Hi Matt, I don't have much to say in terms of laptops, but I did recently buy a CPU for home. I had it custom built by a guy who runs a PC Repair shop. It has everything you mentioned, the SSD hard drive, multi-core CPU (4+), USB 3.0, and 32 gb RAM. It runs incredibly fast, and the SSD makes a huge difference in start up times. The machine came to just under $1400.
I couldn't find similar deals online that included everything mentioned above. The great thing was the guy designed it for what I needed, and gave me multiple quotes within my price range. I've always gone with custom built machines, and have never had any problems (except with the one I tried to build myself >.< ) If you can find a shop with great reviews, or that someone refers you to, it's worth it to get an estimate and compare with some of the bigger companies. If you are in L.A., I'd be happy to refer you to the shop I bought my machine from. Good Luck! -Milady On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Tim Leydecker <bauero...@gmx.de> wrote: > Hi Matt, > > for people in the US, there´s pretty good refurbished hardware > available from Apple, Dell, HP and possibly a bunch more: > > HP > http://www.hp.com/sbso/**buspurchase_refurbished_**specials.html<http://www.hp.com/sbso/buspurchase_refurbished_specials.html> > ? > > Dell (laptop link but there´s more if you search for refurbished on the > site) > http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/**precision-laptops<http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/precision-laptops> > > Apple > http://store.apple.com/us/**browse/home/specialdeals/mac<http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac> > > > I would think that the above and the likes give a good balance between > guaranteed performance and pricing for a dedicated home use and may > allow to access features otherwise too expensive to justify for > a personal machine. > > Personally, I wouldn´t expect a laptop to last longer than 2 years > for it´s primary use but can imagine there´s enough options to pick > from for a solid, mobile experience and a pricetag that´s justifiable > accordingly. > > It shouldn´t hurt too much if it´s stolen or broken suddenly, imo. > > > Cheers, > > > tim > > > > > > > > On 12.01.2013 04:15, Matt Lind 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 >> >>
