Posts by mitcity22

Yeah Johnny I think you're right, I prob won't put too much thought in how good the screen is. Was at BestBuy yesterday looking at their notebooks and it seems that all (except Apple) feel and look cheapishly plastic...they had an Studio...

HP Envy looks interesting, wonder what the price point will be... Also the Dell M4400 has caught my eye due to the WUXGA screen option. Not sure how important the screen will be since most serious editing will be done on an external...

thanks for the suggestions, yeah i need to decide on the MAC vs PC thing....i am having a hard time getting over the price difference here. with the new release of mobile i7 I think I'll wait and see what is up with them. I would hate...

My wife has recently started working as a part time photographer while also going back to school full time and our current laptop isn't cutting it. (D410) Usage: Extensive use of Light Room 2 Minimal use of photoshop (CS3 or CS4, not...

I've never bought from xoticpc but every time I ask them questions Justin responds very quickly and that is always a plus.

Quote: Originally Posted by Buck47 Regarding the original post, G5 specifically asked for opinions on the system Extreme Tech assembled. Not to rebuild it. I was under the impression that he wanted to know if it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Buck47 Hey sport - he was just asking opinions...not for you to crap NBF or some of the VERY informed members we have here. Quote: Originally Posted by pdonket Why...

SLI is never a good upgrade path...it only makes sense if you have two of the best cards. Get an E2180 and not the E4500 (Saves $35 and you won't lose performance) I would suggest looking for a x1950pro GPU...great card, can be found...

Things that should be changed. 1) MOBO: Should be a Gigabyte DS3L (Saves $30) 2) GPU: Should be a 8800GT 3) RAM: Get a decent $40 2GB kit (Saves $30) 4) PSU: Spend the extra money saved on a better PSU...take your pick. 5) CPU: Get an...

Dell may believe that some of the problems are due to miss use (the crack), I would just ask them to replace it...if they say no it is up to you to decide how hard you want to push.