, lets u navigate a pointer around your screen and select things. And using tools in different, hmm what do they call them, OH YEA applications u can do different things

  • Steve Roberts

    November 13, 2007 at 5:23 am

    Umm … I was being complimentary and self-deprecating …? I hope that came across.

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