24-06-14, 04:35 PM
modern laptops aren't crap to be honest. They are mainly the computer of choice now so components are much better than they used to be. Processor speed is good and they come with a good sized hard drive. The main downside with a laptop (mac or PC) is that they can't really be upgraded, extra memory, yes and a bigger hard drive yes but nothing else.
A desk mounted PC, you can change the motherboard, graphics card, sound card, add additional ports etc etc BUT the amount of people who really need to do this are very few.
For what you need a windows (or mac) laptop would be spot on.
With regards to syncing your iPhone to the machine, the Mac uses iTunes to do this, the same as a PC, so the phone will sync fine to the PC as well as the Mac.
With regards to getting a second hand I phone, I did this last year, there are some good ones out there, just need to be a little patient :-)
Let me ask around at work (I work for a University, in the IT department) and see what the options are for not too expensive graphics packages for a PC.
A desk mounted PC, you can change the motherboard, graphics card, sound card, add additional ports etc etc BUT the amount of people who really need to do this are very few.
For what you need a windows (or mac) laptop would be spot on.
With regards to syncing your iPhone to the machine, the Mac uses iTunes to do this, the same as a PC, so the phone will sync fine to the PC as well as the Mac.
With regards to getting a second hand I phone, I did this last year, there are some good ones out there, just need to be a little patient :-)
Let me ask around at work (I work for a University, in the IT department) and see what the options are for not too expensive graphics packages for a PC.
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