Andrew Barber wrote:
On the PC side I have had great experiences with
HP Dell Alienware. These are ones I have delt with first hand. Ohter
people like the voodoo PC laptops but I never used one or had any
experience with dealing with them.
I own a hp that I just got a couple of month ago and I am amazed with
how well it is built its battery life and the overall quality of the
machine.
If you are a person who trades up every couple of years buying an apple
right now is not a bad investment but if you are a person who will run a
laptop to death before buying a new one. then the apple will be way
obsolete before you kill it. ( which shows something for the quality of
apple powerbooks)
>Go ahead and get it. They will be releasing "fat"
>binaries that support both PPC and x86 for a while.
>Plus, it will last a while and perform great.
>
>I have a friend how replaced his Titanium Powerbook
>550MHz recently only because it started acting up. It
>lasted him 5 years and he never complained about
>performance, even when working with Lightwave and
>such.
>
>Andrew
>
>--- paddy <paddy@ij.net> wrote:
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>
>>I was going to purchase a MAC G4 Laptop until I
>>heard that Steve Jobs
>>had decided to go with Intel. I have now changed my
>>mind.
>>
>>Sufficient to say, I am not happy. I quit using
>>Intel products after
>>the serial number on the CPU scam Intel pulled years
>>ago. So far, I've
>>been all AMD.
>>
>>I'm stuck needing a laptop upon which to run
>>Photoshop. I know this
>>requires Windblows and I could use the Gimp BUT I
>>don't want to have to
>>learn yet how another set of developers think. I am
>>getting to the
>>point in life where I just want a program that
>>works, no configuration,
>>no compiling, no loading drivers or worse, hacking
>>to get the bloody
>>thing working.
>>
>>What experience has the group had with various AMD
>>CPU laptops and which
>>brands would you individually or collectively
>>recommend?
>>
>>Any help is appreciated.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>Paddy
>>
>>
>>
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