Laptop Recomendation

[djspinnet]

get a mac.

if you're doing audio/graphics, you're bound to run into some macs sooner or later, whether in school or at work.

[Mc A]

okie.
but do you think this laptop will work for me ?

http://www.sony.com.my/sonystyle/pro...categoryid=174

it's the Sony VIAO which i've been eyeing so far...
if this work's I think I'll get this...

Thanks.

Happy New Year.

[fyire]

Originally Posted by Mc A

okie.
but do you think this laptop will work for me ?

http://www.sony.com.my/sonystyle/pro...categoryid=174

it's the Sony VIAO which i've been eyeing so far...
if this work's I think I'll get this...

Thanks.

Happy New Year.

Not too bad, but one problem is that its got shared video ram. Might be some penalties for some heavy 3D stuff.

Since your budget's along the lines of the SONY type range, check this out instead:

http://www.macasia.com.my/hardware/p...macbookpro.htm

The MA609ZP/A model goes for RM7799 which is about roughly RM800 more, but u get the following:
- faster CPU (2.16ghz Core 2 Duo)
- Dedicated graphics with dedicated video ram (ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128mb GDDR3 SDRAM)
- Bigger Disk (120gb)
- Bigger screen (15" widescreen @ 1440 x 900)

The weight is about 500g more, but well, if you're working with graphics and audio, the bigger disk, dedicated video ram and the bigger screen will be a rather big welcome indeed. (not to mention higher expandability too, as this machine supports up to a max of 3GB ram, should you require that much later)

And djspinnet's right when it comes to Macs and Audio/Video. Take for example, even Astro who's corporate policy calls for only Windows notebooks and workstations also maintains about 100 odd Powermacs and Mac Pros for audio/video stuff.

[zy]

SZ's 7400 has 128MB dedicated & 128MB shared if i'm not mistaken to make it 256MB Turbocache

[Chai]

Yup, TurboCache is not really completely shared. It will only use the additional system RAM when it takes out more than the dedicated memory.

Can it be disabled?

[ZuePhok]

Originally Posted by djspinnet

get a mac.

if you're doing audio/graphics, you're bound to run into some macs sooner or later, whether in school or at work.

well if he uses CS2, mac is probably the worst choice.
running ontop of rosetta, it's slower than "streamyx" totally rubbish and our company has regretted in purchasing these machines.

[djspinnet]

Originally Posted by ZuePhok

well if he uses CS2, mac is probably the worst choice.
running ontop of rosetta, it's slower than "streamyx" totally rubbish and our company has regretted in purchasing these machines.

You can't blame Photoshop. 1 year is way too fast for them to modify CS2 and CS2 contains many PowerPC-related optimizations and hence, hard for them to come up with a Universal Binary of CS2 in time.

CS3's a few months away, and from personal experiences of people I know who've tried it, it's faster than any CS2 on Windows and faster than any CS2 on any PowerPC macs too.

Remember that he's not just using CS2. Now imagine if he has to use Logic Pro or Shake. Tsk tsk. How's he even gonna run it on Windows?

And especially that the Mac can run both Mac OS X and Windows, you solve two problems with one machine. That way you don't have to worry if your work/school requires Windows or Mac.

[zy]

Originally Posted by Chai

Yup, TurboCache is not really completely shared. It will only use the additional system RAM when it takes out more than the dedicated memory.

Can it be disabled?

disabled ?

as far as I'm concerned, on my M1210 (using Geforce 7400 w/ 64MB dedicated) i haven't found any settings to disable it

[Chai]

Originally Posted by djspinnet

You can't blame Photoshop. 1 year is way too fast for them to modify CS2 and CS2 contains many PowerPC-related optimizations and hence, hard for them to come up with a Universal Binary of CS2 in time.

CS3's a few months away, and from personal experiences of people I know who've tried it, it's faster than any CS2 on Windows and faster than any CS2 on any PowerPC macs too.

Remember that he's not just using CS2. Now imagine if he has to use Logic Pro or Shake. Tsk tsk. How's he even gonna run it on Windows?

And especially that the Mac can run both Mac OS X and Windows, you solve two problems with one machine. That way you don't have to worry if your work/school requires Windows or Mac.

True, but the model listed by fyire is quite a lot more than the Sony Vaio.

[djspinnet]

Originally Posted by Chai

True, but the model listed by fyire is quite a lot more than the Sony Vaio.

He did point out that some of the specs of the MBP is higher than the Vaio which justifies the price difference.

Besides, I wasn't defending fyire's recommendation of the MBP, I was just clarifying CS2 on the Intel Macs and why I personally feel a mac would be better.

That being said, most similarly or lesser spec-ed Sony Vaios are costlier than their nearest Mac counterpart. For the most part, Vaios are overpriced, I'd rather go for something else for that price.