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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: CrystalGemini on December 12, 2007, 06:10:37 AM

Title: Help me pick out a Laptop, Evilbore!
Post by: CrystalGemini on December 12, 2007, 06:10:37 AM

My mom's getting me a laptop for Christmas!  Didn't think I'd be getting one so soon so I'm somewhat lost as to what to get.   :-\

I need something that can run the following programs well:

AutoCAD 2006+
AccuRender 3.0+
Adobe Creative Suite (CS2+)
Adobe Acrobat

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.   :)

Title: Re: Help me pick out a Laptop, Evilbore!
Post by: Vizzys on December 12, 2007, 06:24:13 AM

hp pavilion dv6500 SP

http://www.reviewpub.net/2007/07/hp-dv6500t.html

pros: its white, geforce 8400gt is newish and powerful
cons: small resolution, so so battery life with included 6cell

Title: Re: Help me pick out a Laptop, Evilbore!
Post by: brawndolicious on December 13, 2007, 06:04:46 PM

I've heard good things about the Dell XPS.  It should be able to do moderate video editing level things.

Title: Re: Help me pick out a Laptop, Evilbore!
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 13, 2007, 09:24:30 PM

what viz said. that, or the dell xps 1330. those are the two best mid-range laptops on the market. make sure you get it with the geforce 8400M, though.

Title: Re: Help me pick out a Laptop, Evilbore!
Post by: Ecrofirt on December 13, 2007, 09:38:12 PM

Crystal:

Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 doesn't work with Vista, from what I understand. 2.3 does, though it's not officially supported or whatever.

Might be something to think about.