Dell XPS or Mac or Pull my hair out

[Dom_Cabarete]

Hey, my laptop is on deaths door and so it is time to buy something new. I need it to travel around the carribean and south america , i need to be able to do as much editing as possible on and and it needs to be fast(ish).

I havnt got much money but i can spend up to £700

My Choices so far a down to mac or dell xps.

Can anyone help me please...

[René Damkot]

What do you have now (both software and hardware)

What OS do you prefer?

[garbidz]

look here: http://www.wegenermedia.com/macbookpro.htm

I got a MBook (new one) recently but brand new and about double the price you are quoting
Do not go for G4 or even G5 Macs, the are slow with CS3.
You need a machine with an Intel processor and I do not think you get a Mac of your expectations with the sum you are quoting.

[Dom_Cabarete]

thats what i thought i think the dell would do me fine, the macs are good but im looking at 1300 for a decent one...

[Dom_Cabarete]

What do you have now (both software and hardware)

What OS do you prefer?

what i have right now is of no importance but its terrible and i done ever want to talk about that laptop again after its gone :oops:

Im good either way windows or mac ive used both os and get on well with both im just looking for bang for buck something fast with a good screen and good memory that easy to travel with.

not to much to ask lol :p

[René Damkot]

Haha. Okay.

I prefer OSX, but you might get better bang for the buck with a PC laptop.

"Good" screen is relative on a laptop.

If you have a PC now (or have a PC desktop as well), and Photoshop for instance, I'd get a PC. You can transfer a PS licence from PC to Mac, but I don't think you can use one license for a PC and a Mac at the same time. Not 100% sure, but be sure to check that first.

[Dom_Cabarete]

sweet well yes i think im looking towards a dell xps somewere along those lines or a high spec inspiron but ill also want to see what the Apple annoucement says on the new macbook might be able to get one cheap straight after the new ones come out

[Dom_Cabarete]

Will either of these two do ok??? Their got slightly different spec from each other, what do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-XPS-M1530-2-00-GHZ-4GB-DDR-80HD-3YR-ecom849_W0QQitemZ290267448777QQihZ019QQcategoryZ17 7QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l126 2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dell-XPS-M1530-2-00-GHZ-4GB-DDR-80HD-3YR-ecom849_W0QQitemZ290267448777QQihZ019QQcategoryZ17 7QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l126 2

[tim]

Those two links are identical. That 2GHz dual core with 4GB RAM looks like decent specs. No idea about screens.

[Dom_Cabarete]

sorry the other one was

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350108539115

i this might be better only a gig less in RAM but a bigger hardrive

[red hot sheep]

Haha. Okay.

I prefer OSX, but you might get better bang for the buck with a PC laptop.

"Good" screen is relative on a laptop.

If you have a PC now (or have a PC desktop as well), and Photoshop for instance, I'd get a PC. You can transfer a PS licence from PC to Mac, but I don't think you can use one license for a PC and a Mac at the same time. Not 100% sure, but be sure to check that first.

You're right, you can't have one licence on two platforms.

[Dom_Cabarete]

ok well the new macs are out and there still overpriced so hopefully i can get a good old one cheap soon. I dont have photoshop on my computer because its now dead i only managed to get my music and photos out on time. But i didnt buy it anyway so im not loosing anything