Maybe next week or so, I will be getting my new laptop.
I have yet to decide between the new Toshiba Qosmio G50 with the Quad Processor based on the Playstation 3 CELL CPU and the Macbook Pro (default configuration).
They both cost the same in my country.
Looking to the overall features, Iād say that the Qosmio beats up the Macbook Pro. But, in the other hand, I never worked with Mac OSX and I must confess I would like toā¦
What are your impressions about this 2 laptops, and which ever one I chose, will be a good asset?
I also would like to ask you something about clustersā¦
I know how to build one and all, but I do have a doubt regardin the different architectures involved. Is it possible to build a cluster using machines with different CPUāsā¦ I mean, I know it is possible, but how difficult would it be, for example, to build a cluster, lets say, between a computer with an Intel CPU and a computer with a PowerPC CPU?
Tell me your thoughts folksā¦ and thanks in advanceā¦
If your gonna play games, take Toshiba. If your laptop will be used for work and web-browsing - take Mac Book.
Why ?
On a Mac Book you can legally use diffrent OSāes. OS X, Windows, Linux. No matter which one. U can have OS X and XP or Vista and use them both. On a PC you can also use Os X, but thatās illegal and you may experience issues
I like Leopard. Iām planning to completly move to the Mac side, once I configure it properly. Iām not saying Leopard isnāt vulnerable - there are viruses for Mac, but a lot, lot less, so any antivirus can handle those No registry, means no registry cleaning and ā ā ā ā like that , when you uninstall, you simply drag the app to the trash can ;D Leopard comes preinstalled with apps that are actually usefull and easy to use. And itās much more actively developed than Vista.
Personally I would go for Mac Book Pro.
Yeah, I know itās possible to run OSX on a non-apple computer as well, but since it is not legal, I havenāt brought that up to discussion. There are at least 2 great foruns where people can learn more about that.
I like the Macbook Pro for all the reasons, also those you mentioned. It is just for that price it could just a little betterā¦ I was hoping that by now the prices would be taken more in account, but I got wrong. Itās the bloody taxes hereā¦
About the security part, either if I take the mac or the toshiba, I will be running both behind a home-made firewall/router using Linux.
As for the use I will be giving, it will be for gaming (once in a while) and work. Maybe a mixture of both laptops would be neat? Dream onā¦ dream on boyā¦
Perhaps I will be considering the macbook proā¦ and to be honest I am very found of it, but the new toshiba I talk about has the Quad core processed based on the Cell processor and to work with images and all, it is very great.
Then you will never deal with viruses or spyware again =) My sis bought one at the Sydney Mac Show in Australia here (Biggest Mac Store in world!) They are very powerful computers, look stunning.
I want a Mac one dayā¦ Only down fall is losing Comodo since Mac isnāt the type for security protection. Then again yes you can install different OSās!
Oh common, another naive oneā¦ I thought you could do better Josh ā¦
Macintosh aint 100% secure, it has itās virusses, only theyāre just few. The reason therefore ? who cares about itā¦ Microsoft has 90% of the market, itās far better to concentrate on themā¦
I would say, go for the Toshiba ā¦ itās better supported on programs
Since Win Vistaā¦ Microsoft has or going to loose a lot of customersā¦ where are they going to go ā¦ Mainly Linux is going to be Number 1, Then Mac,ā¦ hopefully in my dreams they will go back to the DOS ā¦ but thatsā just meā¦
MAC Does have itās ups and downsā¦ but only reason MAC doesnāt have a lot of āSecurityā issues because barely anyone pays attention to MACā¦ so less people = less hackers/virusesā¦
I always say MAC is only for those who have their āArtistic & Multimediaā Wants & Needsā¦ nothing elseā¦
On the other hand you can have either linux or windows or even bothā¦
my friend once told me about goodwin laptop
this is the indonesian official page: http://goodwin.co.id.
i canāt find any other goodwin comp related stuff on google ???
it offers similar specification with my toshiba U205-S5034 with lower price :-TU
Itās just to say that I made a mistake about the Toshiba. I thought that the one I made reference to, was the one with the Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 CPU, but it is only P7350 or something like that. Donāt quite remember.
Either way, I donāt know if it was an unhappy coincidence or not, but the laptop I am using broke up, just after I started this thread!!! Did it get sad? LOL
Anyway, Iām not sure Iāll be getting a laptop. I guess Iāll go for a desktop. I might build my own or perhaps get the Mac Pro.
The sudden change is that for the price theyāre for those laptops here, I can build my own PC as good as the Mac Pro in terms of hardware and performance. Of course, I would have to give a little more money, but it would be more compensatory than just getting a laptop that doesnāt allow to make many improvements.
So, I really appreciate your comments so far, and keep them coming. I might advice one of my relatives to get either the Toshiba or the Macbook Pro.
As for me I donāt really care if the mac isnāt that addicted to viruses and all, as I will buid a hardware firewall using Linux, soā¦ and I might even use Linux as the the main system as well. It isnāt that important if Windows is the most addicted to virusesā¦
Sorry for just getting back at you just now, but the computer has gone for repair for a few days and just got it back now.
As I mentioned before, I reconsidered and I guess that I will build my own machine. I can get a better one for the same price of an already assembled one.
Tomorrow Iāll research the hardware to build the computer. Itās a list that I had for quite some time now and hopefully the prices droped by nowā¦ heck is a 6 month to 1 year hardware list lol
Depending on the prices I will or will not build my own computer and get back to the idea of buying a laptop.
And talking about laptops, Iāve been seeing some Sony Vaioās laptops and they seem nice. What do you guys think?
Well I didnāt have much money on hand for buying computers, so I bought a Dell Inspiron 1525 (laptop). I really like it, OK for most of everything I do (Iām not a gamer, except for a flash game now and then ;D).
