What laptop?

[GregK2]

OK, small powerful laptop.

[Craikeybaby]

GCH said:

Craikeybaby said:

As much as I like Apple stuff, I'm not sure a MacBook Air would be the best for what you want. Under £800 you'd be looking at the 11" screen, which isn't thebest of editing and it doesn't have a lot of storage for films etc.

You can get a 13" from the refurb store for less than 800 - £679 for the mid 2013 model, £719 for the 2014 model.
If you know anyone going to the US, you can get the same refurb 13" with change from £500.



As an aside, having the base model (128GB) isn't really an issue if you have a 13" - a 128Gb Jetdrive Lite is $80 (or £64 in the uk), sits in the SD slot permanently and has 95mb/s read and 60mb/s write speed, so a very cost effective method of media storage / expansion.


I am no apple fanboy, but the macbook air as a whole package is hard to top - battery life and (lack of) weight is a massive factor.

Edited by GCH on Wednesday 13th August 12:06

Thanks, that is interesting.

[nickofh]

This seems a good price , it would be over £1300 direct from Lenovo

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Thinkpad-W530-15-...

High End quad core I7 processor , 180gb Solid State drive ( Super Fast ) , Full HD LED Screen , Dedicated graphics chip, Magnesium rollcage to strengthen and lighten the case, spill resistant backlit keyboard.

The W series thinkpads are the best they make and I guarantee that it will outclass & outlast anything apple make at that price point.

If you fancy saving £500 and going used , as I have a few times with these. This will see you right for what you want for 3 / 4 years easily

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laptop-IBM-Lenovo-W510-I...

[ZesPak]

the W series are ridiculously over engineered. I've just threw a Linux mint on a 8 year old model, the screen was a bit dimmer than you'd expect and the battery wouldn't last 30 min, but other than that it was faultless. It had travelled every day for 8 years and the keyboard and exterior were all in great condition.

[TheCarFather]

Sorry for the late response.

I ended up getting the 13' Macbook Pro with Retina the base 128gb SSD and 8gb of ram, i5 dual core processor.

I'm really really happy with it, it can do everything i want it to do day to day with a tonne of battery life but i can still chuck my ps4 controller into it and place some decent games with ease.

Whats other Macbook users do about storage? I'm not sure whether to go for cloud storage or just get an external hard drive.