New Laptop

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally Posted by Brian Lesser

Gotta agree with Billfred on this one.

I also recommend iBook as well. It's strange that I wouldn't recommend the Powerbook line, but I took a good look at both laptops and saw very few differences (the biggest difference is the illuminated keyboard and audio chat available on the Powerbook). Overall, you are better off saving a few hundred dollars and go with an iBook.

However, it's a shame that the college discount only knocks $100 off the 14" model and $50 for the 12" model (10% discount?). Otherwise, it is a very decent choice for laptops.


Since you mentioned it, I did do a little searching. The closest thing I found to 3D object modeling is a program called Carrara 3D Basics 2, which can be installed on both Macs and PCs. Hopefully, this link works...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...lm=TE967LL%2FA

for the number of features available, I'd say $100 is a nice price for it.

There are many other choices for 3d modeling in Mac like
Luxuology, Sketch Up, Lightwave, and Maya. While they might not be like inventor or 3dmax, they are pretty good.

I would also recommended a powerbook or an ibook.

If you want a wintel laptop I would recommend either an IBM or HP laptop. If you can wait, the new Intel chips are much better than the current processors especially for laptops. These new chips like Yonah will be available in mid 2006.