What laptop machines are you using for designing

[mikeymo]

Hello,

I am looking at buying a new machine to do my designing my desktop pc is nakered i dont know whats up with it so i am looking at buying a laptop. I do mainly design for print using cs3 premium. Just wanting to know what laptops you guys are using (if you use them) apart from the most obvious mac book....i would love a mac but its out my price range at this moment in time :(....I am looking at price range of £450-£550 mark. Are anybody using a custom built laptop and know of laptops tried and tested for designers??

[Mercy Design]

Do what you can to get a Mac- there are lots of sites offering reconditioned machines.
They're designed to work for designers (there's a reason that every agency uses Macs.)

It's also not a bad idea to consider leasing a mac- you can do it for around £40 a month & factor it into your business costs- then you also have the option to upgrade your machine every year or so.

Gemma
Mercy : Design Agency, Literature & Arts Collective : London / Liverpool : UK

[SparkCreative]

Mac every time. The refurb bit on the official Apple site had some bargains too (just search for 'refurb'). All with the same guarantees as a brand new machine.

[DougBarned]

Yep, Mac. You can pick up some bargains on ebay too. Though, as always, buy with care...

[mikeymo]

hey guys thanks for replys :), yeh i have used macs all through college to uni and now at work, i love them but i just cant afford a macbook, believe me if i could afford one i would buy one. Yeh i had a look at the refurb bit on apple site but im a little sceptical about them whether i'll get any problems with them as they have been refurbed its good having the guarantee but i just cant put up with having a laptop with problems again....so what macs are all you guys using, have non of you worked on/or have had windows based laptops?

[SparkCreative]

I work on a refurb Macbook Pro. They go through more checks than brand new ones.

[mikeymo]

Spark have you had any problems with your macbook pro? how much did you pay for it at the time, i had a look on ebay and saw some quite good deals to be honest on macs, there was one that i found hard to believe though, a macbook pro brand new on auction with 35 bids at £350, surely that cant be for real

[SparkCreative]

That deal on ebay does sound too good to be true. No probs with my Mac so far - I've had it for about 2 years and counting...

[Logopro]

They're designed to work for designers

Which is why there is only one mouse button because two is just too confusing

I believe that this is the only thread that Apple have to cling to when they are trying to flog you equipment with a £700 apple logo on the back

Get a PC with a Mac spec, use applications that were designed originally for windows (then ported to the mac) and save yourself a load (you won't get the £700 apple decal but it's worth it)

[LovesPrint]

This doesn't need to be a mac pc debate at all. As long as you get as good a machine as you can afford which has enough oomph to run the suite (memory etc) it doesn't matter.