Let’s first explain why I want to upgrade. I’m doing a lot of Adobe After Effects video creation, as well as webcast recordings, and the rendering times are between 1-14 hours at the moment! And while it’s rendering I can’t do much else then waiting. That’s unacceptable, as I’m losing business hours. Now I could configure my Shuttle X200 as a second workstation. And I probably will while, deciding on what kind of new Hackintosh laptop configuration I want, but need something bigger, better, portable … at a pricetag that’s lower than whatever Apple is offering :o)
Update 21feb12: Moved the entire matrix to http://www.osxlatitude.com/compare-specs/
- “OSXLatitude for E-series?”
- “DELL E6220 research threat”
- “Need your guys advice in buying a new OSX latitude”
- “I see … I see … DSDT people”
- same or higher resolution than 1280×800 (extra height is most important; thus WXGA+)
- preferably built-in webcam (as I do a lot of video communication and Skyping)
- Solid State Disk (preferably Intel X-25 / 320 / 510, Crucial M4, OCZ Vortex 2 or 3)
- CPU: > Core 2 Duo 2GHz
- RAM: >= 4GB.
- Budget including 60-80GB SSD ~ €500.
The reason for DELL is chassis quality. Magnesium Alloy is da bomb! (compared to crappy plastic)
Update 21feb12: Moved the entire matrix to http://www.osxlatitude.com/compare-specs/
- Dell Latitude E4300. Bad OSX results. CPU: Core2Duo. Max. 8GB. 13.3″ LCD 1280×800. Webcam! Weight: 1.5KG.
- Dell Latitude E4310. Bad OSX results. CPU: Fast i5/i7. Max 4GB. 13.3″ 1440×900. Webcam! Weight: 1.6KG
- Dell Precision M4300. Great OSX Lion support. Max. T8300 CPU. Max. 4GB RAM. Weight: 2.8KG = heavy. No webcam. However 15″ screen, but with native 1900×1200 resolution. Pricetag: ~ €200 (w/o SSD). It’s basically a D830 with a different lid, higher native resolution and slightly faster videocard.
- Dell Latitude E5510. Good OSX support. Fast i3/i5 CPU. Max. 8GB. Weight about 2.5KG = heavy. Webcam! 15″ screen with low 1366x768 resolution. Pricetag: ~ €500.
- Dell Latitude E5520 … to be added soon. Pricetag: ~ €375.
- Dell Latitude E6400. Good OSX SL support (insanelyMac link). CPU: Core2Duo P8400-8600. Max. 4GB RAM, No webcam. Weight: 1.95KG. 14.1″ screen with resolution: 1440×900. Pricetag: ~ €300-400.
- Dell Latitude E6410. Support: ‘so-so’ OSX SL. CPU: Fast i5. Max. 8GB RAM. 14.1″ screen with WXGA+ resolution. Weight: 2.3KG. Battery time: 6-7 hours. No webcam. Pricetag: ~ €450. Looks promising! Checkout this great notebookreview.
- Dell Latitude E6420. GoodOSX SL support. CPU: Fast i5/i7. Pricetag: ~ €750
- Dell Latitude E6220. Good OSX Lion support. CPU: i5 2520M. 12.5″LCD with WXGA resolution. HD: 128GB Samsung 470 SSD. Max. 8GB RAM. 12″. Weight: 1.43KG. Pricetag: ~ €850
- CPUbenchmark.net to compare Core 2 Duo T and P model CPUs
- 13″ MBPs – Core 2 Duo vs. Core i3 Processors @ MacRumors (must read!)
- http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.7.2/Portables
- MacTracker App (to compare with Apple MacBook equivalents)
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: July 2022 - July 27, 2022
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: April 2022 - April 2, 2022
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: March 2022 - March 10, 2022
- What is the best global travel community for 2022 ? - February 20, 2022
- My Dutch / NL WordPress Translation contributions: February 2022 - February 3, 2022
Communities I have been 'hanging out' regularly over the past two decades.
- Nomadlist.com since 2022-04
- Empire.Kred since 2021-07
- Karma-Lab.com since 2019-01
- Invision Community since 2018-05
- Insanely Mac since 2018-02
- eGPU.io since 2017-04
- Tech Inferno since 2016-08
- forum.VestaCP.com since 2016
- WordPress.org since 2015-12
- Couch Surfing since 2014
- BitcoinTalk.org since 2014-03
- Warrior Forum since 2013-07
- Empire Avenue since 2013
forum.OSXLatitude.comsince 2011-08- Envato (i.e. CodeCanyon) since 2011-07
- TripAdvisor since 2010-09
MoneyMakerGroup.comsince 2007-03- HardWare.info since 2003-08
- SynthForum.NL since 2001-11
- gathering.tweakers.net since 2000-11
Note: links go to my profile on those respective sites. Connect with me if you like.
- EarnWithEarnie.io since 2022
- EarnWithEarnie.net since 2018
- BestProfitsTeam.com since 2017
- CycleClubMembers.com since 2015
- BestSTIFORPteam.com 2013-2021
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