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Laptop & Desktop Help
Dynagrip
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I am finally willing to abandon my monolithic desktop. Now I am pondering a laptop. I have heard good things about these "Macs" but I remain dubious. How are they that much better than PCs these days? Wouldn't a PC be just as good? I love playing games and having to switch OSes when I wanted to do so seems like an annoyance.
Are there any PC laptop manufacturers out there with similar flair for packaging and sexiness? I've heard good things about the Vaio line, but I'm not sure.
I'd like a large screen, crazy big storage and the capability to play so many of the games the past 2 years that I've had to overlook due to my aged machine.
Please Help and advise
Are there any PC laptop manufacturers out there with similar flair for packaging and sexiness? I've heard good things about the Vaio line, but I'm not sure.
I'd like a large screen, crazy big storage and the capability to play so many of the games the past 2 years that I've had to overlook due to my aged machine.
Please Help and advise
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They're not *that* much better. They're just different. Comes down to your prefs.
Yes, a PC will be just as good.
No. Apple owns tech sexy, mainly because everyone says apple owns tech sexy. Second would be alienware. Very nice.
http://www.alienware.com/product_pages/notebook_all_default.aspx
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i dont play many games but i got my laptop almost 2 years ago and it can still play new stuff alright
the brand is Medion, and i think they normally sell through this german chain of discount supermarkets. its a bit weird, but they have all this cheap basic foods and then every now and then will pull out some inexpensive tech stuff that is pretty good and high quality
and the computers are usually real nice. i think my laptop was like a high end laptop at the time, but at a mid-range price
problem is its not exactly all that sexy, and through the supermarket chain at least, they normally just have 1 model, rather than a range of stuff
if you really want sexiness, basically just go to a store that sells laptops and look through them. vaios tend to look real nice, and theres some sleek ass toshibas and others. they all try to have good looking products. unfortunately i think the better looking ones are the real small ones, like 12" screens and such. but they are expensive and not so powerful (i would be all over the Libretto otherwise)
oh yea heres a site
http://www.medionusa.com/
I'm moving towards a laptop because I'm tired of being chained to my desk when I'm doing my business online. Wireless is too common right now to sit alone in your apartment with the lights dim when you could be out and about and just doing your thing.
I will examine the Dell line. My employer might have a discount thing going on with them...
Dell: I like Dells. Latitudes are more sturdily-built than Inspirons, yet smaller and lighter, so it's worth it to shell out the extra couple of hundred for a Latitude if you're actually going to be taking it places rather than leaving it on a desk. However, if you buy Dell and you expect to use their support, you want to pay for their Gold support. The difference is like night and day - their basic support is terrible, they farm it out to an offshore call center where the "technicians" have minimal training. Their Gold support is phenomenal - it puts you straight through to a center in Dell's corporate office in Texas where you get to talk to people who actually know what they're doing.
(TLDR on Dell: Buy Latitude, don't buy Inspiron, spring for Gold support.)
Sony: For the love of God, don't buy a Sony. Sexy, stylish machines, but totally unreliable and worst support evar.
IBM/Lenovo: Used to be the kings of reliability and support. Since IBM sold the line to Lenovo I have no idea. Might still be great, might suck.
HP/Compaq: The only reason to buy an HP or Compaq is if you buy one from Costco and get their no-questions-asked warranty. If the computer breaks for any reason, you can just haul it back to any Costco and they'll replace it with a new machine up to the original purchase price.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Averratec is a newer name, and so far I've seen a lot of great lappys from them. Well-designed and built with quality parts, and the price is right, too.
Sorry for the time between posts.
I got an Inspiron (sp?) 6400.
Duo core 2
1 gig ram
120Gb HD
monitor upgrade (still 15.4 wide, but i didn't think a 17" would be that big of a deal)
videocard specs i can't remember right now (I'm nowhere near my computer right now)
came with media center XP, TV tuner, remote.
Battery upgrade (i think 9 cell)
The computer itself is perfect. I've had no issues other than the wifi manager that came with the computer (intel proset or some bull shit) conflicts with my schools network. But I found a way around that (example let windows manage wifi), so it's not really a problem.
The other thing is that I need a portable HD because I record too much tv (awesome feature) on the computer.
The weight is kind of up there (it's not heavy, but it's not light), but I'm kind of a big guy so it doesn't really matter.
Hope I was helpful
How much more money will I save if I put it together on my own? Any ballpark with a 2 ghz dual core as a guideline.
You actually don't save any money building your own. The margins on Dell's systems and the shear buying power they have from parts suppliers means they can usually buy the parts, assemble them, and offer a warranty for less than it costs you to buy the parts yourself.
That being said, they do have a tendancy to get some cheap parts.