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Unread 27-07-2005, 00:03
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Re: Laptop Wars!

I bought a new laptop back in May for $1100 at best buy

Medion Akoya EX:

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Its been real good to me and can play CS verywell and can handle 3DS max.
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I got my laptop for $1,150

- 512MB RAM
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It's more of a desktop replacement. It runs fast until I run Photoshop and Zend Studio at the same time... then it chugs.
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It runs fast until I run Photoshop and Zend Studio at the same time... then it chugs.
Most things will.

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Re: Laptop Wars!

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Most things will.

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I don't know what Zend Studio is but I have run Photoshop and Premier at the same time, and I have run Inventor 5, Inventor 8, and Photoshop at the same time. No problems. Also, I recently calculated 99999! on my Windows Calculator with no problems (took about 60 seconds but it didn't crash and it gave the answer). Of course I'm not on a laptop.

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Thats not a laptop, thats a lapwarmer. The P4 is not a good idea for a portable laptop. Shrug, some people are using them as desktop replacements rather then as a portable computer.
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yeah i went out and got a cooler platform and it works nice. and yeah i use this to control my houses LAN (it stores files other computers in our house have access to) as well.
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Re: Laptop Wars!

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In laptops, get a fast hard drive. You will thank yourself.
Whatever you do, just make sure you don't get a 4200 RPM hdd. Acer tends to put them in all their laptops to save money (Which is why they appear to be such a great value). The difference between 5400 and 7200 is a lot less noticeable.

The big thing to go for is as much RAM as possible, especially if you're going to use it for CAD/3DS/etc.
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Re: Laptop Wars!

I have an eMachines m5310 and i dont have any problems with it.

it cost about $800 from tiger direct

1280x800 widescreen
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im able to play World of Warcraft on it, and some other games. i just wish it had a serial port so i could use it to program our robot.
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Is there honestly that much of a noticable difference in a 15inch and 14inch laptop LCD? I use a 17inch on my desk, so regardless, I'm gonna have to get used to a smaller screen. A 17inch laptop screen isn't portable in my eyes. Currently, I'm looking at similarly configured HP laptops for about $1000 (1.6 Ghz Centrino, 512 MB RAM, 60-80GB Hdds, Wireless). I'm personally not worried about top notch graphics becuase a laptop just wasn't built for gaming If I want to play Call of Duty or something, I can just go into the other rooom and use my desktop (3.4 Ghz HT)
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Re: Laptop Wars!

yeah to add on i do have a serial port as well( wouldn't get a computer without one) and i have a 14.1 inch widescreen LCD. AS well as the computer being only 5.1 lbs and being 13" x 9.9" x 1.3". Anyways I do not like HPcomputers at all and have had way to many of their machines crash and burn after about a year to two years. I also don't like AMD so much for the same reasons. Anyways if you want a great laptop check into the medion laptops.
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where could I find a laptop that has a serial port, I am having trouble finding them
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Serial ports have been phased out for the most part. Everything today relies on USB and Firewire (1394). There may be a few that still have serial ports but you may have to do what I did along with countless others and use a USB to serial adapter. If you do a search on these forums you will find a thread or two about the adapters which include some of the recommended ones. I have one from Radio Shack for $49 that I've never had any problems with. I had another one before that, a 'no-name' I got at a local computer show that I paid $20 but I could never get it to work.
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Serial ports have been phased out for the most part. Everything today relies on USB and Firewire (1394). There may be a few that still have serial ports but you may have to do what I did along with countless others and use a USB to serial adapter.
yeah i hope FIRST picks up on that and props the serial ports for USB. though then agian that would be bad too as it would be hard to get switches wired to a USB port. maybe they could do a mix of the to then we could use 3D joysticks!
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Is there honestly that much of a noticable difference in a 15inch and 14inch laptop LCD? I use a 17inch on my desk, so regardless, I'm gonna have to get used to a smaller screen. A 17inch laptop screen isn't portable in my eyes. Currently, I'm looking at similarly configured HP laptops for about $1000 (1.6 Ghz Centrino, 512 MB RAM, 60-80GB Hdds, Wireless). I'm personally not worried about top notch graphics becuase a laptop just wasn't built for gaming If I want to play Call of Duty or something, I can just go into the other rooom and use my desktop (3.4 Ghz HT)
Most of the 14" screens on laptops are widescreen displays. That and resolution will be the main differences, so it basically comes down to personal preference. There isn't really a price increase between the two.
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Re: Laptop Wars!

Dell has added serial ports back on all there Latitude laptops. Who wants another serial usb adapter to carry around. We to have a serial port on all the laptops we buy to support programming PLC's and assembly line equipment. I think this is why dell has brought them back.

What does everyone think about durability. From my experience Dell is the best and there costumer support is great. I once had a Toshiba laptop that I had to take apart every month and re-seat all the connectors to keep it working. I know most laptops are better then that now. Also battery life is also another issue I have had. Allot of times the battery's get a year old and stop working.
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hi all! i have a TOSHIBA 3200 laptop(dos 6.22 and windows3.11)the windows3.11 is not work...request to delete or restart (delete some resident program in memory,i d'ont no how!!!???) can i upgrade it(memory first!!!) ,when yes somebody tell me how?????????????/
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