[minimanshane]

Im wanting a new laptop for school.

Do A level I.T and Art.

My art projects are going to involve alot of photoshop and my I.T will involve dreamweaver and coding.

So I will be running multii tasks what spec of laptop should i get?

Probably going to buy second hand as cant afford new.

I had a new Ibook and it wasnt that high of a spec It deffinatly didnt handly all the apps at once!

Thanks for the help

[Cold Warrior]

A refurbished MacBook Pro with min. 2 GB RAM would be very good and at a good price.

[@pplejaxkz]

Originally Posted by minimanshane 

Im wanting a new laptop for school.

Do A level I.T and Art.

My art projects are going to involve alot of photoshop and my I.T will involve dreamweaver and coding.

So I will be running multii tasks what spec of laptop should i get?

Probably going to buy second hand as cant afford new.

I had a new Ibook and it wasnt that high of a spec It deffinatly didnt handly all the apps at once!

Thanks for the help

Are you going to be running all these apps at the same time? If you have enough money and want to make sure you have enough power, then I would agree with Cold Warrior and spring for the refurb Macbook Pro. I myself have a Macbook and don't have any problems running Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Illustrator (not all at once). Have yet to try Flash yet. Good luck on your purchase!

[tinkered]

I agree. A referb MBP, a 2.33 w/ X1600 would not be bad, but I would suggest a 2.2 with the 8600M.

Why do I say this?

First, the GPU: The fact is that most of these apps don't need to store a lot in the vram, so the 128MB of VRAM on the 2.2's 8600M is fine and the 8600M is a full generation better than the X1600, speed wise. If you were interested in gaming, I would recommend the opposite, for the money. When games fill up the VRAM, it doesn't matter how fast your GPU's core speed is, the video is going to choke.

Second, the FSB and RAM: The faster FSB on the 2.2 actually utilizes the dual-core architecture more effectively, which is good for apps like photoshop. These apps may not stress the VRAM, but man can they suck up system RAM, and you may someday want to go all the way for 4 GB, which could also extend the useful life of this computer to last the duration of your time in school.