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Need Help Deciding on a Laptop

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BWM
Posts: 107 - Karma: 28
I do a lot of AVCHD video editing and I have narrowed my laptop choice down to 2 and cant decide which one to get:

1) 15" Macbook Pro
Intel Core i5
4 GB Memory
320 GB Hard Drive 5400rpm
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 256MB

2) 16.4" Vaio F Series
Intel® Core™ Quad i7-740QM processor
320 GB Hard Drive 7200 rpm
6 GB RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 425M GPU (1GB VRAM)
Oct 22 2010 12:18PM
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Tripplesixty
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More memory the better... then again lots of people like Macs for editing... its a personal choice there
Oct 22 2010 12:34PM
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BWM
Posts: 107 - Karma: 28
thanks for the response, but if I decide to go with the Mac, wll the 4 gigs of RAM be enough to smoothly edit AVCHD?
Oct 22 2010 12:44PM
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shibby
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I don't know much about editing but clearly the Sony's specs blow the Mac out of the water. I would head over to the Notebook Review forums and ax there, they'll tell you exactly what you need.
Oct 22 2010 12:48PM
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Heinzler
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yes, for sure. and if eventually you decide you want more, buy new memory from apple and install it, not that hard. i put 2 gb of RAM into my 6 year old dell laptop and it runs faster than my dad's new laptop, i love it
Oct 22 2010 12:50PM
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Travapple.
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based soley on specs, the sony seems a better option, i much prefer the PC platform, so its a pretty easy decision for me.
Oct 22 2010 12:52PM
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BWM
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ok thanks, +k
Oct 22 2010 12:53PM
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nomensteven
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One is a mac and one is a PC. Decide what operating system you want to run and THEN look at hardware. Comparing these two is kinda pointless...
Oct 22 2010 12:56PM
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Msully
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as geek squad/ apple product specialist at best buy, the mac book will run off a little less that what is required for windows7 and provide a laptop with longer battery life and better platform to edit vid/photos. Either laptop will do its job for what you are looking to do. With windows 7, unless you are editing movies 1+hrs at 1080p res, you wont really touch more than 4 gigs of mem usage.
Oct 22 2010 12:57PM
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BWM
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But will one edit AVCHD more smoothly then the other?
Oct 22 2010 12:59PM
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Rudy.
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you can play LOTRO on the sony. and it kind of is better than the mac as well.
Oct 22 2010 1:00PM
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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
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I dunno but if i were you it would be the mac no brainer. i bought mine like 4 years ago and it still works perfectly, no viruses, no bullshit. I started using a sick sony vaio for my work a month ago and its already fucked up.

Macs just work better/easier, and their customer service is better, with PCs the operating system blames the hardware and the hardware blames the OS, that and if you get a warranty at future shop or wherever they fuck you over so hard they won't give you a new computer regardless of how fucked your computer is/unfixable.
Oct 22 2010 1:11PM
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Ehh...
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As a certified technician your getting twice as much for the number 2 laptop.
Oct 22 2010 1:29PM
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nomensteven
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It doesn't matter. Decide what operating system you want to run and THEN decide on a specific model. The only counter to this is what sometimes happens will someone will decide that they want to run OS10 but then they discover all the macs are too expensive for them, so then they have to back track and look at PC's. But a rule of thumb is FIRST decide on the operating system you want to run and then start looking at hardware.
Oct 22 2010 1:33PM
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WikiWiki
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this- I have never had an issue with a Mac- be it my personal computer, school, whatever- yet all the computers at my work that are PC's are replaced soo damn often or have to have IT come out and fix them

it comes down to what operating system you want
Oct 22 2010 1:33PM
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Ehh...
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Ok, macs do get virus's just pointing that out.

Macs do have better stability, and offer better performance. However if you get a decent anti virus. IE. AVG you should be find the sony will be twice as fast as the mac. IF you are into filming and editing and doing more with video the mac very well be a better choice. what exactly are you using it for?
Oct 22 2010 1:36PM
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