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# 1 20-01-2008 , 05:19 AM
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laptop for maya 2008

I'm new to maya, and am looking to buy a laptop which will run maya 2008 well, with a budget of up to £2000 (but hopefully more like £1600). I have always used macs, so I was wondering if the macbook pro 15'', with 2.4 Core 2 Duo, and Geforce 8600 GT graphics card will run well? Has anyone tried this? I'd love to go with this option, but I'm worried it's a risk, as some of the older macbookpros seem to have had problems with Maya or been slow in tests.
If not, I was looking at the Dell Precision M6300 Core 2 Duo 2.6ghz, with 4GB memory, and Quadro FX1600 256mb, or the M90 with 2.33Ghz Core 2 Duo, Quadro FX3500 512mb, with 4GB memory. Or maybe the HP8710w with Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz, Quadro FX1600 256mb, and 4GB ram. Has anyone tried the m6300 with maya?
Unfortunately it would need to be a laptop because I work in different places, otherwise I would definately go for a workstation. (I will also use it for Flash, After FX, video work and Photoshop/Illustrator.)
Does anyone have any advice?
thanks very much.