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Lookin' for a laptop
Lostprophet8
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My current computer has begun to slowly die. I want to replace it with a laptop. What are some sites I should check out? Which are creditable and which aren't? Are there any brands I should avoid? For example, my roommate got an HP laptop and his wireless card burnt out in a few months, and it turns out that is a pretty common problem. Can I trust a refurbished laptop? What all do they do to make it "refurbished"? I don't want too much, just something that has plenty of space for music and can play a few games like World of Warcraft and Spore. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
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Think about it.
Refurbished parts scare a lot of people. There are no real statistics available on refurbished products either, which scares responsible buyers who try to do research. But.
To sell a computer as refurbished in the United States or Canada (I don't know about other parts of the world,) a product must undergo hardware testing, and generally speaking this means you'll get something that works (in the technical sense --scuffed cases and cosmetic issues are common enough) and even have a bit of a warranty and a course of action if you get a refurbed laptop and it doesn't work right.
A refurb of a 'troublesome' model will still be troublesome unless it's just a single faulty component (say a wireless card) that's replaced with another model. So if you find a refurb laptop that looks good for you, go look up reviews and complaints for it (ie google 'problems with xx-xxxx' or 'problem with my xx-xxxx'.) A refurb of a good laptop is probably going to be a damned good deal.
About netbooks, a friend of mine's replacing his laptop, and he realized that for all he does on it a netbook would make a lot of sense for him (it's portability being so much better than his current 15.4" desktop replacement.) You know what you do on your laptop --if you don't want a second machine or don't have room for it, I doubt a netbook would make you happy, but netbook + desktop is really turning into an awesome combination so there's a reason people above mentioned it.
In summary: do a bit of research on models of refurbished laptops that interest you, and you'll probably get a great deal out of it.
Okay I've done a google search on this thing...
The fuck? 9" display? A 1.6Ghz processor?
Why...why would you want this thing?
I don't think I'd go any smaller than 13" ...and 1.6Ghz? What? That's just sad.
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I'd love one. My macbook pro is big and heavy, and while I'm at uni, it's often a lot more power than I need. Especially when I can get the servers to do most of the work anyway. So the eee would be more than enough power for my needs there.
I do love being able to play games and encode video, or do just about whatever the hell I want on my mac, and I would never replace it with an eee. But there are times where I wish I had something smaller.
because some folks like their laptops portable and utilitarian and their desktops to be powerhouses.
Me? I have a 17" Macbook Pro. Best of both worlds if you don't mind hauling the beast around town.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
It weighs two pounds and has a battery life of five hours.
This is the same guy that thinks that homebrew is a waste of time and can't figure out why anyone would mod a PSP or get a DS loader card.
tl;dr don't feed the trolls.
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This is the part where you say "Just kidding!" and forget you ever posted this.
It weighs two pounds and has a five hour battery life.
I can fit my laptop, PSP, DS, MP3 player, DS, two sets of earbuds, three music books, a novel, my day planner into a messenger bag with enough space left over for these: http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=NanoSeries&category_id=8 - and the total weight is less than a full-size notebook computer.
Think, man, think
It's pretty cheap considering what it packs under the hood, and it's not too terrible looking. The downside is that it's x-box level huge and heavy.
Take my advice, get a 13.1" or smaller notebook. Get one of the new macbooks that are coming out soon, or the Asus Eee 1000h so that you can do anything ever on your 10.2" screened laptop, and have a ton of money left over to invest in whatever.
And let's just not have the "But but but it's not that heavy you should be okay with lugging around a seven pound laptop you're a weakling if you can't I bench 200lbs with my cock HURF HURF DURF" argument.
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Quite fond, really; it summarizes most arguments rather well I find.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
As far as size goes, it's 6 pounds without the ac adapter, 7 pounds with, and only 1.2 inches thick at it's thickest point, which is where the screen hinge is. It's really not that bad. It's not perfect, but i think it's better than most.
It's a big, heavy motherfucker, like all gaming notebooks, but it's goddamn fast.
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I have the same. I completly recommend it.
Fancy? Did we mention the elegant Linux architecture, the infinite hackability, and the fact that it boots in a fraction of the time it takes Vista to boot on a normal laptop?
As for expensive, they come in different colours. I recommend purchasing them all so you can make an informed decision on which one you want to be seen in public with.
The Eee 1000s have a larger keyboard than the 900s, I think they are close to a fullsize,
That are still unreasonably expensive, have awful battery life, and slim to no upgradability.
I'm buying one tomorrow. It'll be my first laptop. I'll let you know how it runs.