Laptop with NVIDIA GPU

[gravicle]

Hey there,

I'm attending college this fall and think that iPad is the right thing for me. Its a great reader, games, notes, blogging. All is good there.

But, I need a laptop to accompany. Also its supposed to be a *hackintosh*. I had macs at home and just 'm not a PC guy. I'm looking for something that is core i7 at least, has an NVIDIA GPU (must for a hackintosh), and goes with me for atlest 2 to 3 yrs. It has to be somewhere around $1300-1400. Thats all I could save after the iPad. ($1200 would be sweet tho)

On it I want to do things that I cannot on iPad. Video encoding, Storage, music library stuff, web-designing and some programming.


Please help. I'm joining soon. Need something good enough.

 

[Brainonska511]

If you want to run OSX, why not just get a Macbook or Macbook Pro? There are plenty of deals for students. I wouldn't want to run OSX as a primary OS on a non-Mac computer though. Maybe if I had a separate computer to play with, it could be a fun thing to have on the side...

And from my own personal college experience (not that I've ever had an iPad), an iPad would be pretty useless for most things. A netbook would be a far better choice. If you plan to take notes, a keyboard is much faster than an iPad; plus, its a little cheaper to boot.

 

[MisterDonut]

Netbook + desktop is the way to go, imo. You shouldn't be on the road enough to do intensive gaming (at least in my college experience). With a budget of $1300-1400, you can get a nice netbook for class AND build a really fast desktop that'll trump any laptop...

That or just save a lot of trouble and get a MB/MBP. iPad would be a waste of your time and money.