I realized I hadn’t posted in a while…

So this is what happened in the past couple of months.

  1. Got a boyfriend! His name is Paul and he is awesome. First guy to actually admit to being my boyfriend.
  2. Started year two of grad school. Working on a huge number of new paintings. I haven’t posted any images because they are all still in the middle of being worked on, and some of them are employing new techniques that are a little hit or miss in terms of execution. I’ll post new images soon.
  3. Got a new camera! Its a Sony NEX-C3 and I love it. DSLR sized sensor, interchangeable lenses, but with a camera body that is as thin as a normal point and shoot. Never been satisfied with the images my camera makes like I have been with this camera.

So… I am in the laptop buying market again.

It’s about that time that I buy a new laptop, and I am ironing out which Laptop I should buy. I have owned a Sony Vaio FE for a few years, and it has been a dream. It’s sturdy, reliable, and stylish even against newer laptops from other brands. But the reason this time is interesting, is once again, I have to money to choose between PC and Mac.

I had that choice 3 years ago when I bought my Vaio, and it essentially came down to value. Viao’s are notoriously more expensive than most other PC brands, but the experience I have had seems to have been worthy of that premium. However substantial Apple’s build quality is (which is being called into question with the iPhone 4), 3 years ago I had a hard time justifying $1.5k for the specs of a $600 PC. Is the tale the same today as it was 3 years ago?

Yes, and No. 3 Years ago, PC’s were running Vista, a resource heavy OS that at every turn acted like a cybernanny warning you of some action you were taking. Today, theres Windows 7, that I can personally attest its fast, efficient, and pretty reliable. Macs over the course of those years, are still Macs, with the major difference being a move to a unibody design, and a spec bump. But ultimately the Apple-tax is still there. For example I can buy a pretty impressive Vaio for $989 and to get the same spec Laptop from Apple would cost me $2,199. 

Seems like I am going Vaio again.