[bmqib]

(Original post by Qxz)
oh dear oh dear

why? i'm going to get a similiarly priced macbook, what's wrong with it??

[motobrock]

(Original post by bmqib)
why? i'm going to get a similiarly priced macbook, what's wrong with it??

personaly if u get on with mac and u dont intend to use it for gaming, i dont think its a bad choice.

[bmqib]

(Original post by motobrock)
personaly if u get on with mac and u dont intend to use it for gaming, i dont think its a bad choice.

i was hoping to install windows and use it for gaming too...

[Qxz]

(Original post by bmqib)
why? i'm going to get a similiarly priced macbook, what's wrong with it??

£1400 for a glorified word processor and facebook browser...

[bmqib]

(Original post by Qxz)
£1400 for a glorified word processor and facebook browser...

i'll use mine a lot, i'll be doing a computer science degree

[motobrock]

(Original post by Qxz)
£1400 for a glorified word processor and facebook browser...

i think spec wise they are over priced.. if u think that in say 3 years the spec will be rather out dated then the fact it lives 5 might be irrelevant. if u needed that relitive spec now in 3 years u might need it again to keep up with the newer programming been more resource hungry. just a thought

a friend of mine had a mac and he does alot of multimedia and grafix design stuff and for apps and such and he realy like macs ...

only thing s apple have a habit of putting fashion and flashyness ahead of practicality. they like to do things like make batterys inaccessible or glue the **** out of everything so u cant upgrade anything like ram. i remember the first macbook air battery would only take around 300 charges before it needed replaceing.

also when they do the whole glue stuff in thing, it means it cant be recycled. the eco-warriors will not be pleased

[SunderX]

(Original post by Inverse)
Alienware is an enormous rip-off, anyone who buys from them is technologically inept.

Not when you get it 40% off from the outlet store, with the most powerful graphics card you can get in a 14" laptop. Don't think I didn't research all the alternatives.

[Inverse]

(Original post by SunderX)
Not when you get it 40% off from the outlet store, with the most powerful graphics card you can get in a 14" laptop. Don't think I didn't research all the alternatives.

Where did you get a discount like that?

Meh. I don't see how people prefer laptops to a proper gaming tower with a larger display.

[SunderX]

(Original post by Inverse)
Where did you get a discount like that?

Meh. I don't see how people prefer laptops to a proper gaming tower with a larger display.

http://www.dell.co.uk/outlet.

Refurbished as-new laptops, most of them perfect but returned for some reason or the other and sold at a much lower price. You don't get to pick the specs and the stock disappears very quickly, but you can get good bargains there.

In my case, I move around too much to justify a desktop. I can't carry a tower on a plane back home with me.

[motobrock]

(Original post by SunderX)
http://www.dell.co.uk/outlet.

Refurbished as-new laptops, most of them perfect but returned for some reason or the other and sold at a much lower price. You don't get to pick the specs and the stock disappears very quickly, but you can get good bargains there.

In my case, I move around too much to justify a desktop. I can't carry a tower on a plane back home with me.

just had a look prices seem more reasonable, ill keep an eye on there see if anything good comes up

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by motobrock)
dont have many blue rays no blue ray drive not realy and issue. the msata is small but boot up was one of the main things i wanted to speed up, it on 40gb but a little bigger was alot more. so i also went for the 6gbs 7200rpm hard disk to make everthing run faster and was way cheaper the and kinda ssd as main drive.

[edit]also can u explain your thoughts on the processor?

If it's for boot up than a ssd is fine.................issue with ssd is storage, very expensive for space.

i7's generally like yours has quad core and 8 threads, which is the number of processes and has this thing called hyperthreading, which can cause issues with gaming and make it worse than an i5. The i7 is to be fair kind of pointless unless your going to use the power.

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by bmqib)
i'll use mine a lot, i'll be doing a computer science degree

(Original post by bmqib)
i was hoping to install windows and use it for gaming too...

Not happening, the dedicated graphics is kind of poor on them compared to other similar priced laptops.

[bmqib]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Not happening, the dedicated graphics is kind of poor on them compared to other similar priced laptops.

what do you recommend then with a similiar budget? the macbook pro i'm going to order costs 1300 with student discount

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by bmqib)
what do you recommend then with a similiar budget? the macbook pro i'm going to order costs 1300 with student discount

Just look around to be honest, whats your needs?

[bmqib]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Just look around to be honest, whats your needs?

i just want a flashy laptop that can play gta 5 very well and the other top games for the next three years on a decent setting, and that will be able to run the top end programming softwares

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by bmqib)
i just want a flashy laptop that can play gta 5 very well and the other top games for the next three years on a decent setting, and that will be able to run the top end programming softwares

Whats the graphics card on that pro?

[motobrock]

What would u recommend in terms of hard drive. 240ssd or a big 500/750gb hdd with msata also what r your thoughts on msata size etc

[bmqib]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Whats the graphics card on that pro?

Product Description - Apple MacBook Pro 15.4" - Core i7 - MacOS X 10.7 Lion - 8 GB RAM - 750 GB HDD
Manufacturer Warranty - 1 year warranty
Dimensions (WxDxH) - 36.4 cm x 24.9 cm x 2.41 cm
Weight - 2.56 kg
Processor - Intel Core i7 2.6 GHz ( 3.6 GHz ) / 6 MB Cache
Networking - 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0 , Gigabit Ethernet
Localisation - English / United Kingdom
Display - 15.4" LED backlight 1440 x 900 / WXGA+
Battery - Up to 7 hours
Operating System - MacOS X 10.7 Lion
Memory - 8 GB DDR3
System Type - Notebook
Optical Drive - DVD-Writer DL
Environmental Standards - ENERGY STAR Qualified
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M / Intel HD Graphics 4000 - 1 GB GDDR5
Storage - 750 GB HDD / 5400 rpm

[motobrock]

(Original post by Iqbal007)
Whats the graphics card on that pro?

My question above..

[bmqib]

actually it's 1500 with vat