|
Thanks Eric and Daniel!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 9:13
AM
Subject: Re: DELL/Alienware/Boxxtech WAS
Re: Re: Mac Book Pro and XSI
nacho,
i think eric has made a good proposal here. all manufacturers get their
hardware from somewhere. the key is to know where they have it
from....
in fact i am building a new workstation right now. i have checked
boxxtech
and alienware to choose my components and buy them for myself now at
hardware purchase price. sure, there is the risk that something expensive
do
not work together, but for the money i save i enter the risk.
daniel
2006/7/4, Eric Lampi <ericlampi(at)yahoo.com>:
Hey
Nacho,
If you're buying a Boxx or Alienware lappy, you're
paying a
premium too.
http://alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Aurora_m7700/aurora-m_gallery_front.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AURORA-M-7700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT
http://www.boxxtech.com/products/2300.asp
Those are the same as the Sager 9750, 9890
series
notebooks. http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.html
They
are all made by an OEM company called Clevo.
Sagers tend to be cheaper,
but the same hardware as
the other two.
I own an older Sager, and
I've been very happy with
it. I've referred a few people to
this company and
they have all be very happy with them as well.
Check out www.notebookforums.com. Lots
of great info
here about all kinds of notebooks. The guy who
runs
it really knows his stuff.
E
--- Espiritu VFX
< vfx_list(at)fibertel.com.ar>
wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> I'm trying to buy one of the
other options, but
> BoxxTech seems to have only $4000 machines! So
what
> model of Dell or Alienware do you recommend
me?
>
>
> TIA,
> Nacho
>
>
> -----
Original Message -----
> From: Daniel
Bachmann
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: Mac
Book Pro and XSI
>
>
> i have not much to say
about xsi running on the
> mac book pro but about the
hardware/software itself:
>
> i just have finished
an interactive installation
> using the new intel duo imac. from our
experience we
> do not recommend this generation of macs to
anyone.
> as with a lot of firstgen products from apple they
>
are buggy as hell. using windows on them might add
> some more bugs
too.
>
> we had/have unsolved issues with the USB
ports
> being deactivated randomly. first it was a osx bug
>
(that was solved after i finished my project) that
> disconnected the
keyboard randomly so i had to
> replug every 5-20 minutes while
coding....
>
> as for the mac book pro, there is the
same thing
> happening. even mac geeks around me where stunished
> at first but after one day of playing with it, they
> thought
too that too much is buggy, overheated and
> so
on.
>
> sorry, i do not want to break your fun down
but i
> had a hard month with the intel duo machines behind
>
me....
>
> in fact i think too that you can get very
decent
> workhorses from alienware/boxxtech without paying
> the
design of apple.
>
> so, if you want to work, get
technology that is on
> the market for some time already and has been
tested
> and approved. if you want to research and play, then
>
apples can be a nice thing to have.
>
> sorry, i do
not want to start a war, i only wanted
> to tell you about my
experience.
>
>
daniel
>
>
>
>
Freelance 3-D Animator,
F/X Artist
---
Unsubscribe? Mail Majordomo(at)Softimage.COM with the
following text in body:
unsubscribe
xsi
|
