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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
man, the question is simple-- HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE TO SPEND? sorry i don't mean to ask embarrassing things, but really, give us your budget. if money is no object, say you got aroudn $4,000, get a macbook pro loaded with everything. if you got a couple of thou, get a thinkpad. if you have $1K get a dell. if you have less, get refurbished. don't forget that in this world you still have to pay for your software, and if you're looking for open source/shareware windows has a lot more to offer than mac.
about the reliability of dells, or the stability of windows, pardon me val for saying this, but you're talking out of your ass-- dell business laptops are excellent, and a better deal for the money than a mac. xp pro was a robust & mature system and while vista seems like a bit of a resource hog, nobody in their right mind would call it unstable.
so, for the silly things you wanna do, like basically a typewriter you can carry around, if you wanna be mobile, i already told you spend $300 on that used thinkpad and you'll have what you need, no more, no less. that's what you do with your clients. LATER when youre racking up the $$ and you have $5,000 to spend buy yourself some fancy box. in the meantime, it doesn't make sense to get anything else, unless you secretly want to play games, and if that's the case, sir, do confess now.  |
I assure you, as I look now at less than 30 days of regular paid employment before I become my own boss, the "silly things I wanna do" hardly seem silly to me. They'll be how I earn a living.
I can get an entry level Macbook right now with my U discount for just under $1K, which is the max I should spend. So I'll probably go with that. There's also a Dell Inspiron through the U for around $600. I don't know. I could go either way.
Like I've said, I need another computer because I don't want to rely on the home computer, which is tied up by other family members often. A notebook/laptop will allow me to work in another office room in the house, or go mobile when I have to research at the library or meet with a client et cetera.
I appreciate everyone's advice, by the way.