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Old 11-06-08, 04:01 PM Thread Starter   #1
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Question Need advice on buying a laptop.


I need to buy a laptop but im not sure which laptop to get.

Its needs to be bought off of NEWEGG.

The laptop is going to be used for Photo Editing and computer graphics because im majoring in Graphic Design. Also I want to be able to play games on it nothing big or anything just like World of Warcraft. My price range is under $2,000. I was looking at Apple's Macbook pro (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834100036)
and then making into an XP / Mac OS type laptop.

Is there anyother suggestions or recommandtions on other laptops on Newegg or is the Macbook pro a good one to get. It is a bit expensive but just trying to get the best bang for my buck.

Thanks a lot for your time and any information.
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Old 11-07-08, 02:28 PM   #2
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I almost bought into the Macbook Pro hype, but I realized that the benefits of using OSX aren't worth the price premium. There's plenty of design software that works on Windows Vista/XP and for the money you get much better performance.

What screen size do you want?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220395
$1199 - 9650M GT (Blows the 8600GT on the MBP out of the water) dedicated 1gb memory, Core 2 Duo at 2.4ghz, 4gb ram, 320gb hard drive, fingerprint reader, 15.4"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220403
$1349 - 9800GS (Even more amazing than the 9650 GT), 2.4ghz core 2 duo, 4gb memory, 320gb hard drive, 15.4"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834147785
$1599 - 9600GT (Still blows the 8600GT out of the water), Core 2 duo, 4gb, 320gb, 15.4", HP, has a bluray combo drive.

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