Hi All,
I mentioned this website at the orientation week introduction:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html
It compares one of the most important parts of your laptop .. the graphics card.
The goal would be to get a graphics card as high up this list as possible. By studying the list you'll see that Nvidia GTX cards are faster than their GT cards; good to know when you are trying to compare laptops from different suppliers.
The Mac vs PC argument has lost a lot of energy in recent years; this is because they both now use the same hardware under the skin. So now it's only the operating system that is different. But because they use the same hardware it means you can now run Windows on your Mac ... which will allow you to run the software we use at the faculty (some critical pieces only run on Windows). Keep in mind you should run it through the Mac's "Bootcamp" facility and will need to buy a copy of Windows to run. Some students have used software like "Parallels" to run Windows ... but that is like going swimming with one arm; possible, but very slow. Finally, The vast majority of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry also use Windows (which is why we use it).
While I have an iPad, iPod and iPhone at home I use a PC for work. So that's what I would recommend.
Regards
What are your thoughts on boutique vendors such as Origin and Alienware
ReplyDeleteHi James, I'm using an Alienware m18x at the moment and I'm very happy with it. It replaced an Alienware m17x which gave me a lot of grief ... and when I went to upgrade I looked everywhere so I didn't have to get another Alienware, but I couldnt find a machine that I could spec up as high as i wanted (two graphics cards and 32gb of ram for example) so i took a risk and went back to Alienware again. Lucky for me they fixed all of the bad things about the m17x when they made the m18x. As Alienware is owned by Dell (has been for a few years now) it probably couldn't be considered a boutique vendor. I haven't tried an Origin machine ... but I have a MSi with a 15" screen that seems really good and is way lighter to carry than the m18x. Cheers
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