Comments | cozyjo: new laptop computer specs-what do you think?

cozyjo

new laptop computer specs-what do you think?

Jun 17, 2012 19:19

My laptop is going on five years come August. It still works great (knock on wood)..only trouble is, it lacks the processing speed and power I need for things like video editing, video capture and anything "heavy duty". In fact, my video editor often "hiccups" when I'm creating vids. Time to look for a more powerful machine, but one that won't ( Read more... )

new laptop specs

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jwllover June 17 2012, 23:23:19 UTC

sounds good, Jo.

I compared it to my mac laptop, and it's the same, except yours has a bigger screen!

My 13" mac costs about $1100, I think. (In Cdn)

cozyjo June 17 2012, 23:29:02 UTC

Really? Good power then, hon'?

Aw, baby..them Macs. :/ I considered on and off getting one. They're supposed to be great for multimedia applications. I have Sony Acid Pro I've yet to hook up so I can play around with my midi keyboard and create some music..and I know Macs are great for that sort of stuff. My nephew (the aspiring filmmaker) uses nothing else to do his movie editing..but the cost is a killer. Well-built and worth it, I hear..and I'm not surprised..but not everyone can afford it. If I could I'd definitely get one.

Thanks for your input, hon'. x

jwllover June 17 2012, 23:31:52 UTC

A mac may be well worth it in the long run though. They are virtually bug-free, you don't need antivirus programs, and the updates are like 30 bucks and also bug-free.

I find that I spent tons more money on pc's over time.

cozyjo June 17 2012, 23:42:26 UTC

I find that I spent tons more money on pc's over time.

I wouldn't be surprised..and yet..to be brutally honest, I've been very lucky with my pcs. I still have my dinosaur Gateway from '99 and it still runs (boxed away, but it runs). I've been very fortunate..and even with this laptop. I've had my close calls and "scares", but she's come through for me. I've managed to weather any kind of storm..virus and whatnot *knocks wood some more* My biggest issue lately is really hard drive memory. I'm dwindling down..and that usually means I have to scope through everything and delete stuff (oh, the fun)..and it's usually due to bigger files and programs that accumulate..and it's a drag to have to go through everything.

followthesun78 June 17 2012, 23:48:52 UTC

It's a good one! That's the same as my laptop! :)

I mostly use my iMac though, I have windows on it as well But I do use the laptop for writing and such. :)

cozyjo June 17 2012, 23:51:01 UTC

Thanks, hon'! Makes me feel more confident about the possible purchase when I get positive feedback. :)

followthesun78 June 18 2012, 00:00:19 UTC

you are welcome! It's even travelled with me a few times, and has been just fine.

I am still going to get a macbook at some point, especially now that you can put Windows on them. But that won't be for quite a while.

cozyjo June 18 2012, 00:07:00 UTC

..don't you already have a Mac, hon'? Oh..wait..mabye an iMac?..which is smaller than a Macbook?

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jjskywriter June 18 2012, 20:58:28 UTC

Being a Mac whore myself I say go Mac, the freedom of knowing no virus, cheap upgrades, the fact that it can ALSO run Windows (my iMac does) and art specialisation out rules everything to me. However I also understand the need of the budget.
I bought my iMac at full price at the store and love it to pieces however I could not justify spending the same amount for a MacBook with half the specs. Now Apple is releasing a new laptop this year and have already announced everything last week which was why the MacBooks weren't as upgraded as their desktop cousins. I still needed a laptop though and so went on eBay and purchased a used MacBook on there for 500.00. It's a 2008 black model and I love it. Original owner, updated to latest OS and has just as much firepower as most PC models. She also had it checked out at a store before shipping it to me which I would have done when it came in had she not.
As for your specs they sound fine. If you decide to go this route and not a Mac one stay with them or look at Vaios or Toshibas. Gateways and ( ... )

cozyjo June 18 2012, 23:10:37 UTC

..Wow. Wealth of knowledge there, hon'. Thank you ( ... )

jjskywriter June 19 2012, 10:55:21 UTC

Here's the rundown it's a hell of a lot easier to upgrade memory as opposed to changing a processor. Unless you want to take the laptop apart, pull the heatsink, change the chip, reapply compound for heatsink and put the computer back together again (and hope to God you don't fry the system with too much power or worse electric static charge) than I say do the memory yourself ( ... )

cozyjo June 20 2012, 10:53:41 UTC

Thanks for all that, hon'. I actually did some research before I heard back from you and they said processing speed is more important than RAM as it's the engine that runs things...so I decided to go with the Core i7 and keep the RAM and HD specs to the ( ... )

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