These are pretty beefy too
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/
specpage.html?NNB-590
On 20/01/2008, at 11:34 AM, Adam Trickett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A family member wants a new notebook to run PhotoShop/Illustrator
> on Windows
> XP[0]. He only needs it to be portable so he is willing to trade
> speed/performance in favour to battery life and compactness. I've
> tried to
> convince him that performance, laptop and price are a classic case
> of you can
> have any two but never three.
>
> Any hardware suggestions for something with decent dual-core CPU,
> 4Gb of RAM
> (or more), decent 7.6k rpm disks, dedicated ati/nvidia graphics,
> 17" screen.
>
> Personally I don't believe in desktop replacement notebooks, I'd
> rather have a
> decent desktop and if I were to buy a notebook something smaller
> and more
> portable. The fist machine that leaps to mind if you believe in
> this kind of
> hardware is a MacBook Pro[1]. I belive that Dell make kit like this
> as do
> Sony, anyone else to consider?
>
> [0] He has tried Linux (Boxed SUSE) but didn't like it.
> [1] I think he has tried the Mac, I'm not sure he liked it either.
>
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> Adam Trickett
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