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I am going to university in September (gasp). Anyway, I need a laptop. I'll be doing aerospace engineering, so it has to run windows (to be able to run CAD programs).
However, I also need something with some photo manipulation skills. My plan is to get some sort of dual-drive external RAID system to have redundant photo storage. Something like a 500GB Lacie 2Big.
Here's the problem.
Everyone knows that OSX is better for photo manipulation. Don't deny it. It's true. So, the obvious choice would be a
MacBook
Right? Core2Duo, OS X, Can run Windows, Pretty good specs.
but no... It has no dedicated graphics, it doesn't have ESata or an expresscard to add it.
So, what do I do. I don't want a 15 inch laptop like the macbook pro, and the air is stupid. The answer, as far as I see it is to wait, and hope that the next iteration (rumoured to be coming slightly earlier than usual this year) will have what I want.
Or, I could do the clever thing and get a
Dell XPS M1330
So, it's not a looker, but it has an expresscard, it can have dedicated graphics, it has a slightly larger stock HD, it's slightly less... In fact, the only reason that I wouldn't completely disregard the macbook is
OS X
So tell me, Talk Photographians, is the wonders of Apples BSD-Based Unixy Cocoa plastered system of operating holiness worth the significant loss in specs? Is Vista *that* bad? What's the square root of -1?
Thanks in advance for your spouting wisdom!
Leo
I am going to university in September (gasp). Anyway, I need a laptop. I'll be doing aerospace engineering, so it has to run windows (to be able to run CAD programs).
However, I also need something with some photo manipulation skills. My plan is to get some sort of dual-drive external RAID system to have redundant photo storage. Something like a 500GB Lacie 2Big.
Here's the problem.
Everyone knows that OSX is better for photo manipulation. Don't deny it. It's true. So, the obvious choice would be a
MacBook
Right? Core2Duo, OS X, Can run Windows, Pretty good specs.
but no... It has no dedicated graphics, it doesn't have ESata or an expresscard to add it.
So, what do I do. I don't want a 15 inch laptop like the macbook pro, and the air is stupid. The answer, as far as I see it is to wait, and hope that the next iteration (rumoured to be coming slightly earlier than usual this year) will have what I want.
Or, I could do the clever thing and get a
Dell XPS M1330
So, it's not a looker, but it has an expresscard, it can have dedicated graphics, it has a slightly larger stock HD, it's slightly less... In fact, the only reason that I wouldn't completely disregard the macbook is
OS X
So tell me, Talk Photographians, is the wonders of Apples BSD-Based Unixy Cocoa plastered system of operating holiness worth the significant loss in specs? Is Vista *that* bad? What's the square root of -1?
Thanks in advance for your spouting wisdom!
Leo