Hey, I've been looking at laptops for quite some time and am having a lot of trouble. I would go for a 17" Macbook Pro since it seems to be the standard in the Graphic Design/Photography Industry, but it doesn't seem to be worth the money.
What I'm after is a large display (17"+) which can run at a high resolution (I've been mainly looking at 1920x1080) with a decent processor and a graphics card which will allow me to keep up with my brothers who are both gamers.
I'll mainly be using the laptop for multitasking with programs from Adobe Creative Suite, playing modern games on bearable graphics settings and playing Eve Online while just listening to music & browsing Chrome.
I'm after one that isn't horribly chunky and may fit into my bag (despite the 17"+ display) - the reason I'm after a laptop is because I want to be able to take it to class in Uni next year.
I've pushed my budget to £1000 but that's really stretching it.
So far it's come down to these two: http://i.imgur.com/tmJm2.jpg. (The Acer's screen resolution is 1920*1080)
I would love to buy the Acer, but my brother has told me that with a dual core processor it might have a lot of trouble with modern programs and games - also the graphics card is barely an upgrade from my current laptop (Geforce Mobile 8600) I've seen the Acer instore and loved the laptop itself. He suggests that I get the Dell instead because with a quad-core it'll be more future-proofed and the graphics card is much better. Problem here is that I don't like the idea of it only running at 1600x900 since my current resolution is 1440x900 and I'm tired of that. I haven't seen the Dell in person so I'm a bit unsure about it.
Also, running on a higher resolution on the Acer with a weaker graphics card - would this have a large impact on it's performance?
Any new suggestions or opinions on the matter would be greatly appreciated including alternative laptop options - thanks for any help and sorry for such a long read!
What I'm after is a large display (17"+) which can run at a high resolution (I've been mainly looking at 1920x1080) with a decent processor and a graphics card which will allow me to keep up with my brothers who are both gamers.
I'll mainly be using the laptop for multitasking with programs from Adobe Creative Suite, playing modern games on bearable graphics settings and playing Eve Online while just listening to music & browsing Chrome.
I'm after one that isn't horribly chunky and may fit into my bag (despite the 17"+ display) - the reason I'm after a laptop is because I want to be able to take it to class in Uni next year.
I've pushed my budget to £1000 but that's really stretching it.
So far it's come down to these two: http://i.imgur.com/tmJm2.jpg. (The Acer's screen resolution is 1920*1080)
I would love to buy the Acer, but my brother has told me that with a dual core processor it might have a lot of trouble with modern programs and games - also the graphics card is barely an upgrade from my current laptop (Geforce Mobile 8600) I've seen the Acer instore and loved the laptop itself. He suggests that I get the Dell instead because with a quad-core it'll be more future-proofed and the graphics card is much better. Problem here is that I don't like the idea of it only running at 1600x900 since my current resolution is 1440x900 and I'm tired of that. I haven't seen the Dell in person so I'm a bit unsure about it.
Also, running on a higher resolution on the Acer with a weaker graphics card - would this have a large impact on it's performance?
Any new suggestions or opinions on the matter would be greatly appreciated including alternative laptop options - thanks for any help and sorry for such a long read!
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