richsimmons Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>Pretty slick. With dual 320 gig stripped drives, built in Wacom tablet (too small for anything really serious, but cool factor nonetheless), Pantone color sensor, 17" screen, 64 bit windows and yes a Huey sensor built into the keyboard.<br> Price? Get ready. $4,699.</p> <p>That Mac Book doesn't look so expensive now does it? See it <a href="http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/special-offers.workflow:ShowPromo?lc=0&LandingPage=/All/US/Landing_pages/ThinkPad_notebooks/2008/W700/photographers">here</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey_prokopowicz Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>Amazing, the future is here!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>Hmm. That's quite a little laptop there, actually. Let's see.... D3, New Laptop... New Laptop? D3. Laptop, or 24-70/2.8 and D700? Ah, I've got it. Lottery ticket! See, you just need to have a plan.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymond_ocampo Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>That's actually very neat. But I wish it were in a MacBook Pro designed laptop as well. IF the Huey and Wacom technology was incorporated in a Mac, how much would you think it would cost more above $4,699.00. Ouch.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>It ain't just the input and calibration devices... it's the built-in redundant storage. Nice. Of course, that thing must eat batteries for breakfast.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimmons Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>New Mac Book Pro 17", base $2,799. Huey Pro $99, Wacom Bamboo $99, External USB 640 gig HDD $<a href="http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0302584">90</a> . And we're still only at $3,087. Add Final Cut Studio 2 for another $1,299 and you're up to $4,386, add CS4 design premium for $1,799 ($599 upgrade) and you're at $6,185 or $4,985 with CS4 upgrade.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymond_ocampo Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>It's always cheaper with external devices. We're talking about the features being built-in.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>Not to mention: that external disk drive will NOT be giving you a RAID array with the internal drive. The performance wouldn't even be close to internal, on-the-bus storage with a hardware RAID controller.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimmons Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>I know the performance must be phenomanl, but still, running a Raid 0 on an internal system can lead to some really bad days if something goes wrong and you're machine goes down. Of course we'll have a backup, but there are still other concerns about it. It's a great machine. I've always admired the toughness of the Thinkpads, but I haven't used one since they sold it over to Lenovo. I'm not a total admire of adding the kitchen sink. If my wacom breaks, I unplug it and put in another one. I try to eliminate as many points of failure as possible. I can see many with this laptop.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richsimmons Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>By the way, this thing also has an optional 10 inch display that slides out from the middle of the lcd that you can use as an extended monitor. Check out the second video from the main screen. Now that's wicked.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay_hector Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 <p>Rob Galbraith's tests the screen of the W700 compared against the MacBook Pro 15 inch, Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and Thinkpad T60 . . .<br> http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-9320-9876</p> <p>" What follows is an assessment of the screens in these four road machines, done in a manner similar to our <a href="http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-8741-9027">July 2007 report</a> . We looked at a total of 81 pictures, gathered over time to evaluate computer displays, both desktop and laptop. The photos themselves are a mix of black and white and colour, some with muted shades and some that are richly saturated, some that are moody and some that are high key. Several of the photos are in three different colour spaces - sRGB, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB." . . .<br /> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfx Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 <p>Who designed a graphics oriented laptop without a full Firewire plug? This laptop sounds like it has some nice features, but any mid range Mac has a full firewire input built in. How does such a basic need get cut out?<br> There are many that think, "oh, I don't need a full firewire much"..there goes any device that needs powered firewire port. That includes a number of digital backs. <br> Here you have a great alt to the Mac, and you leave out one basic foundation of tether shooting needs. DOH! </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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