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| Dell M1330 13.3" @ ~$3000 on Vista |
   
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14 | 48.28% |
| Apple Macbook 13.3" @ ~$2400 on Mac |
  
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13 | 44.83% |
| Acer Travelmate 6292 12.1" @ $2350 on XP Pro |
  
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2 | 6.90% |
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2nd November 2007, 9:56 PM
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Dell M1300, Acer 6292 or Macbook??
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I need a new laptop for school and am flipping up between a dell m1330 (~$3000), Acer Travelmate 6292 (school is selling and recommending, ~$2350) or an Apple Macbook (~$2400). I have to pay anything over the $2350. I'm going to get at least 3 year's warranty with them all. The Macbook i would run mac instead of windows. is this a good idea? Will it work with my home network where all pc's are windows and i have a NAS device, will i b able to access this with mac? Please let me know on your suggestings. Thanks, sherman |
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2nd November 2007, 10:07 PM
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The 6292 doesn't look to be a bad little kit, Acer have lifted their game with this offering. The last 12" TravelMate they offered had an external DVD drive, which was a royal pain. But to finally incorporate it, it looks quite good. Has a 1280x800 resolution LCD too, which I was surprised to see on a screen that size. I'm actually using a 6492 at the moment, which is the 14" 'bigger brother'.
I can't really offer my opinion on either of the other two sorry. Check out the warranty service offered on all three, not just the length. Things like where you have to take it to get it serviced, what SLA brackets the companies have in place to ensure a reasonable turn around time...
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2nd November 2007, 10:09 PM
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what sort or prices are these? with the macbook you can get the basic model for $1449 with a educational discount.
personally I wouldn't get a acer so then if you wanted dedicated graphics I would go dell or integrated go for a macbook
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2nd November 2007, 10:16 PM
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These prices are for either a 2.0 or 2.2ghz core 2 duo with at least 2gb ram and at least 160gb hdd. I don't really care about graphics as i don't play games all that much and if i do it'll be on my desktop.
Can anyone tell me if the new leopard os for mac is any good? Is mac compatible with windows based networks? finally, would you get a mac OS or windows OS? thanks |
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3rd November 2007, 12:17 AM
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Macbook + VMWare Fusion + Windows XP Pro =
 Apple can charge quite a bit for extra ram, just buy the most minimal configuration you can and add additional Kingston memory.
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3rd November 2007, 7:08 AM
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3rd November 2007, 9:59 AM
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To be perfectly honest I haven't used Parralels myself, only Fusion... and I love it. All the feedback from people I know (a lot who have been using Parralels up until recently) and reviews online mostly lean towards Fusion as being the better product. You can download a full trial version and use it for30 days when the time comes
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3rd November 2007, 8:45 PM
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i have a 6292, cannot fault it!. apart from the dodgy acer fingerprint software but meh! you can pick them up 1295 on eBay sometimes. Mine is extremely powerful :>
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4th November 2007, 1:14 PM
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Yeah you can. I use Fusion and can run Mac OSX and Windows XP Pro at the same time. I can dock my Windows apps to the Apple dock and open Windows apps from the app launcher without having to have the Windows session open in full screen. My Windows session is also authenticated to an Active Directory Domain, I can mount Windows network shares etc, connect to my Exchange mail server... I'm not missing out on any functionality at all. Plus with the Fusion session, I can back it up and load it onto ANY machine with Fusion installed and it'll boot, with all my files, settings and preferences.
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4th November 2007, 10:34 PM
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I was wondering has anyone heard of anything about new macbooks/macbook pros that are coming out early Jan next year. One of my friends is telling him that Apple will be released new Macbooks early Jan, can anyone back him up? As anyone else heard anything about this? thanks, Ash |
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4th November 2007, 10:56 PM
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I myself was deciding on the macbook or xps m1330... I decided the macbook and have already ordered one! can't wait
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4th November 2007, 11:35 PM
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- leopard, nice clean design, has everything I need and nothing I don't in terms of performance, the two machines are pretty much the same (expect if you're gaming), the macbook just adds the extra perks that the dell doesn't
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october 05 - G5 imac released. jan 06 - intel core duo imac announced. just goes to show apple's done it before, and they'll do it again. people on mactalk are saying a new macbook will be released around jan/feb. couldnt have picked a worse time to be buying a macbook really.
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