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Gorean Roleplay => Tuchuk Wagon Camp => MTC OOC => Topic started by: Lilac on July 21, 2008, 05:44:18 PM
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well I am home from vacation.. did not spend all my $$ and made a little too.. so I am shopping for laptops. I really dont know much about them. I did find this one:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-dv6871us-15-4-Widescreen-Entertainment-Laptop-DV6871US/sem/rpsm/oid/207704/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do#prodspecs (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pavilion-dv6871us-15-4-Widescreen-Entertainment-Laptop-DV6871US/sem/rpsm/oid/207704/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do#prodspecs)
It has the video card I wanted and burns dvds.. but have heard bad things about vista.. not that you can get it with anything else now a days.. but how does the speeds and such look? anyone that is laptop savvy can tell me what they think would be great.
Thank you
Lil
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here are some sites that may prove helpful..from personl experice
on other's pc. i have found it to take forever to boot.. i mean if
ya wanta use it.. boot the pc up a day ahead of time..(almost)
Mistress
http://reviews.cnet.com/windows/windows-vista-ultimate/4505-3672_7-32013603.html
http://www.pcmag.com/category2/0,2806,1786052,00.asp
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2088443,00.asp
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09digi.html?pagewanted=all
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if ya ever catch terran online ask him... vista is getting better. but yet its got its glitches... i dont know about dell but have you ever thought about having one built for you.. or check dell i know on the pcs you can still get xp.. but thats all i can think of .. catch terran online if ya can
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I dont know why everyone hates Vista so badly...... even if you have vista you can set it to run like windows xp.... I read just now that you can set it to run like win98 but Im not about to try that....
Ive had vista on my laptop ever since I bought it almost a year and a half ago....
And I love it!
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Vista doesn't like a lot of my games... so I'm sticking with XP till they get that figured out. *nods* I MUST be able to play my Pirates games!
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As far As I know it hates the sims games
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Ha! You have now hit the laptop guru.
I am very familiar with laptops, especially how they bounce down stairs or how much force it takes to shatter the LCD screen, even how far they slide across both carpet and hardwood floors.
Anywhoo...stay away from Vista unless you are running beaucoup memory, at least 2 gb DDR2 at 667Mhz. But, you need room to add to it as well. Vista requires a basic memory requirement of 2gb to run effectively. The next is processor. Stay away from 32 bit processors, thats about 3 years old. IF you can get it, do a 2 Ghz minimum processor speed.
Best thing for you, stay away from premanufactured laptops you get from circuit city or best buy. They load the damn things full of crap programs from the dealership that simply flood the startup and normal processing.
If you cant afford a custom built laptop, look into Alienware, Dell XPS, Toshiba. Those are going to be the better ones for you and all fast, reliable and upgradeable.
Raz
btw...you can order your laptop with XP and dont have to get Vista. Vista you will find on just about every laptop in the retail stores because they are under a contract with microsoft.
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Screw Vista.
Better off investing in ballbats to beat Bill Gates about the head and shoulders.