Thread: laptop for camera

I had the same dilemma... I had the use of daughter's MBPro for some 6 months and everything worked flawlessly...backups /photography etc etc but I was continually frustrated at the lack of simple stuff which the MS OS does very well.

I looked around for a replacement when the MBP went home to Cape York with daughter.

I ended up buying an ASUS N53S with a true (1080p) screen, quadcore i7 CPU and 16GB RAM. Runs Win7 Home Premium 64bit and a full factory 3 yr warranty. Also has USB3 port, HDMI etc and got it for $1300, which is about $1000 cheaper than the equivalent MBP.

Why: while I found that while the Apple OS boots/shuts down very quickly it lacks several features which totally frustrated me... there's no "delete" key on the keyboard, I find Windows Explorer invaluable for keeping things in order, I could not run my Black Box Solutions OBDII diagnostics for the P38 nor sync outlook with my iPAQ PDA ...yeah I need a new phone..but the PDA also has an App for clearing faults and recalibrating the EAS on the P38 should the need arise... (once!).

I did put an upgraded HDD (500Gb) into the MBPro (7200 rpm SATA) (in place of the 160 GB,) and partitioned it with a 32Gb FAT partition to take the Windows OS...I used XP Pro Service Pack 3) Ultimately was a waste of time ...I developed a split personna Also I really didn't want to have to go and fork out $$$$$ for the Mac version of Office...

Came to the conclusion that the Apple stuff is quite good but there's a lot of hype and cult behaviour associated with the brand. The Win7 shuts down very fast and is only 10-15 seconds behind the Mac on boot time

Frankly if I want real fast action I go LINUX /Open Office in the partition I put on the new machine... runs like a cut snake!

EDIT:
Sequal to the story: I had the MBP in the first place because daughter's colleague mishandled it and cracked the display screen...by replacing it myself it saved her about $850. It had sat in her unit for several months and she finally had to buy another because she needed it for her work and the effective changeover price was going to be about $1000 based on the first quote to fix the broken one..
So I said if it was spare I'll replace the screen...

Well the second MBP suddenly refused to fire up... when she was visiting on leave I swapped the HDDs but still it refused to fire. Did a heap of other checks ...stuffed logic board. Can't get a new one but maybe a refurbed one for $800-1000!
So we upped the RAM in MBP#1, upgraded the OS to 10.6.whatever, and she was gone back to the Cape... all systems go.
Very disappointing for a 3yr old machine... Well at least if the screen goes on the original again I have a brick with spares!

I had the same dilemma... I had the use of daughter's MBPro for some 6 months and everything worked flawlessly...backups /photography etc etc but I was continually frustrated at the lack of simple stuff which the MS OS does very well.

I looked around for a replacement when the MBP went home to Cape York with daughter.

I ended up buying an ASUS N53S with a true (1080p) screen, quadcore i7 CPU and 16GB RAM. Runs Win7 Home Premium 64bit and a full factory 3 yr warranty. Also has USB3 port, HDMI etc and got it for $1300, which is about $1000 cheaper than the equivalent MBP.

Why: while I found that while the Apple OS boots/shuts down very quickly it lacks several features which totally frustrated me... there's no "delete" key on the keyboard, I find Windows Explorer invaluable for keeping things in order, I could not run my Black Box Solutions OBDII diagnostics for the P38 nor sync outlook with my iPAQ PDA ...yeah I need a new phone..but the PDA also has an App for clearing faults and recalibrating the EAS on the P38 should the need arise... (once!).

I did put an upgraded HDD (500Gb) into the MBPro (7200 rpm SATA) (in place of the 160 GB,) and partitioned it with a 32Gb FAT partition to take the Windows OS...I used XP Pro Service Pack 3) Ultimately was a waste of time ...I developed a split personna Also I really didn't want to have to go and fork out $$$$$ for the Mac version of Office...

Came to the conclusion that the Apple stuff is quite good but there's a lot of hype and cult behaviour associated with the brand. The Win7 shuts down very fast and is only 10-15 seconds behind the Mac on boot time

Frankly if I want real fast action I go LINUX /Open Office in the partition I put on the new machine... runs like a cut snake!


EDIT Sorry for double post...