Don’t put too much reliance on screen resolution as there is more to a usable screen than that, and as always the best way is to try the screen out in store with the type of documents you are using to see which one suits.
I didn't think much about screen resolution, but I was in the store looking at the 1028's. Then I saw a Dell with a 1920, and then I saw a 2300 resolution. I could really buy into looking at my photographs with that kind of a resolution!
Go for a laptop that has an SSD (256GB is fine for most use) and USB 3 which will allow you to add an external HDD/SSD if you do need a higher capacity.
But I'm noticing that most laptops come with 128 GB SSD. Only one I saw had 256 GB. Anyhow, I have 120 GB of songs I need to put on there so I'm going to have to get 256 GB. They're expensive though.
If you use the keyboard/touch pad a lot, try this out as well as they vary considerably in quality.
Yes, I can feel the difference in the touch of each keyboard. That's a definite factor.
Go for a minimum 4GB Ram (8GB if using VSTi) and at least a dual core CPU.
I'm shooting for 8GB of RAM and an I5 processor.
The Mac is a fine machine, but all my programs run on a PC and I need to migrate the data.
Finally go for the best you can afford, as this will be money well spent in the long term.
Yes, definitely, I thought about that. Better to have more than you might need than less than you WILL need.
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