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I don't like laptops.
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I love my desktop .. Dual xeon's 2.8 ghz nvidia 7200 GPU and 4gb RAM but see the problem is its not a Mac... I have never used a Mac desktop but my 17'' MBP screams... I have yet to benchmark the 2 against one another in XP but it would also be unfair because the MBP is a fresh install of XP. That desktop can do anything it is an amazing computer. However the wires... The weight and the REALLY loud fans that I had to install with copper heat sinks are annoying as hell. I love my lightscribe DVD but I am glad to give that all up and would for my MBP, its that simple... Even with OS X on the xeon it is fun but just not the same.... O yea the X bench for my xeon's was 110.. If anyone was wondering so... Don't think that machine doesnt kick ass its just not my notebook that I love.
dr_lha said:
no, that still wont cut it.
Where are the full length PCI cards?
Where is the 4GB+ of RAM?
Where is the RAID setup?
among other things.
Sdashiki said:
Yeah because all those times that you run into the need for 4+gb of RAM i highly doubt that anyone here does that searious video editing to need that kind of performance otherwise they would go buy a G5... People use notebooks so that they can do work whenever they want to the last time I took my g5 on the train they thought it was a bomb. After a few hours of explanaing they said ok, then when I tried to plug in it wasnt drwaing enough current, so I said o well Ill just have to settle for my 2gb of ram that actually work!
Dood, the point was that LAPTOPS vs DESKTOPS is a stupid arguement.
No one is saying you CANT do DV on a laptop, shame on you for thinking so.
But in reality, DV requires a desktop under certain circumstances, maybe not YOUR DV, but someones does.
No one is saying you CANT do DV on a laptop, shame on you for thinking so.
But in reality, DV requires a desktop under certain circumstances, maybe not YOUR DV, but someones does.
OK OK i agree most people here me included dont need that power just if someone at say Pixar has to go on a business trip ill bet they will be taking a laptop and do minor editing the laptop is like the fix problems that you can until you get to your desktop solution. I agree this whole discussion is just a pointless matter of prefrence but, I know for me there is nothing like carrying around the MBP and making people's head's turn.Sdashiki said:
jive said:
I only use laptops these days. Our college have macs but they're not very fast, my PowerBook being about the same speed but with the added bonus of my personal and coursework files on hand anywhere I go. Frankly I don't see the point in desktops, except for the insanely powered PowerMac.
The battery thing is good too. During power cuts I can still work away, albeit without dual monitors. though that's pointless now since we installed a mini generator for such events.
And just being able to carry them around is great. even just for round the house. last summer I spent a lot of time sat on the trampoline outside, just getting the last drop of WiFi internet from the router.
