MacBooh or Vaio?

[Chucaro]

Well, after evaluate performance my familiarity with software and also software on hand I bought a Sony Vaio SVE14A16FGH (http://www.sony.com.au/product/sve14a16fg) with 8mb of ram (1600 MT/s), Intel® Core™ i7-3612QM Processor 2.10 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.10 GHz, HDD: 750 GB (Serial ATA, 5400 rpm), AMD Radeon™ HD 7670M / Intel® HD Graphics 4000,Dedicated Video Memory 1 GB DDR among other specs.
The machine have impressive graphics and using my external monitor will be much better than my old desktop PC.
At the beginning I was going to get the 15" but the 14"have better graphics and longer battery life.
Now @ the Sony Centre it is available with some extras that come handy like the keyboard membrane to keep the coffee out of the keys :)

The quality of the machine is impressive and the specs IMO are better that the Apple for the same money.

Cheers

[Tombie]

And the price was?????

[djam1]

8mb or RAM it will run like a dog


Well, after evaluate performance my familiarity with software and also software on hand I bought a Sony Vaio SVE14A16FGH (http://www.sony.com.au/product/sve14a16fg) with 8mb of ram (1600 MT/s), Intel® Core™ i7-3612QM Processor 2.10 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.10 GHz, HDD: 750 GB (Serial ATA, 5400 rpm), AMD Radeon™ HD 7670M / Intel® HD Graphics 4000,Dedicated Video Memory 1 GB DDR among other specs.
The machine have impressive graphics and using my external monitor will be much better than my old desktop PC.
At the beginning I was going to get the 15" but the 14"have better graphics and longer battery life.
Now @ the Sony Centre it is available with some extras that come handy like the keyboard membrane to keep the coffee out of the keys :)

The quality of the machine is impressive and the specs IMO are better that the Apple for the same money.

Cheers

[Chucaro]

And the price was?????

$ 1299.00

[Chucaro]

8mb or RAM it will run like a dog

Why? it will be better than my PC with 4 mb and running XP.
It is only for Photoshop and NX2.

[djam1]

I presume you mean 8GB of RAM I was joking

[Chucaro]

I presume you mean 8GB or RAM I was joking

:D yes she will be slower than a Microbee Z80

[Tombie]

Good deal...

But yes, needs 8Gb ram to run nice on Win7..

I'm drooling after this (hopefully next week):

Apple (http://www.apple.com/au/macbook-pro/specs/)

15" Mac Book Pro with Retina Display
- Retina display: 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 resolution at 220 pixels per inch
- 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz).
- 768GB flash storage
- Dimensions: 35x1.8x24.7mm
- Weight: 2.02kg

It isnt coming cheap though... $4600.00

But it looks oh, so pretty :angel:

[Chucaro]

I was considering the new Mac Pro but the price is far to high and on the top of that I will need to get all new software for it.
My next tool will be a good monitor and calibration hardware for PP my images so they will be ready for the lab :)
At the present time I am using a Samsung NB9 19" super cheap but excellent regarding colors and contrast.
The lab with an over $2000 monitor do not need to do much adjustments on my tif files :)

[dmdigital]

Good deal...

But yes, needs 8Gb ram to run nice on Win7..

I'm drooling after this (hopefully next week):

Apple (http://www.apple.com/au/macbook-pro/specs/)

15" Mac Book Pro with Retina Display
- Retina display: 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 resolution at 220 pixels per inch
- 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz).
- 768GB flash storage
- Dimensions: 35x1.8x24.7mm
- Weight: 2.02kg

It isnt coming cheap though... $4600.00

But it looks oh, so pretty :angel:
Stop drooling... I just ordered one today (and a thunderbolt display):) Will let you know what it's like when it arrives.

Chucaro - I have had a Sony Valo for several years. It came with Vista and that made me buy my first iMac. That said, the Valo has proven a pretty solid machine. The battery has now died and won't hold a charge, but overall I think you will be very happy with your purchase.