Tanya, If you want a Mac, go for it. My MacBook Pro gets along just fine with the Windows-oriented network at work, and I've traveled with it to friends' houses with all-PC networks and not had any problems.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 2/3/10, Tanya Love <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tanya Love <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Laptop computers with good displays? > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 10:33 PM > I'd love to hear thoughts on this > too! Just got myself sorted with my K-7, > now I need a new lappy to keep up with the higher res > images! ;) > > Been considering switching to Mac but don't think I'm going > to as that would > make things hard with software and networking the other > 'puters in the house > etc. > > I too don't want a big display, makes it much too heavy and > won't fit in my > awesome Crumpler backpack! I will do most editing on > an external monitor, > but even so > would like a decent one on my laptop too. > > Has anyone got any experience with the Dell Precision 6400 > that was in > Advanced Photoshop magazine? It is here: > http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/workstation-pre > cision-m6400-cov?c=au&cs=aubsd1&l=en&s=bsd > > That thing is a MONSTER! Oooooh, how I DREAM about > something like that! > BUT, alas, my meagre budget is only about half of the $5699 > asking price, so > I'll probably end up with another HP... :( > > Tan. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Mark > Roberts > Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 12:11 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Laptop computers with good displays? > > Anyone know of any laptop computers with good (IPS/MVA/PVA) > displays? > Particularly any reasonably sized ones? Last I heard there > weren't any high > quality displays under 17" and I'd prefer something smaller > than that if > possible. > > My current laptop just died. It's a total "nothing lights > up" failure, so I > have a sneaking suspicion that it's something very basic > and not a > prohibitively expensive fix. But if fate does bless me with > an expensive > repair that justifies ditching it and buying a new > computer, I'd like to be > prepared... > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and > follow the directions. > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version > of virus signature > database 4833 (20100203) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
