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Subject:RE: Laptop for graphics, writing and fun From:"Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com> To:"Sean Brierley" <sbrierley -at- Accu-Time -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:44:19 -0600
Yes.
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Behalf Of Sean Brierley
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:14 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Laptop for graphics, writing and fun
Also, would you not want to look for a laptop with a graphics card and
onboard RAM, rather than integrated graphics that might share system
RAM?
Cheers,
Sean
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Sean Brierley
Technical Writer
www.accu-time.com
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sbrierley=accu-time -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Pinkham, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:00 AM
To: McLauchlan, Kevin; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Laptop for graphics, writing and fun
Buy as much RAM as you can afford. The high-end norm these days is 4 GB
in a notebook. Hard drives range up to about 320 GB on retail shelves.
Total cost and overall compatibility would tilt my choice toward
Windows, not Macs. You can get in the game with the aforementioned spex
at about $600 to $800, especially if you watch your sales. You can get
the equivalent of a portable home theater for about twice that. So that
gives you some idea of the range. Once you've got the most RAM you can
afford, then match it with the best processor you can afford. Storage is
less important because it's so easy to plug in USB externals, such as a
MyBook, that storage is relatively cheap. I'm not at all convinced the
best sales will be after Christmas -- plausible, but not a given. Buying
a PC these days is always drawing a line in the sand -- there will
assuredly be something better in three months or less. Once you see what
you're after at a price that's reasonable to you, go for it. Bear in
mind that most retail stores will price-protect you for 15 to 30 days,
sometimes more this time of year. If it's $50 less the next day
somewhere else, you should be able to get the difference back --
especially if the competitor is not a membership-based store and has the
product in inventory. On notebooks, the store's extended warranty may be
a good investment.
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