Laptop Recomendation

[fyire]

All in all, before making the decision on which to get, what you can do now is probly to find out more, to help you decide which one is better.

You can probly make a visit (physical) to Macasia (www.macasia.com.my), tell them that you're interested in a notebook for graphics + video and audio, and they'll give u a demo.

Then do the same for one of the Sony retail outlets.

Only then you will be able to determine which one suits your need more, and will also help you address the question on what is fact and myth.

[Falcone]

Originally Posted by djspinnet

I have.

My very good friend is running both Maya, 3DS Max and another 3D rendering program for some game, forgot what's it called, on her MacBook Pro. On Mac and on Windows on the MBP.

And yes I've also ran Maya on my old pc notebook once, too. Which is worse than every worse notebook you guys ever have. So why not?

I'm sure it's possible, I'm just stating that it's resource hungry and all the people I knew in the advertising industry runs it on a workstation (on both Macs and PCs and some on a dual processor).

Originally Posted by fyire

All in all, before making the decision on which to get, what you can do now is probly to find out more, to help you decide which one is better.

You can probly make a visit (physical) to Macasia (www.macasia.com.my), tell them that you're interested in a notebook for graphics + video and audio, and they'll give u a demo.

Then do the same for one of the Sony retail outlets.

Only then you will be able to determine which one suits your need more, and will also help you address the question on what is fact and myth.

Yup I agree, go see it for yourself, check the specs. Then decide dun rush.

[djspinnet]

Originally Posted by Falcone

I'm sure it's possible, I'm just stating that it's resource hungry and all the people I knew in the advertising industry runs it on a workstation (on both Macs and PCs and some on a dual processor).

Well if you want to be mobile you can't exactly cart around a desktop can you? Well unless it's an iMac. And especially students who may have to move around doing groupwork, shuttling from home to college while wanting to do some work on the run.

[Falcone]

Originally Posted by djspinnet

Well if you want to be mobile you can't exactly cart around a desktop can you? Well unless it's an iMac. And especially students who may have to move around doing groupwork, shuttling from home to college while wanting to do some work on the run.

Like I said I'm just stating that's resource hungry, and keep that in mind when purchasing a notebook Mac or no Mac. That's all. Remember it doesn't need to be cheap, but bang for bug, value for money, that's my motto when purchasing something. Just like to share.

[djspinnet]

Also, when you visit the stores for a test drive, do not just check out the specs. Test out the machine itself.

Also, if you want to, MacAsia allows you to try the machine, create a video, create some audio and all, even lets you plug in your own equipment to test compatiblity etc. Not sure if the Sony store would allow you to do this though.

If you just go there to check out specs, and not have a demo, you're basically wasting your time, because you can always check out specs online. And when testing out the machine, test it in the manner of "how this can help me with my studies" and not "nice specs.."

[Falcone]

Originally Posted by djspinnet

Also, when you visit the stores for a test drive, do not just check out the specs. Test out the machine itself.

Also, if you want to, MacAsia allows you to try the machine, create a video, create some audio and all, even lets you plug in your own equipment to test compatiblity etc. Not sure if the Sony store would allow you to do this though.

If you just go there to check out specs, and not have a demo, you're basically wasting your time, because you can always check out specs online. And when testing out the machine, test it in the manner of "how this can help me with my studies" and not "nice specs.."

Agree

Actually you can also ask your friends and classmate with notebooks, ask them to tag along too.

[djspinnet]

Originally Posted by Falcone

Like I said I'm just stating that's resource hungry, and keep that in mind when purchasing a notebook Mac or no Mac. That's all. Remember it doesn't need to be cheap, but bang for bug, value for money, that's my motto when purchasing something. Just like to share.

I think you completely missed my point. If you want a notebook, you should already be aware that you need to make some compromises somewhere, Mac or not Mac. I made the iMac statement because it's an all-in-one desktop and easy to carry around. So if you want mobility + processing power enough to do stuff, carry around a desktop then.

Hardcore work should never be done on a machine that's incapable of doing it on the long term.

By the way, bang for bug? Thought it was supposed to be bang for buck? Bug's an insect/flaw. Buck is money.

[Falcone]

Originally Posted by djspinnet

I think you completely missed my point. If you want a notebook, you should already be aware that you need to make some compromises somewhere, Mac or not Mac. I made the iMac statement because it's an all-in-one desktop and easy to carry around. So if you want mobility + processing power enough to do stuff, carry around a desktop then.

Hardcore work should never be done on a machine that's incapable of doing it on the long term.

By the way, bang for bug? Thought it was supposed to be bang for buck? Bug's an insect/flaw. Buck is money.

Like I said It's resource hungry, take note when purchasing notebook Macs or no Macs make sure you have plenty of resources, heck we are not even sure with he/she is running 3D max ir Maya. Opps my mistake for Bug (I like shorthand got used to it), but you get the picture.

[Mc A]

I will be travelling wit my laptop to coll by bus n KTM.
So it's kinda heavy if I take "big" laptops. Thats y im looking for a smaller type of laptop.

Is it ok if I go according to RAM,Processor and HDD ?
I found it slightly the same in the processor...
And yeah, I will try out the laptop again.
Thanks for telling to test it. The 1st time I didnt really test it.
I just click here n there..

[ZuePhok]

haha im not blaming adobe, and honestly i dun care whats the reason. the fact remains that CS2 is SLOW on mac. so slow that none of our designers wanted to touch these C2D mac machines. most would just copy the files over to their old imac..