the razer looks interesting, but the poor screen res is a shame, i'd want something with pen support as well.
HP Elitebook Revolve is something that has me interested. 1920x1080ips option, pen support, i7, 12gb ram probably only intel hd4000 graphics, but thats probably plenty for a laptop if your not gaming and just doing light-medium 3d james, On Saturday, January 12, 2013, Andy Moorer wrote: > They are intended for gaming but both the razer 'blade' and 'edge' have me > interested. I'm pretty pro-tablet these days since my iPad goes just about > everywhere with me, the idea of a tablet that could conceivably act as a > ultra-portable workstation is pretty appealing. > > I've found that anything much bigger than a tablet ends up fine for > on-site gigs when I'm back in a hotel room but doesn't make it out and > about with me to places I'd like to actually get some work done, like > airplane seats, coffee shops etc. So even a less-powerful tablet which > could have decent performance and reliability makes me hopeful. I'd be > interested if anyone more hardware-centric than me thinks the specs on the > razer tablet are sufficient for meaningful work (if only that screen was > stereo...) > > The true laptop of theirs, well it's cool looking, check out that nifty > LCD. :D But a MacBook might be a wiser choice? > > http://www.razerzone.com/ > > Love the portability of my iPad but sick of living in Apple's walled > garden, hoping we're close to the point where tablets are becoming more > than really cool multimedia toys. Cheers - AM > > On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:15 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: > > …What computer should I get? (for home).**** > > **** > > I have always used workstations and have already done the research for > another purchase. However, it’s been nearly 8 years since my last > investment and my trusty Dell Precision workstation is starting to fail L. > I am considering going mobile this time. I’m asking for people’s > experience with laptops as I have never used a laptop for 3D work before > and have mostly heard bad things in the area of reliability and lack of > selection. I don’t need top of the line, but I am interested in something > durable that won’t break the bank and performs at least as well as a > mid-grade workstation. Besides 3D, I’ll be doing a lot of coding, > photography (editing), and some video with my DSLR. So color accuracy and > IO would be important features. I would tend to think an SSD hard drive, > multi-core CPU (4+), USB 3.0, a decent Nvidia Quadro card would be a good > baseline. Anything else people recommend in a laptop? Or to avoid?**** > > ** ** > > Please reply offline.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Matt**** > > ** ** > >
