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If you want stuff like that - high specs and stuff check out alienware...

www.alienware.com

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Originally posted by Nathan
If you want stuff like that - high specs and stuff check out alienware...

www.alienware.com

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dell bought them. lol

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Originally posted by M73A
the hard drive don't go as high as i would like, and the video cards could do with a few more mb.

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The new T series will be out soon. There will most likely be bigger hard drives and new GFX cards.

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The ThinkPad T series will include:
Centrino 2 + vPro processors up to 2.8Ghz
DDR3 memory
SSD option
Up to 320GB 5400rpm or 200GB 7200rpm hard drive
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 (T400) / 3650 (T500)
256MB graphics cards
Hybrid graphics
LED Backlit screen
GPS, WLAN, WiMax, UWB, Bluetooth
7-in-1 card reader
Optional 9-cell battery, 8.2 hours battery life
T400 weighs 2.2kg and T500 weighs 2.6kg
DisplayPort on the T500

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=258247

Yeah, and a hefty price tag to go with it

still, those t series specs are lower than what im looking at now.

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Originally posted by Nathan
Yeah, and a hefty price tag to go with it

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And alienware isnt expensive? There is also no details on pricing as of now, either. Prices on the lenovo website are the RRP, you can get them much cheaper elsewhere.

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Originally posted by M73A
still, those t series specs are lower than what im looking at now.

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That sony vaio you linked to has identical specs.

Buy a Mac if you are going to run OS X.  By the way, OS X is very nice and, while it doesn't have 17 choices for every application like Windows, all the applications one should need are available.  People who whine about it are generally Windows users who have never taken the time to learn and get used to another OS; most of those who have (myself included) find OS X a joy to use.

If you still have no interest in OS X and are going to run Windows -- don't buy a Macbook for that.  I second the suggestion of Thinkpads as excellent quality laptops.  Dell laptops have improved recently as well and are very nice.

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Originally posted by Dazzy
    quoteriginally posted by M73A
    still, those t series specs are lower than what im looking at now.


That sony vaio you linked to has identical specs.

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Originally posted by Dazzy
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 (T400) / 3650 (T500)
256MB graphics cards

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Originally posted by Sony Site
NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT graphics processing unit with Total Available Graphics Memory of approx. 1790 MB and dedicated Video Memory of 512 MB

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Originally posted by Dazzy
Up to 320GB 5400rpm or 200GB 7200rpm hard drive

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Originally posted by Sony Site
640 GB Serial ATA 5400rpm hard disk drive (2 x 320 GB, RAID 0 and 1 supported)

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also noting:

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Originally posted by Sony Site

*Hybrid TV Tuner integrated
*Blu-ray Disc™ drive: plays and records Blu-ray Disc™ (BD-R/-RE/-ROM/ DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM)

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1: the 3650 is better than the 8600, and 256MB is enough unless you want an uber high resolution screen. Also, the nvidia cards are defective. See here.
2: If you need that much space, then get an external drive.
3: Pick up a USB TV tuner
4: There are blu-ray options.

Tbh up to you.

If you want a light, quick easy laptop that's brilliant for taking notes in lectures etc get the macbook, can still whack on windows should you need it (and I've yet to do this but) and also link in VMWare Fusion/Paralels to run from the bootcamp partition saving yet another installation.

If you're set on Windows grab a Thinkpad, Dell or HP

Dell have made such huge improvements I recommend them now to people, I can't believe their great specs and low prices.