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03-28-2008, 01:11 AM
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Is this a good laptop to buy
Ok I wanna a cheap laptop thats fast good for entertainment (not video games)(dont like to play vgs on computer) and webcam
This looks pretty good any other suggestions http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...dv6700z_series
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03-28-2008, 01:21 AM
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It looks pretty nice. Just don't use it for gaming.
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03-28-2008, 01:21 AM
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Well dell's are usually pretty cheap, so the best thing to do is try and match that HP laptop to a dell and see what you get.
i've done that and the Dell turns out more expensive, so the HP looks like a bargin. but try looking around a bit more and you might get a better deal.
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03-28-2008, 01:27 AM
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looks good to me.....except for the falling stock prices on amd......kind of weird that amd owns ati yet people are still packing nvidia chipsets with them.
it'd play video games decently with 2 gigs of ram. just wipe whatever they ship it with and install xp over it. make sure you download the network drivers for it beforehand onto a usb stick.
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03-28-2008, 01:37 AM
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I would buy it in a store
How much is a SD card the on in my Wii isnt even an SD card its to small to be an SD card but the Wii reconizes as it
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03-28-2008, 01:39 AM
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03-28-2008, 01:41 AM
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03-28-2008, 01:42 AM
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It's a pretty good one for the price range, but I strongly urge you and anyone with a computer to upgrade from windows to Linux 
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about 20 bucks for a 2 GB
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03-28-2008, 01:43 AM
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It's a pretty good one for the price range, but I strongly urge you and anyone with a computer to upgrade from windows to Linux |
Is that with Mac
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03-28-2008, 01:43 AM
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about what $36
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Linux is a quality OS, BUT people shouldn't just go installing linux here there and everywhere, you need to have some sort of knowledge basis to get you going, and even then there is a lot of learning involved before you can use it effectively
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No, Mac OS X is made by Apple. Linux is free and made by some Fin.
Linux is great but i don't suggest you use it. as it's not exactly got the smallest learning curve when it comes to OS's
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03-28-2008, 01:47 AM
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No. It is it's own operating system
There are many distros of Linux, the most popular being Ubuntu
It is mostly used by computer savvy people (aka nerds), but its user friendly-ness is amazing
I use it on my comp along with Vista
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03-28-2008, 01:48 AM
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If all you want is web access and office tools, look at the Asus eee laptop. Their cheapest one is $300.
Once they go down in price, I will probably buy one for when I don't want to be stuck here at the desk. I think it will also be handy in the garage when I need to look up part numbers to call the store to find out that they are out of what I need.
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03-28-2008, 01:54 AM
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*slaps forehead* not the linux pitch again, this is what i deal with at work
even the damned creator admitted that linux was going nowhere until it looked more like windows. its too ****ing hard to use. and don't give me the pitch, because i use it when i have to in research (it's my job), but even when i've learned most of it i still tell people to go with windows xp.
linux without a gui has its place in the server client world, it has it's place in the young-and-broke developers world. its not a mainstream operating system you want your parents or friends using that think 'IT for a business' is just a ****ing light switch......sorry i blew up there
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03-28-2008, 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Dingaling
*slaps forehead* not the linux pitch again, this is what i deal with at work
even the damned creator admitted that linux was going nowhere until it looked more like windows. its too ****ing hard to use. and don't give me the pitch, because i use it when i have to in research (it's my job), but even when i've learned most of it i still tell people to go with windows xp.
linux without a gui has its place in the server client world, it has it's place in the young-and-broke developers world. its not a mainstream operating system you want your parents or friends using that think 'IT for a business' is just a ****ing light switch......sorry i blew up there
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lets be honest, this guy has a point, windows XP has the piss easiest GUI to understand, and vista's GUI isn't to hard to get to grips with if you completely forget XP ever happened.
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03-28-2008, 02:17 AM
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Get a Dell Latitude. Any model. You won't regret it.
Even a Dell Inspiron is better than most anything else out there. But Latitude > Inspiron.
And with laptops: no matter what one you get, get at least a 3 year warranty. Preferably a 4 year warranty. Laptops are almost entirely proprietary parts, are harder to service, and are more-prone to failure since they're lugged around everywhere.
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03-28-2008, 02:19 AM
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