Is there an experienced graphic designer than can give me advice?

Hello,





I need to buy a good laptop which is good for graphic design as i am training to become a graphic designer. I will be using photoshop, indesign, illustrator etc on it. I do have a budget of 拢400 and happy to buy a used laptop.





Also is mac better than windows? I use windows at the mo.





Thanks ever so much for any helpIs there an experienced graphic designer than can give me advice?
If you are wanting to become a Graphic Designer then you need to go the MAC route. Mac software is MUCH better than anything produced for any other platform, plus the hardware accessories are more useful and usable.





Do some research online, there's plenty of information that can help you decide.Is there an experienced graphic designer than can give me advice?
There's no specific answer to which laptop to buy. By the best one you can afford from a quality maker. 拢400 will buy you a decent machine.





If you buy used, consider getting software OS that is contemporary or earlier than the machine. Vista runs poorly on a machine meant for XP. Design software is the same and the most important changes happen in the early versions of the software.





Anyway, design is not about the features of your software or the power of the hardware.





You might consider a printer/scanner bundle as it's very useful for graphic design. It's often easier to work from paper and scan to create you artwork. For example, I sometimes draw a logo by hand and use the computer to tidy it up.





Couple of facts I think need to be pointed out.





Your 拢400 will get you a more powerful PC than it would a Mac. Macs are expensive by comparison to PC.





The software you mention is exactly the same on PC and Mac. Corel Draw is only available on PC. Corel Draw is a more advanced vector editing program than Illustrator, though not quite as easy to use.





Generally hardware support for PC is better (scanners, printers, plotters, sign cutters etc.). If you're used to PC you will find many things on a Mac strange at first, though you would get the hang of it soon enough.
mac is probably the best option





ive seen quite old G3 mac desktops for 拢40





if you do go with a pc, go with dell, they have a great budget range, try to get something with a graphics card not a media accelerator, graphics cards can make dealing with large documents a lot easier!





a high resolution screen is also quite important to pick out fine details, go for someting higher than 1280x800

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