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"900p" or 1080p monitor?
1212magicman:
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--- Quote from: 1212magicman on June 21, 2012, 06:59:43 AM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 21, 2012, 06:53:51 AM ---^ using a laptop with those stuffs will frustrate you to no hell. a desktop could save you 400$ (600$ for a rig) with a quad ivy, heck you can get a hexa for around 900$.
simply put a laptop will never be as fast as a desktop on the same price range.
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You guys complain about "lugging" around a 17.3" laptop. Can you imagine me carrying around a desktop all around campus? Besides I already have a desktop, and guess what, I don't use it for gaming >______>
Look I seriously won't need that much GPU (at least HD 4000) or CPU power (At least 2.7ghz dual core). I just need something that's portable and has a nice screen to watch anime on. Lets start all over, do you guys have any suggestions?
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Asus eee pc.
Now then, if you seriously don't mind carrying a 17 inch laptop, get that thing. It will be more than functional for all your needs. It's not ideal, but it doesn't have to be. I also went to that website, chuck in and extra 20$, you'll get hybrid 750gig drive. That's the only upgrade you're going to feel except for getting the FHD screen for another 175$
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Check this out
Alright so what about this. Its a 3rd generation i5. With 900P and a hybrid hard drive with SSD.
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz)
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 630M Graphics with 1GB of dedicated video memory (I save 50$ if I go with HD 3000)
FREE UPGRADE to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
FREE Upgrade to 750GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
32GB mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache (This cost 50$)
30% off 9 cell Lithium Ion Battery (good charge)
17.3-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1600 x 900)
HP TrueVision HD Webcam
Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
Backlit Keyboard
964$ and without SSD, 914$
Saras:
You don't need the GPU, if you go for the "750GB 7200 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection", that's 20$ more than the 1tb 5400rpm drive, you won't need mSSD either.
I'd get the i7, but if you don't feel like you need one, don't. And you won't go with the HD3000, IVB integrated is the HD4000, you aren't buying a SB cpu here.
kitamesume:
ok a few questions before you guys further discuss this.
1) will you be keeping the laptop for a few years?
2) how often will you be carrying it without docking?
3) how serious are you about your work?
now, if you're keeping the laptop for years then going all in would save you frustrations, like pushing the processor you can buy to the furthest, including a GPU or not, including an SSD(its a must in CAD imho), and so on.
if you won't be keeping it for more than lets say two years then go get something "just right" and just purchase a better one later on.
example: (span of 4years)
just right laptop 800$ - 2years = 800$x2 @ 4years.
maxed laptop 1400$ - 4years = 1400$ @ 4years.
note: you save 200$ in the long run.
if you'll be carrying it plenty and on long durations without docking then a quad would drain your battery too fast, you may be able to use CAD for two to three hours before your laptop hybernates.
if you're really serious about your work then building a workstation with a tesla will save you more worth than going with a power laptop, you could pilot your workstation with a good enough laptop remotely and make the workstation render the works for you.
if you aren't that serious then... pft i've seen people use their atom notebooks for CADs in collage, tho its slow but its usable.
1212magicman:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on June 21, 2012, 07:23:01 AM ---ok a few questions before you guys further discuss this.
1) will you be keeping the laptop for a few years?
2) how often will you be carrying it without docking?
3) how serious are you about your work?
now, if you're keeping the laptop for years then going all in would save you frustrations, like pushing the processor you can buy to the furthest, including a GPU or not, including an SSD(its a must in CAD imho), and so on.
if you won't be keeping it for more than lets say two years then go get something "just right" and just purchase a better one later on.
example: (span of 4years)
just right laptop 800$ - 2years = 800$x2 @ 4years.
maxed laptop 1400$ - 4years = 1400$ @ 4years.
note: you save 200$ in the long run.
if you'll be carrying it plenty and on long durations without docking then a quad would drain your battery too fast, you may be able to use CAD for two to three hours before your laptop hybernates.
if you're really serious about your work then building a workstation with a tesla will save you more worth than going with a power laptop, you could pilot your workstation with a good enough laptop remotely and make the workstation render the works for you.
if you aren't that serious then... pft i've seen people use their atom notebooks for CADs in collage, tho its slow but its usable.
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I'll be keeping this laptop for at least 5 years. I will be carrying it around everywhere I go for about 6 hours a day.
However I will charge it here and there.
I'm serious about my work, but my laptop is not totally necessary. It will be used mainly to take notes, make graphs, and do some CAD on it. On the side I would like to do some After Effects on it, but it's not like I'm a Hollywood producer or anything, but just a note, I do have the skill to be one, on par with the special effects artist of transformers, but no where near his patience. I usually rush everything :P, well I mean I'm not getting paid.
And I most definitely will not need a remote work station, ever. Also one thing I forgot to point out. Notice most laptops I choose are over 900$. Well HP lets you go without payments or interest for 12 months. So that means I have a whole year to pay it off, and I do not get charged interest. If it were any lower, I would only get 6 months to pay it off.
kitamesume:
5years is plenty but the specs of a "just right" unit wouldn't hold out, what that means is that in a few years the unit you've purchased wouldn't hold a candle to the low end units of 4-5years from now. just like how the core2duos can't hold a candle with the i3s.
then shelling out a few more money would justify the bits of performance you can get, so that your unit won't be left behind.
PS: refresh the one you just quoted, i added explanations as to why.
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