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Re: New Laptop

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I like the Apple laptops but what are you going to do with it? Not CAD that's for sure.

The Alienwares are overpriced imho. Also, someone on our team had one (P4 2.8 I think) and it got so hot you couldn't have it on your lap. And the batter life was aweful.
Granted, I can't seem to find CAD software online, but nobody mentioned CAD before. (And there's a viewer or two available, if you've got to look at a product.)

As for what I can do with mine, I can keep my life organized (no small task), do everything a business student needs to do in class, create all manner of documents for FIRST and other purposes (yay for PDF support baked into the OS), and create all manner of audio and video. (I have plans for this coming build season, plans that will bring about memories of WildStang's 2004 teaser video. Fwahaahaa.)

<edit>And I've heard great things about ThinkPads as well. If I had to stay with Windows, I'd probably have traded up to that.</edit>
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