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You should check out Enkamat, the root system grows in the mat it’self. It’s been highly recommended to me in the past.
good luck.

looks interesting, are the submissions specifically for projects or research in North Carolina?

I would go Intel simply for the fact that they have the i7 chips. As far as ATI vs. InVidia, I haven’t researched that lately. I would head over to a site that does benchmarking for gaming and see how the different processors and graphics cards stack up. It always is better to look model by model than brand by brand in general, as there are always…[Read more]

Thank you for all suggestions.. I have decided to buy a desktop and read all your suggestions about desktops systems. I really don’t want to pay lots money for yesterday’s technology! I have already got a samsung lcd monitor 21”. Now I have some more questions.

What is better for graphics design systems?
1. Amd or intel chips?
2. Nvidia or ATI…[Read more]

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en/us/Pages/Product/WhatIs.aspx

Core i7 desktop! I think the rest of the posts pretty much cover the others.

Also, invest in a good sized (and quality) monitor. That extra inch is always helpful when rendering site plans. And to help lessen the burden on your PC as it grows older, don’t upgrade your software unless you really need to.

Hope this helps.

Yes

Yes, Virginia does not seem to have been hit as hard as other states. Best of luck to you all.

I think the OP is in Turkey so most of those places probably don’t apply, but the principle is the same…ie. look online.

How could we argue with THE BEST Landscape Architecture Blogger on the planet?

Of course, you can do even better than this online. Newegg, ZipZoomFly, Buy.com, Amazon, Tiger Direct, CompuCenter. Even Dell or HP directly, they often have killer sales. I got my HP Pavilion at Office Depot, the good sales are in August for back to school. I got a custom built loaded laptop for little more than a base model at Best Buy. Check…[Read more]

You could also buy a PC laptop; look at Asus, Gateway, HP or Alienware. For about as much as you would drop on a macbook pro you can get a KILLER mobile gaming rig (AKA graphics powerhouse!)

At Best Buy you can spend $2499 for a 17″ Macbook Pro with Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor 2.8GHz; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 500GB hard dri…[Read more]

Thanks, Trace. Couldn’t agree with you more about color or texture. If you liked the blog, I’ve added a subscribe by email link on the site that allows only new postings to be emailed directly to you. I’m eager to get more feedback.

Happy planting!

THANK YOU ! Very nice blog! For my old arguing buddies on this site, please note how Mr. Rainer has NO MENTION of color or texture in his very interesting descriptions of planting designs!! Keep up the good work, Mr. Rainer!
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Lots of people ask about what I’ll use with pc or mac. I am planing to use photoshop, autocad, 3ds max, sketch up, GIS and some of web designing softwares. I know that PC is able to be modificated. But I don’t have an office to work. So that I need a computer which is portable to be able work everywhere. Also I don’t have to work harder outdoor,…[Read more]

FYI, Macs run AutoCad, 3ds Max, etc. extremely well using Bootcamp. In fact, Windows Vista ran smoother on my Macbook pro in bootcamp than it did on my desktop PC. Thankfully I don’t have to use Vista anymore but all this talk about problems running windows programs with Macs is nonsense. Running parallels is a different story but i’m not getting…[Read more]

I would go PC, as everyone else has said, based on things like AutoCAD, and the fact that most firms you work in will use PCs as well.

You do also pay an extra 10-20% for that little glowing apple logo, so I would shy away from them for that reason as well, personally. As far as what type fo specs your looking for, it all depends on what you want…[Read more]

Originally I answered yes – now it’s no.