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nabs 04-11-2010 12:27 PM
yes.

keitaro 04-11-2010 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6900656)
If you truly want a Mac, I'd wait a bit, as the new lineup is rumoured to be announced in a few days. For what you want to do, I'd actually go for the 15" Mac, as it has (apparently) a higher gamut screen which will help you with your photo editing, but the current model's glossy screen while beautiful are too shiny for photo editing. The new models might have an option for a matte screen. I myself bought a 17" Macbook Pro with a matte screen because it was the only laptop that fit my needs of a big screen, high colour gamut, high resolution (1920x1200), power & portability. It's a dream to use for photo & video editing, and the thin & light form factor was what sealed the deal for me - no other 17" laptop came close to the 1" thickness & 6.6 lbs weight. I do not miss Windows at all. It's not perfect by any means, but it's an impressive machine. Also, poke around in the refurbished section of the Apple Canada store. There are good deals to be had there.

Cnet has a very favourable review on the Asus U30Jc-A1 here: http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus...?tag=mncol;lst They did complain about the weight of the Asus, which I thought was excessively heavy.

In my opinion, a 13" screen is too small for photo & HD video editing though.
Senna, what is the processor speed on your 17" mbp?

DuhDang 04-11-2010 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronin (Post 6901987)
I had a Z650 and although the extremely thin screen was very cool, it felt very flimsy. Plus there's all sorts of garbage regarding the wireless utilities on Sony laptops. You can get a completely clean install going but you never get everything working like it should.

MacBooks are incredibly well built, especially the current unibody models. If you've ever held one, you can attest to the build quality.

The first thing you do when you get a windows laptop regardless brand is put in a blank disc and hit the backup button......
Those drivers n shit get saved on the disc...so ur shit works like everything should work...

DuhDang 04-11-2010 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6901974)
The new unibody Macbook Pro's are pretty tough. They can withstand a drop off a table no problem. I know of at least 2 clients that did it, and they were fine. Apple also takes good care of you as long as you're within the warranty period.

Having said that, I have an old 10 year old VAIO that is still going strong after numerous bumps and abuse, so it seems the Sony's are built well too. My 4 year old 17" HP laptop while still working is suffering from a dimming screen and does not seem as well built as my other laptops.
I dropped my vaio down a flight of stairs at SFU.
Nothing broke, the only thing that happend was the SD card fell out.

Senna4ever 04-11-2010 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by keitaro (Post 6902398)
Senna, what is the processor speed on your 17" mbp?
3.06 Ghz.

keitaro 04-11-2010 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6902863)
3.06 Ghz.
it does your 5d2 files just fine?

Manic! 04-11-2010 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by DuhDang (Post 6902766)
The first thing you do when you get a windows laptop regardless brand is put in a blank disc and hit the backup button......
Those drivers n shit get saved on the disc...so ur shit works like everything should work...
Were's the backup button???

Why not just got to the manufactures web page and download the latest ones?

Hehe 04-11-2010 11:15 PM
^ usually F2 should lead you to a backup/restore option.

Sometimes F11 for some 15"+ models.

Check your manual.

Senna4ever 04-12-2010 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by keitaro (Post 6902877)
it does your 5d2 files just fine?
Can you be more specific? What do you mean by "it does your 5d2 files just fine?" Do you mean rendering the RAW files in Lightroom or similar? It works just fine even with 65MP Phase One files.

keitaro 04-12-2010 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever (Post 6903157)
Can you be more specific? What do you mean by "it does your 5d2 files just fine?" Do you mean rendering the RAW files in Lightroom or similar? It works just fine even with 65MP Phase One files.
haha yea.

ra1nn 04-12-2010 03:23 PM
apple's customer service is pretty good, i must say. After 3 repairs, they will trade your computer for a new one, even have a possibility for upgrades with no cost. But theres a lot of rumors about a new macbook pro coming out.. more "lighter" like the macbook air but im not quite sure haha but i love my macbook air/imac, so i reccommend it imo.

Levitron 04-13-2010 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ra1nn (Post 6903685)
apple's customer service is pretty good, i must say. After 3 repairs, they will trade your computer for a new one, even have a possibility for upgrades with no cost. But theres a lot of rumors about a new macbook pro coming out.. more "lighter" like the macbook air but im not quite sure haha but i love my macbook air/imac, so i reccommend it imo.
New MBP's came out today.

Basically just a spec bump.

TOS'd 04-13-2010 07:37 AM
Mmmmm 15-inch: 2.66GHz

but its $2,249.00 =[

Tim Budong 04-13-2010 10:56 AM
I think the pricing is fair compared to the C2D line.
the top end c2d 15in was $2700

im ordering mine soon...the i7 15
unless something for 13 comes out, then no

2250 for i7 with the 330GT nvidia 512mb isnt bad...i guess..in mac standards
but if your like me, who wants teh best, gotta add $160 for hi res screen with antiglare

TOS'd 04-13-2010 12:39 PM
yea $2250 is a reasonable price. but its just a bit too much for me to spend at the moment. if i had the money id get exactly what you said.
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ddr 04-13-2010 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by darthchilli (Post 6904724)
I think the pricing is fair compared to the C2D line.
the top end c2d 15in was $2700

im ordering mine soon...the i7 15
unless something for 13 comes out, then no

2250 for i7 with the 330GT nvidia 512mb isnt bad...i guess..in mac standards
but if your like me, who wants teh best, gotta add $160 for hi res screen with antiglare
must... get... that screen

Ronin 04-13-2010 01:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by darthchilli (Post 6904724)
I think the pricing is fair compared to the C2D line.
the top end c2d 15in was $2700

im ordering mine soon...the i7 15
unless something for 13 comes out, then no

2250 for i7 with the 330GT nvidia 512mb isnt bad...i guess..in mac standards
but if your like me, who wants teh best, gotta add $160 for hi res screen with antiglare
Yep, it's going to be $2399 for a new one for me. With an education discount, it's $2191 so it's just under $2500 after taxes.

skyxx 04-13-2010 02:17 PM
The new 17 inch model is tempting. Should be awesome with FCP. :)

I think I should stick with the 15 inch. More portable for me to bring around and do some Post work.

TOS'd 04-13-2010 02:34 PM
^ 17in is i5, highest end 15in is i7.

i wonder how much the mcd employee discount is compared to an education discount.

Tim Budong 04-13-2010 03:35 PM
nope the 17in is build to order on site, can be had with i7

skyxx 04-13-2010 03:37 PM
I believe Education discount is by far the "best" discount you can get on a mac. It's even cheaper than what employees get at FS/BBY. ;)

TOS'd 04-13-2010 04:19 PM
How do you get/show proof for the education discount?

Kim Jong Un 04-13-2010 04:21 PM
is there a such thing as a mini dvi to hdmi adapter? i might hook it up to my HDTV

skyxx 04-13-2010 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TOS'd (Post 6905059)
How do you get/show proof for the education discount?
Well, are you a student? If you are then just head on to the apple site and click on the education link at the bottom of the site. Interestingly, they don't make you enter your Id # anymore. I assume they do a double check to make sure your name and address registered is the same one that you've set up with the online store. (That's what I assume)

Here's the link:
http://canadaedu.apple.com/routing/index.php?lang=eng

TOS'd 04-13-2010 04:31 PM
Do you guys buy applecare? or is the normal warranty with the product enough.


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