Thread: Looking for laptop

Edit: You know what, I'm just looking for something thats fast, plays DVDs, and good for picture/video editing with stuff like Photoshop.

I think that Macbook Pro is the gold standard, but I've heard good things about the regular Macbook and the IBM Thinkpads too. Just for gods sake don't get an Acer or Dell machine.

Dear lord, not a Dell...

Macbook was a good idea.
Samsung makes good laptops for relatively cheap prices...

If you're willing to pay, Alienware...

Your probably looking for a macbook, thats if price doesnt matter (cuz they never go on sale around here). I got an HP Pavilion Media laptop, its good, just sucks because of Vista, but overall very little problems.

Wait for iLife '09 to come out though, I just saw the keynote, that stuff looks so cool.

And I think all laptops play DVDs. That's pretty standard equipment now-a-days. I'm surprised computers haven't added blu-ray players yet.

Ehhhh....I was kind of trying to stay away from Mac related things...

I want to get a Windows thing as I would like to get Visual Novels. I could use my laptop for stuff like photoshop and watching DVDs and playing Visual Novels, while I use my desktop for gaming and such.

People are dissing Dell and SUGGESTING Mac? That's just wrong.

Not saying Dell are good, of course, but in comparison ... *ahem*

Okay, Slayer, walk me through EVERYTHING you'll want to do with this.

When you say video editing and photoshop, do you mean home video editing and playing around with images, or high level graphical design?

Will you ever play games?

How big do you want the screen to be (or at least what's the largest/smallest you'd go), does it need to work with blu-rays (if so, do you only want to play them, or write them)

What resolution would you want to work with? eg 16x9, True HD, or any specific sizes?

Is noise a concern, or is cooling more important? Do you want both?

Does it definitely HAVE to be a laptop? Normal desktop computers can be gotten for cheaper, and will generally run better, but obviously are not as portable.

Will you be running multiple applications at any time, or normally just one or two things at once?

How long do you normally use it on a day to day basis?

Tell me that, and any other points you think are important, and I'll try and get you a really good comp

I had a dell for a month. Crashed 5 times.
I've had my new mac for a month. Never crashed.
Really, I just like mac's interface and features better. Considering I have this, I shouldn't be needing a new computer for a while.
(that doesn't mean I'm not going to build a gaming rig and sell it for fun, though.)