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Blck-shouldered Kite wrote:Everything requires maintenance.  You say you never had any problems.  I say, you have not owned it long.

Ok, if I should decide to buy a windows laptop one day, it would most likely be a Lenovo or Toshiba.  In fact, because I want Dragon Dictate, I may make that decision.  But I know that if I do, I will eventually be faced again with malware and dialect issues.  So for me, it comes back to service.  

You do make a good argument when you bring in price.  But so sorry, I question anyone who says they "never had any problems" with any computer they bought, because IMO, if they did not, then they have not owned the machine long enough to use the word "never".   

But yes, I do believe that Toshiba is one of the very few good PC laptops and I have always liked Lenovo.  But not having owned either, I cannot speak first hand and you can.  I just wanted to speak up for Apple, since the original poster did not specify.   You do have me thinking about Toshiba though, simply because of my desire to dictate words and see them instantly posted on my computer.  I like that   I want that tool and I understand that they have not perfected it for Mac to the extent they have for Windows.   

amullis wrote:Whatever you get, make sure it has enough memory! I just bought an HP Envy 17 with 16GB of memory. Much better than the 8GB laptop I replaced. However, I wish it had 32GB.

E.J. Peiker wrote: My on the go imaging system is the Razer Blade.  I spent a lot of time evaluating systems when I got out of Mac laptops due to their increasingly buggy software and always being 3 or 4 years behind on the component front and it ultimately led me to Razer but like I said, expect to pay for it.  By comparison, Toshiba, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc are all consumer grade "junk", even their premium lines.  Kind of like a Rebel compared to a 1Dx - they both work but the build quality and performance level is in a completely different league.

Mike in O wrote:Robert, have you ever used windows voice recognition?  I have used Dragon and was never impressed.

E.J. Peiker wrote:If you want a PC with the same build quality and material as a MacBook Pro (all metal chassis) but with modern components rather than 2 generation old components, then Razer is probably the best choice.  But expect to pay MacBook Pro like prices:
http://www.razerzone.com/

The RazerBladePro even includes both an SSD and an HD as the OP asked for.

My on the go imaging system is the Razer Blade.  I spent a lot of time evaluating systems when I got out of Mac laptops due to their increasingly buggy software and always being 3 or 4 years behind on the component front and it ultimately led me to Razer but like I said, expect to pay for it.  By comparison, Toshiba, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc are all consumer grade "junk", even their premium lines.  Kind of like a Rebel compared to a 1Dx - they both work but the build quality and performance level is in a completely different league.

Blck-shouldered Kite wrote:

Mike in O wrote:Robert, have you ever used windows voice recognition?  I have used Dragon and was never impressed.

No, I have not used it.  

But I know that everyone says it takes time for the program to interpret your voice and that happens by using it, making adjustments and using it again, over and over.  

I wonder if they offer a trial.  

Andrew Mc wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote: My on the go imaging system is the Razer Blade.  I spent a lot of time evaluating systems when I got out of Mac laptops due to their increasingly buggy software and always being 3 or 4 years behind on the component front and it ultimately led me to Razer but like I said, expect to pay for it.  By comparison, Toshiba, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc are all consumer grade "junk", even their premium lines.  Kind of like a Rebel compared to a 1Dx - they both work but the build quality and performance level is in a completely different league.

That the new one EJ? They still aren't released here in AU as yet (although I do have a mate that works for them, I might have to give him a call).

Personally I'm still using Dell - my Latitude takes everything I throw at it, both on a build level and performance wise. And support is all local and fast (onsite, next day). Might be different in the US though. To be fair, I've never had to use it with my current one (4 years on), and the ones at work, the main issue is with older HDD's - and anything with a HDD, Apple, consumer, business whatever, will have the same issues - mechanical stuff dies. The newer ones with SSD seem to just keep going. They did have a period a year or 2 ago with some build quality issues, but that seems to have been sorted out recently.

E.J. Peiker wrote:

Andrew Mc wrote:

E.J. Peiker wrote: My on the go imaging system is the Razer Blade.  I spent a lot of time evaluating systems when I got out of Mac laptops due to their increasingly buggy software and always being 3 or 4 years behind on the component front and it ultimately led me to Razer but like I said, expect to pay for it.  By comparison, Toshiba, Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc are all consumer grade "junk", even their premium lines.  Kind of like a Rebel compared to a 1Dx - they both work but the build quality and performance level is in a completely different league.

That the new one EJ? They still aren't released here in AU as yet (although I do have a mate that works for them, I might have to give him a call).

Personally I'm still using Dell - my Latitude takes everything I throw at it, both on a build level and performance wise. And support is all local and fast (onsite, next day). Might be different in the US though. To be fair, I've never had to use it with my current one (4 years on), and the ones at work, the main issue is with older HDD's - and anything with a HDD, Apple, consumer, business whatever, will have the same issues - mechanical stuff dies. The newer ones with SSD seem to just keep going. They did have a period a year or 2 ago with some build quality issues, but that seems to have been sorted out recently.

I have the 2015 which, hardware wise, is about 3 years ahead of the very best MacBook Pro you can configure.

E.J. Peiker wrote:Yes and as such has awesome components including an excellent 4K screen, super fast graphics and a much faster processor than what is available from Apple.  BTW, it is easy to modify PS CS6 or PS versions prior to the most recent CC versions to get normal sized menus and dialog fonts.  It's a very simple registry edit.