Hardware Geek-out Warning

[gager]

So I'm buying a new work laptop for myself and I'm a bit torn between these three models.

New MacBook Pro
New HP Envy 14
Vostro 3300

Weight
4.1 lbs
5.15 lbs
4.6 lbs

Height
1.08"
1.11"
1.12"

Display
13.3" 1280x800 LED
14.5" 1600x900 LED
13.3" 1920x1080 LED

Graphics Card
NVIDIA Geforce 320M 512MB
ATI Mobility Radeon 5650 1024 MB
NVIDIA

Comments

[joedragons]

Battery life matters more if you know you'll be away from a socket.
To me, the difference between 6 and 9 hours is trivial because I don't use my wireless hardware in such long chunks away from power for any normal time for it to matter.

Trackpads matter less if you have, are willing to and are capable of using an external device.

The weight difference does not seem that big of a deal to me, but I won't be carrying it for ya;)

My gut was the Envy but I'm a gamer and I think I automatically look for stuff as far as that goes.
And there's little I do on the laptop that I can't do on the desktop, so I'm probably a terrible person to be giving advice.

Yeah, it'll depending on what you're using it for=)
There's 2 cents tho,
-Joe

[lo5an]

I'm increasingly reluctant to give Apple money, but I think I've ranted about that to you in person fairly recently. Also, I think those are the specs/price for a MacBook (not a MacBook Pro).

How often are you working without an external mouse available these days?

Increasingly, I prefer working at a desktop with a couple of monitors. For many tasks, I feel frustrated by the small screen size of my laptop.

[doteatop]

The trackpad thing basically doesn't matter to me at all because I try to never use it / the buttons. Everything keystrokes. Mac OS is pretty good in this regard (nothing like a real window manager but way better than windows)