Confused Between Sony & Mac

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Hi everyone. I have been a loyal PC user, but I can not seem to use Maya adequately on my current laptop. I am in the midst of buying a new laptop but I don't know which one. My budget is $1200. Currently I'm stuck between a Sony model and a Mac powerbook. The Sony is equipped with more I believe, but everyone raves about powerbooks. So I needed more opinions. here are the two models:

Sony VAIO FS710 Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz / 802.11b/g Wireless / 15.4-Inch WXGA / 512MB DDR2 / 80GB HDD / DVDRW DL / Windows XP Home / Notebook PC = $1000

Apple Powerbook G4 1.5GHz /12 Inch TFT Display /512 MB / 80GB HDD / DVD-RW & CD-RW = $1400

Is it worth paying $400 extra for the powerbook?

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I'd say neither and depending on what OS you what to run Maya on you should first review the qualification charts for Maya 7.0 which I'll post below for you. What I would recommend is that you look for a laptop with a large screen display (ie: 16 to 17 inch), dual core (ie: AMD 64 X2), offers DCC graphics (Quadro, FireGL), fast SATA HDD (7200 RPM) and at least 2 GB RAM. Such as Alienware's MJ-12 m7700a. I would also suggest you use an external render farm solution whether on workstations in your LAN or an online rendering service.

http://www.alias.com/glb/eng/support/maya/...dware/index.jsp