Best Laptop for Lion?

[naf456]

Hello.

My name is Nathan.

For a long time I have yarned to own a MacBook- the feeling of running OSX hack free and without a worry all on the move, must feel sensational. (I'm a little bit a NERD, whatever)

 

The only problem is Steven thinks EVERYONE must want innovation in EVERY product- and he thinks EVERYONE can afford £900 for a MacBook- which we all know really costs around £350 in comparison to some of the specs of DELL laptops :C

 

I am 17- I can no where near afford a £900 for low range spec MacBook. -I'm not as rich as some of you lucky people out there.

 

So my question... What's the best Laptop /Specs for lion.

 

I imagine:

 

i5 Sandybridge CPU (for use with the vanilla kernel?)

intel HD graphics 3000

 

would be a broad requirement. Apple uses their own chipset for there laptops-it makes it's hard to find a laptop that is actually 90% compatible

 

So what laptop is recommended to run lion? I have upto £300 (a third of a MacBook) or put it this way, what laptop does people have the least trouble with?

[beecher]

I'm wondering the same thing too

Well if you want a good laptop that is fairly cheap try finding an laptop with an intel core dou 2 or i series processer (DONT CHOOSE AMD!)

And also you should look around online for used laptops too

For the gpu you should try to see if you can find any used laptops with a nvidia card that have an intel core dou 2 or i series processer that are cheap

[Dr. Hurt]

Sandy bridge, Intel HD 3000 are the best option for Lion now.

Just try to avoid a laptop with an intel centrino WiFi as it doesn't work with OS X yet. Atheros is your best bet.