Need Honest Opinion on what to get

[Diseal3]

Come on you know you wanted the mac all along... for god sake this is a pretty bi est forum, MAC rumors =P. Well I hope your convinced to take the plunge. Good luck!

 

[lazydesi]

if you can wait for a month, wait

otherwise for Architecture program 17inch screen will be good

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

If mac wasnt a choice, I'd sue Microsoft for antitrust purposes. just kidding. i'd choose a dell xps or an hp. alienware is also a good choice. although alienware is designed for gaming... but CAD won't put much of a dent on the cpu usage. so in short, i'd go for alienware, if not an option, then hp, and then dell xps. if there wasnt a mac. macs my first option, since 4GB ram is plenty to run vmware fusion and the macbook pro has a great gpu and cpu. For those of you still saying nivida gpu = death, its not true. they said the older units have gpu failure, the gpus just fabricated are clean of defects.

 

[FilipMil]

i have a desktop i purchased last year and its a fine pc for rendering, nothing i might do except add another 2gb to make it 4gb, or maybe a better GPU.

But what do u guys think about tigerdirect.ca? i found a 1999$ pc which has the same specs of the high end macbook pro 17", and its has a quadro card. so i might just go for that if the macbook pro isnt fixed or good enough when its redesigned and out.

but again thanks for everything, last thing i could ask you, is if you have a direct link to a computer with a special deal or any website i should look at which could help me choose what specs i need for a professional CAD laptop.

 

[Baffles]

If mac wasnt a choice, I'd sue Microsoft for antitrust purposes. just kidding. i'd choose a dell xps or an hp. alienware is also a good choice. although alienware is designed for gaming... but CAD won't put much of a dent on the cpu usage. so in short, i'd go for alienware, if not an option, then hp, and then dell xps. if there wasnt a mac. macs my first option, since 4GB ram is plenty to run vmware fusion and the macbook pro has a great gpu and cpu. For those of you still saying nivida gpu = death, its not true. they said the older units have gpu failure, the gpus just fabricated are clean of defects.

The important thing to note is that the PC alternative he was talking about had a potentially affected GPU as well. So picking one over the other (between the MBP and the Alienware he posted) because of the fear of GPU failure would be pretty ignorant.

 

[bartzilla]

i have all the required software and all, i just need a computer
thats what this whole thing is about

ok forget alienware from this title thread, if mac was not a choice, what would i get?

Putting the Mac aside, you can get decent Windows based laptops from HP and Dell, just be sure to choose their business selections rather than their home ones. I also like Samsung laptops, we've issued these to Windows users at work in the past and they seem to be reasonably hard wearing and perform well enough. Also I haven't had a lot given back due to faults, so reliability seems to be decent enough.

 

[mmac778]

LandCAD

I'm a Landscape Design student, and a hardcore Apple fan. I was wondering if LandCAD would work using VMware's Fusion or some other such software, or if I would be better off buying a PC.

I could get a MacBook and a PC desktop or notebook for about the same price as a MacBook Pro, but everything would be separate. That has its own series of pros and cons...

This dillema is something that I've been pondering for months. I just don't know enough about LandCAD yet to make an informed decision, but reading this thread did help me weigh out my options a bit.

If anyone here has first hand experience using LandCAD on a Mac, please let me know what you think. I would really value any solid feedback.