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| Thread ID: 85056 | 2007-11-28 04:18:00 | Buying a new laptop | music_man (5482) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 615780 | 2007-11-28 04:18:00 | Hi, I need a new computer and I'd like a laptop. The problem is, I really want a Mac and I'm loathe to spend heaps of money on a mac and then buy windows. So, I'm thinking of just getting a basic dual-core at least 2Gb RAM PC. I've been warned off Dell (and have had a bad experience with them in the past). So, Toshiba? Lenovo? I need it to run Visual Studio.Net and that's about it. |
music_man (5482) | ||
| 615781 | 2007-11-28 04:28:00 | HP or Asus. :thumbs: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 615782 | 2007-11-28 05:06:00 | What's your budget? | plod (107) | ||
| 615783 | 2007-11-28 05:11:00 | Hi, I need a new computer and I'd like a laptop. The problem is, I really want a Mac and I'm loathe to spend heaps of money on a mac and then buy windows. So, I'm thinking of just getting a basic dual-core at least 2Gb RAM PC. I've been warned off Dell (and have had a bad experience with them in the past). So, Toshiba? Lenovo? I need it to run Visual Studio.Net and that's about it. What's your ball park budget figure? |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 615784 | 2007-11-28 05:27:00 | Well if you want a Mac save up until you can buy one. I would really like a Ferrari but I found that a can of paint works better. Just had to put red stripes there. Makes my Toyota looks like it goes faster. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 615785 | 2007-11-28 05:40:00 | I'm guessing the poster will go for a PC since they are looking at Visual Studio.Net If it was for a multi platform testing environment then the Mac would make good financial sense because you would be able to test your software on 2 different systems on one piece of hardware. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 615786 | 2007-11-28 20:02:00 | I've not liked Toshiba since I had one and went onto their web site for some help to be hit with a notice informing me that they will not accept any queries etc concerning Laptops. I was dumb struck. But it was years ago so most likely things have changed enormously. A grandchild has a Toshiba and loves it! I also bought a NEC from Noel Leeming. They actually rang me up to state that they were so concerned about its poor performance they wanted to give me my money back or credit against a new Laptop. Yes it was Noel Leeming! This was all back in 2003 and NEC are still on the market and look even better. Perhaps the snags have gone but two family members who against my advice bought NEC have had problems. I bought HP and now on my second. Great reliable computers. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 615787 | 2007-11-29 04:08:00 | I'm thinking of getting a MacBook for $1848 and getting xp installed on it. Do you think it would run Visual Studio.NET ok? My gf has a NEC laptop with a fan that sounds like a lawnmower but the NEC support is so crap. |
music_man (5482) | ||
| 615788 | 2007-11-29 04:44:00 | I'm running a 3-year old Toshiba M33 (1GB RAM) with Visual Studio and SQL Server 2005 - no problems, other than having the standard Hitachi 60GB HDD suck the big one (no real surprise there!) about 6 months ago. Replaced it with a Seagate 120GB - everything sweet now! If (when) I buy again, it will more than likely be another Tosh (HP install heaps of cr*p HP software) or I'd maybe consider an ASUS. |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 615789 | 2007-11-29 05:01:00 | I'm thinking of getting a MacBook for $1848 and getting xp installed on it. Do you think it would run Visual Studio.NET ok? My gf has a NEC laptop with a fan that sounds like a lawnmower but the NEC support is so crap. It will with Windows in Bootcamp which comes as part of Leopard. www.apple.com Some FAQs for you ptech.allthingsd.com |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
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