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mac or pc laptop, and which one, for creative suite/production premium?
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I agree with you, it’s a tool first and foremost. But I’m already contemplating a painful separation from the heretofore beloved mac… does it have to be even harder by moving to a think pad, which looks the same as it did 20 years ago?!?! 😀
If it was light years ahead of the competition in terms of computing power, there’d be no argument. But it seems like things are more evenly matched, so looks can become a factor. Not worth an extra 15% or more, but maybe worth an extra something. After all, we try to make our work spaces look as nice as we can don’t we – just makes working more pleasurable. So why not extend that to something that you spend most of the day looking directly at.
I’ve always been in two minds about visual design for computers – you can argue that it’s just fluff to suck in the suckers, who cares about anything other than the components. Or you can argue that it shows attention to detail in every aspect of building something. And as the macs seem to have the “it just works” thing still going for them, maybe there’s something in that. I honestly don’t know.
My primary concern is still getting bang for the buck. I mention Origin not for the looks, but because I’d heard other editors mention them. They are highly customizable, and when compared to a similarly priced mac, seem to beat them on every measure. I really like the option with the Origin to have a 120 GB SSD for the system and a 750 GB HDD for media, when I have to edit on the move. Doesn’t seem like Lenovo has that option?
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[Tim Dowse] ” I really like the option with the Origin to have a 120 GB SSD for the system and a 750 GB HDD for media, when I have to edit on the move. Doesn’t seem like Lenovo has that option?
“Actually the W530 I specifically mentioned in my long post above had a 180 GB SSD and a 500GB 7200rpm HD…
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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That’s true, but you wrote that it’s $2500, and I’m still aiming for $2k if I can. I appreciate your input though. I don’t think I would have looked at the Lenovo’s before posting here.
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[Tim Dowse] “That’s true, but you wrote that it’s $2500”
True. The Lenovo has a Quadro card instead of a GeForce card, so that probably is a good portion of the swing right there.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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Tim –
At the risk of sounding sexist here, I’m going to quote a line from the Jimmy Soul song “If You Wanna Be Happy”:
I saw your wife the other day!
Yeah?
Yeah, an’ she’s ug-leeee!
Yeah, she’s ugly, but she sure can cook, baby!
Yeah, alright!My W510 is built more like a tank than a computer – everything inside is quickly and easily interchangeable (even the keyboard). The keyboard is spillproof and has a drain out the bottom. And it weighs a ton! It’s ugly, but it sure can cook…
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Tim –
You should be able to get a W510 or W530 (on *bay) for about half that price! I purchased my W510 barely used, and under warranty for a little under a thousand dollars, and it came with a wedge battery, dock, extra hard drive cage, and a bunch of other things I can’t remember.
It’s not the paint job – it’s what’s under the hood. I impress people with what it can do. Oh yeah…it has a fingerprint reader…
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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I do agree with you Joseph. But, to continue your outrageously sexist analogy (can you feel my moral outrage!?), if you’re faced with two equally good cooks, you might as well go for the nicer looking one.
I prefer to compare prices for new models as a comparison. Of course, I could also look for a second hand mac, or whatever (my last machine was second hand) and get a great deal. But price as new is the only fair way to compare specs. Then once I know what I want, I can go and find the best deal.
Anyway, this thread has certainly placed lenovo very squarely in the middle of my thoughts, and I wouldn’t have considered it before.
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Sorry to have offended your tender sensibilities, Tim :>)
What I really like the most about the Lenovo is its’ “Erector Set” design, which is so unlike any of the fruit-named laptops, which need an edict from the Pope to get access to anything. You can freely and easily get under the hood, and add or remove parts as needed. But as you say, if you can get the looks and the cooking, you may want to go for it…Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Yes, one of the key things leaning me towards PC at the moment is the notion of being able to tune up my computer by upgrading ram, HDD, whatever without having to just shell out for a new computer, or pay some expensive reseller to do it for me. “Erector Set” is a big big plus.
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I hate to throw stones at Apple, but anytime I see the old “no user serviceable parts inside” ploy, I know for sure that there’s a ripoff going on. It’s just planned obsolescence in the guise of sleek industrial design…
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com
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