How so? I know I'm going to lug the thing around for a while so the Inspirion 17 inch maybe out of the question. I want a big screen but it maybe too big for what I'm going to be doing with it, I'll also more than likely hook it up to a monitor when I get home. Anybody have any input on Vaio's? I've had a couple Viao desktops but never a laptop.
Buy a Macbook or Macbook Pro and run everything you can on it. When you find a program you can't use on the Mac, just boot up Windows(on your Mac since it will rund both Mac OS and Windows) and run what you need.
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