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As the title says, what is the best laptop available at the moment.
I don't want to open the typical Mac vs. PC debate, but on the list for consideration to replace my aged MacBook Pro are:
1) MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz i7 Quad Core, AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB, 8Gb RAM
2) Dell Alienware M14x 2.4GHz i7 Quad Core, NVidia GForce 3Gb, 8Gb RAM
Both are coming in at similar prices so not a lot of difference there (about £1800-£2000)
I'm normally a Mac man but I want to keep options open as Mac stuff seems to be slipping in absolute quality of late.
THE MAC
Good: Dependable, easy to integrate in a largely apple network at home, looks as expensive as it's price tag, better screens, 7+hrs battery life
Issues: It's end of line, hoping new variant launches in April as this mating can only take max 8Gb RAM so at nearly £2k it's not very expandable or future proofed, supposedly new model due in April. Low dedicated graphics ram.
ALIENWARE
Good: Can take unto 24Gb of RAM!! Has bucket loads of dedicated graphics ram on the board. Unique, don't see them about much.
Issues: It's big, I don't like the design, it's been due a refresh for some time, battery life is 1/2 that of mac. Is it really Alienware or just a badged Dell?
The big question: Is there anything else I should be considering at this price point that can match these two machines which will be used in the main for photo editing large uncompressed D-SLR photos in Photoshop and downloading/editing 1080P video from a DSLR. I'm NOT a prolific gamer, so mental frame rates not required.
Over to you (thanks in advance)....
I don't want to open the typical Mac vs. PC debate, but on the list for consideration to replace my aged MacBook Pro are:
1) MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz i7 Quad Core, AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB, 8Gb RAM
2) Dell Alienware M14x 2.4GHz i7 Quad Core, NVidia GForce 3Gb, 8Gb RAM
Both are coming in at similar prices so not a lot of difference there (about £1800-£2000)
I'm normally a Mac man but I want to keep options open as Mac stuff seems to be slipping in absolute quality of late.
THE MAC
Good: Dependable, easy to integrate in a largely apple network at home, looks as expensive as it's price tag, better screens, 7+hrs battery life
Issues: It's end of line, hoping new variant launches in April as this mating can only take max 8Gb RAM so at nearly £2k it's not very expandable or future proofed, supposedly new model due in April. Low dedicated graphics ram.
ALIENWARE
Good: Can take unto 24Gb of RAM!! Has bucket loads of dedicated graphics ram on the board. Unique, don't see them about much.
Issues: It's big, I don't like the design, it's been due a refresh for some time, battery life is 1/2 that of mac. Is it really Alienware or just a badged Dell?
The big question: Is there anything else I should be considering at this price point that can match these two machines which will be used in the main for photo editing large uncompressed D-SLR photos in Photoshop and downloading/editing 1080P video from a DSLR. I'm NOT a prolific gamer, so mental frame rates not required.
Over to you (thanks in advance)....