I'm looking for a laptop to take with me to college this fall. I will be taking it to class with me every day, so it can't be too big or heavy. Good battery life would also be helpful. Mostly I'll be using it for art (photoshop, 3D Studio Max, Maya, Flash), gaming, and of course school work.
I had considered the new line of mac book pros, however I didn't like how the $2k ones only have 128mb graphics cards. So instead i was considering the Asus F3 series,
The other issue I was having with getting a laptop is Windows Vista. I run XP on my desktop right now and am very skeptical about using Vista. Would it be possible or even worth it to downgrade a vista laptop to XP? I am concerned about using my XP desktop and vista laptop together to get work done.
This is all the information I've gathered on my own so far, I would really appreciate any advice or even suggestions of other laptops that would work well for my situation. (so far I've considered MBPs, Dell inspiron series, Dell XPS series, and Asus F3 series)
Thanks for your help
I had considered the new line of mac book pros, however I didn't like how the $2k ones only have 128mb graphics cards. So instead i was considering the Asus F3 series,
The other issue I was having with getting a laptop is Windows Vista. I run XP on my desktop right now and am very skeptical about using Vista. Would it be possible or even worth it to downgrade a vista laptop to XP? I am concerned about using my XP desktop and vista laptop together to get work done.
This is all the information I've gathered on my own so far, I would really appreciate any advice or even suggestions of other laptops that would work well for my situation. (so far I've considered MBPs, Dell inspiron series, Dell XPS series, and Asus F3 series)
Thanks for your help