#9159611 - 10/16/17 07:18 AM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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Pretty happy with my Dell latitude E series for work.
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#9159658 - 10/16/17 08:27 AM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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LNXGUY
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Dell XPS
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#9159704 - 10/16/17 09:18 AM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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If you are ok with 16:9, then windows computers will be great. I really appreciated the 16:10 ratio of macs...but since you have an external monitor, perhaps that is a non issue.
workflow wise, a pc is going to be very different - so it's not as simple as "this or that". I'd say if you've had a mac since 2011, you likely are tied to a number of purchased software...and you are accustomed to working in that machine and have gotten very efficient with it. I'd stay the course and stay with mac. But if you are open to PC, then you have a lot of options out there. I will say that MS is releasing another iteration of windows...so there's that. I will say I've played this game...and i've gone from a number of high end windows ultrabooks to a mac, and the mac has been the most stable platform for work. i always ran into a driver issue or this or that with pc - with new out of box computers. I actually had like 6 computers over the course of 3 months. Tried a ton of them and returned/exchanged until i settled on an mbp.
FWIW i have tried the surface pro 4, xps13, an i7 yoga, x1 carbon, mb and mbp.
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#9160100 - 10/16/17 12:56 PM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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4age
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Yes and u can verify warranty online too. So if it checks out you're good
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#9160168 - 10/16/17 01:31 PM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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porschetr
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Thanks for all the feedback/suggestions everyone. I have been looking at the Dell xps15 as the specs have my attention. Good call on the software 4age but most of the programs I have are "free" on my Mac and is easily transferable Would you buy a Mac from eBay? Saw this one and it's a bit cheaper than retail and located in Vaughan. They're offering similar warranty as Apple too. https://m.ebay.ca/itm/Apple-MacBook-Pro-...e235714cbc3183e
Just 8 mths warranty... how much cheaper do you save getting from them?
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#9160706 - 10/16/17 08:14 PM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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civic13
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Thanks for all the feedback/suggestions everyone. I have been looking at the Dell xps15 as the specs have my attention. Good call on the software 4age but most of the programs I have are "free" on my Mac and is easily transferable Would you buy a Mac from eBay? Saw this one and it's a bit cheaper than retail and located in Vaughan. They're offering similar warranty as Apple too. https://m.ebay.ca/itm/Apple-MacBook-Pro-...e235714cbc3183e Just 8 mths warranty... how much cheaper do you save getting from them? Ah, didn't notice the bold...lol yah that sux.
I thought it was cheaper but I must've been looking at a different spec'd machine.
Re: pc laptops, do newer ones slow down as it "ages"? That has been my experience in the past before I jumped to a Mac where the longer you use it in terms of months/years it tends to get sluggish and slow down. Even if I defrag the HD or clean the system.
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#9161048 - 10/17/17 08:18 AM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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furball
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I picked up a refurb'd a Lenovo IdeaPad few years ago from Canada Computers... The price was right, and had some options I wanted: touch-screen, backlit kb. The HD is terribly slow (it's a 'hybrid HD/4GB SSD) ... Upgraded the memory to 8GB (max'd out) ... Other than the fan making some noise, it's still running like a charm, though a bit heavy...
Currently running a Lenovo ThinkPad T460s, and other than no touch-screen, it's fucking awesome. Lightning speed, good size, crazy power, 13" LCD.
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#9162059 - 10/17/17 09:09 PM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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OracerO
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Have had the Surface pro 3 for the past 2.5 years. Trouble free.
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#9162711 - 10/18/17 01:46 PM
Re: Laptop suggestions
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Lafora
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using a toughbook cf-53. super happy with it.
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