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04-11-2010, 12:27 PM
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04-11-2010, 05:16 PM
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#52 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever  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?
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04-11-2010, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronin 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...
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04-11-2010, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever 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.
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04-11-2010, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by keitaro Senna, what is the processor speed on your 17" mbp? | 3.06 Ghz.
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04-11-2010, 10:19 PM
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#56 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever 3.06 Ghz. | it does your 5d2 files just fine?
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04-11-2010, 10:52 PM
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#57 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by DuhDang 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?
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04-11-2010, 11:15 PM
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#58 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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^ usually F2 should lead you to a backup/restore option.
Sometimes F11 for some 15"+ models.
Check your manual.
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04-12-2010, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by keitaro 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.
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04-12-2010, 10:07 AM
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#60 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by Senna4ever 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.
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04-12-2010, 03:23 PM
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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.
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04-13-2010, 07:07 AM
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#62 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by ra1nn 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.
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04-13-2010, 07:37 AM
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Mmmmm 15-inch: 2.66GHz
but its $2,249.00 =[
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04-13-2010, 10:56 AM
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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
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04-13-2010, 12:39 PM
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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. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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04-13-2010, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by darthchilli 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
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04-13-2010, 01:58 PM
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#67 | | ...in the world.
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Originally Posted by darthchilli 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.
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04-13-2010, 02:17 PM
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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.
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04-13-2010, 02:34 PM
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^ 17in is i5, highest end 15in is i7.
i wonder how much the mcd employee discount is compared to an education discount.
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04-13-2010, 03:35 PM
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nope the 17in is build to order on site, can be had with i7
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04-13-2010, 03:37 PM
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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.  | |
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04-13-2010, 04:19 PM
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How do you get/show proof for the education discount?
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04-13-2010, 04:21 PM
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#73 | | I'll be good I promise.
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is there a such thing as a mini dvi to hdmi adapter? i might hook it up to my HDTV
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04-13-2010, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TOS'd 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 | |
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04-13-2010, 04:31 PM
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Do you guys buy applecare? or is the normal warranty with the product enough.
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