Gator Face
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- Apr 30, 2009
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I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find a recent thread. I'm looking for the best current Windows-based laptop with battery life, portability, and build quality similar to a macbook pro. I don't want to start any arguments about the quality of macbooks, but in my limited experience with them they have great displays, run pretty cool, and are more portable than most high-end Windows laptops.
I'd love to find something Sandy Bridge i7-based with 3-5 hours battery life, 6gb+ ram, and decent graphics. I work in 3D modeling/rendering and so it's pretty easy to max out processing and ram, so the more the merrier.
The Sony Vaio Z series seems pretty nice on paper, not quite to the above specs but probably would work great anyway, but the user reviews I've seen are conflicted on build quality and nobody seems to like Sony's support. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-VPC-Z133...2ST4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301448248&sr=8-1
Would a macbook pro be a decent option if I install win7 on it and never use OSX? Any hardware conflicts/problems with that?
A few of you helped when I was building my desktop, so thanks for that! I regularly look here for opinions, I wish I had more to contribute. So thanks for any advice!
I'd love to find something Sandy Bridge i7-based with 3-5 hours battery life, 6gb+ ram, and decent graphics. I work in 3D modeling/rendering and so it's pretty easy to max out processing and ram, so the more the merrier.
The Sony Vaio Z series seems pretty nice on paper, not quite to the above specs but probably would work great anyway, but the user reviews I've seen are conflicted on build quality and nobody seems to like Sony's support. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-VPC-Z133...2ST4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301448248&sr=8-1
Would a macbook pro be a decent option if I install win7 on it and never use OSX? Any hardware conflicts/problems with that?
A few of you helped when I was building my desktop, so thanks for that! I regularly look here for opinions, I wish I had more to contribute. So thanks for any advice!
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