bob_the_rambler
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
but you could do better.......
Whats on YOUR christmas list?
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Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
but you could do better.......
SuAside said:
I'm already using one, I have 3.06 in my G736, the fucker is heavy thats true, and the battery runs for about two hours. but hence the title DESKTOP REPLACEMENT. you don't need mobility or battery life, you need performance.
SuAside said:two things are going to happen:
1) you are going for something that was never meant to be in a laptop & hence your batterylife will suck donkeyballs
2) you are going to burn your balls off (which might not be such a bad thing)
actually its not that hot. I once got a second degree burns on one of my old notebooks. It was dell of course (Inspiron 4100)
SuAside said:
I haven't used desktop for more then 3 years now. I'm a huge fan of using my computer in bed, thats why I owe 3 notebooks which I interchange according to my needs.
oddly enough I even have a notebook that runs as a server.
calculon000
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Ashmo said:Well, and -- while I'm at it -- probably this:
You want Kevin Deakes?
calculon00 said:Ashmo said:Well, and -- while I'm at it -- probably this:
You want Kevin Deakes?
No, I want that picture as a framed poster, you walnut!
As for the T2 babbling: T2 is a "fitness" rating in military examinations. I was rated T2, which means I'm fit enough for military service. As a result I am forced to serve my beloved fatherland for nine months, but not as a grunt but as a librarian/archiver in a mental asylum because I don't want to have to become a reserve soldier for ten more years (not sure how long, actually) afterwards.
Oh, well, that explains a lot, Ashmo. I somehow came to the conclusion that you were in the insane asylum *because* you were insane. You just happen to be there by coincidence. Librarian/Archiver must actually be interesting work. Hopefully you don't have too much contact with the nutters; a friend of mine used to work with the insane, it can get rough some times.
I did used to post to a forum where there was actually someone who was DSM-IV classifiable and in an insane asylum. He posted some WEIRD shit.
On-topic; I actually got my present already, a Dell Dimension 4700 series with many, many features. it's a little weak on memory but that's the easiest & cheapest to upgrade and so far it does fine by anything I've thrown at it. I'm hoping for a few small things like TV show box sets and stuff like that.
I did used to post to a forum where there was actually someone who was DSM-IV classifiable and in an insane asylum. He posted some WEIRD shit.
On-topic; I actually got my present already, a Dell Dimension 4700 series with many, many features. it's a little weak on memory but that's the easiest & cheapest to upgrade and so far it does fine by anything I've thrown at it. I'm hoping for a few small things like TV show box sets and stuff like that.
Oh, there aren't too many differences between the sane and insane in this clinic. In fact, if you don't mind screwing the mentally retarded, you could possibly pick up some hawt chixx0rz there.
Then again, she might be Romanian and cut off your wiener.
Then again, she might be Romanian and cut off your wiener.
Germany has military service? You guys never learn, do you?
In fact, we do. We've become so anti-fascist it's nearly fascist again.
A bit like Soviet socialism.
A bit like Soviet socialism.
Starseeker
Vault Senior Citizen
My birth country has mandatory military service for all males. 3 years.
Anyway, I was thinking about a new notebook.
The current one (Asus) suffers the same problems SuAside described.
It gets too hot too quickly, and if it stays above 75 c, the cpu works at the reduced %. 37.5 % to be exact. I only have one hour or so battery life most of the time, and that's only if I don't run music.
I don't feel like upgrading this one, even though I could put in more rams, get a bigger HD, and replace the DVD, CD-RW(it's busted).
What kind of notebook would you recommend?
I was looking at the new Toshiba Qosmoid(spell?) G15. The screen is much better than the one I currently have. I got really tired of not being able to watch darker movies because it just doesn't show up very well.
What about the new Acer ferrari? It's got an AMD mobile, ATI cards and such. Advice?
Anyway, I was thinking about a new notebook.
The current one (Asus) suffers the same problems SuAside described.
It gets too hot too quickly, and if it stays above 75 c, the cpu works at the reduced %. 37.5 % to be exact. I only have one hour or so battery life most of the time, and that's only if I don't run music.
I don't feel like upgrading this one, even though I could put in more rams, get a bigger HD, and replace the DVD, CD-RW(it's busted).
What kind of notebook would you recommend?
I was looking at the new Toshiba Qosmoid(spell?) G15. The screen is much better than the one I currently have. I got really tired of not being able to watch darker movies because it just doesn't show up very well.
What about the new Acer ferrari? It's got an AMD mobile, ATI cards and such. Advice?
this is not really the thread to go all techy, but i'd go for an intel CPU with a dothan or banias core (depending on your available budget). granted an athlon XP mobile with barton core is not bad either, but dothan will give you better performance. (if you are on a tight budget a AXP mobile will do)
most ATI laptop 3dcards preform well. (the newest of the new mobile nvidia is very good as well, but it'll cost you an arm & a leg).
also be sure to have AT LEAST 512mb of memory.
dont go for desktop CPUs (P4C, P4E, current AMD64,...), those will eat your battery & most of them produce quite some heat. also stay away from mobile celerons & semprons (unless you are going to do nothing but using Open Office & Winamp).
as for laptop VPUs you are probably best off with ATI, but keep in mind that the names of these cannot be compared to desktop 3dcards. (a mobile 9800 has little to see with a desktop 9800) anything above a mobile 9600pro should be good enough for a casual gamer.
as for your reluctance to upgrade, you are probably right. if you add memory & such, your battery will drain even quicker. each extra 512mb of DDR1 will draw at least an extra 5 Watts. which will obviously cause even shorter battery life than before and up the temps just a lil' bit.
i cannot give you any specific advice on which laptop you should take. many of the specs will depend on personal preferences & availability in your own country. i suppose you guys have plenty of local hardware sites & forums, maybe you should ask around there.
most ATI laptop 3dcards preform well. (the newest of the new mobile nvidia is very good as well, but it'll cost you an arm & a leg).
also be sure to have AT LEAST 512mb of memory.
dont go for desktop CPUs (P4C, P4E, current AMD64,...), those will eat your battery & most of them produce quite some heat. also stay away from mobile celerons & semprons (unless you are going to do nothing but using Open Office & Winamp).
as for laptop VPUs you are probably best off with ATI, but keep in mind that the names of these cannot be compared to desktop 3dcards. (a mobile 9800 has little to see with a desktop 9800) anything above a mobile 9600pro should be good enough for a casual gamer.
as for your reluctance to upgrade, you are probably right. if you add memory & such, your battery will drain even quicker. each extra 512mb of DDR1 will draw at least an extra 5 Watts. which will obviously cause even shorter battery life than before and up the temps just a lil' bit.
i cannot give you any specific advice on which laptop you should take. many of the specs will depend on personal preferences & availability in your own country. i suppose you guys have plenty of local hardware sites & forums, maybe you should ask around there.
Its all depends on your budget.
you should ask yourself…. What do you need from your notebook?
If you want to be mobile and battery life is important to you, I agree go with the Pentium M (Centrino, Donthan). But, if you want to go that way, I would recommend waiting for 2-3 months because Intel is going to release their new mobile cpu (the alviso), which will cause a substantial price drop for older models.
But, if its performance you want…. I would recommend sticking with the desktop cpu.
I myself have one of those machines, I used to carry that monster (5KG) to work everyday, but it was all worth it.
Again, if you want to take your notebook to a LAN party, or simply to enjoy computer games in your bed: get a barebone notebook form ECS or Clevo / Sager and simply build it according to your needs (that of course if you know what you’re doing). You might as well try one of the Sager notebooks, they are not bad, and basically they are the same as Alianware, Same cassis, same components for much less money.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/notebooks/product.cfm?ProductType=9860
this one even has a pci express. (radeon models also available)
As for other brands, I would recommend against buying a Toshiba, I had a bunch of 'em, and to tell you the truth, they were bulky and not very features to dough friendly.
Whatever you do, NEVER BUY DELL. I have the scars to prove it.
IBM's are not graphics friendly (besides IBM are selling their PC business, so you dont know who you'll get as the supplier in the future)
Acer's: way too overpriced. Especially their Ferrari notebook.
as for HP, don’t even go there, they make the most crappy notebooks out there with the cheapest components possible (right after dell)
Sony: if you are considering a thin and light… yes, maybe. otherwise they are way too expensive and bulky, simply stick with Fujitsu if you must buy Japanese.
I never had Asus, so I cant really say, I do however recommend ECS, the G736 is the best notebook I ever had (and I had more then 30 notebooks in the past 2 years)
the best thing about ECS is that thy sell them barebone, so you can add your own hand picked components.
anyhow, good luck.
you should ask yourself…. What do you need from your notebook?
If you want to be mobile and battery life is important to you, I agree go with the Pentium M (Centrino, Donthan). But, if you want to go that way, I would recommend waiting for 2-3 months because Intel is going to release their new mobile cpu (the alviso), which will cause a substantial price drop for older models.
But, if its performance you want…. I would recommend sticking with the desktop cpu.
I myself have one of those machines, I used to carry that monster (5KG) to work everyday, but it was all worth it.
Again, if you want to take your notebook to a LAN party, or simply to enjoy computer games in your bed: get a barebone notebook form ECS or Clevo / Sager and simply build it according to your needs (that of course if you know what you’re doing). You might as well try one of the Sager notebooks, they are not bad, and basically they are the same as Alianware, Same cassis, same components for much less money.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/pages/notebooks/product.cfm?ProductType=9860
this one even has a pci express. (radeon models also available)
As for other brands, I would recommend against buying a Toshiba, I had a bunch of 'em, and to tell you the truth, they were bulky and not very features to dough friendly.
Whatever you do, NEVER BUY DELL. I have the scars to prove it.
IBM's are not graphics friendly (besides IBM are selling their PC business, so you dont know who you'll get as the supplier in the future)
Acer's: way too overpriced. Especially their Ferrari notebook.
as for HP, don’t even go there, they make the most crappy notebooks out there with the cheapest components possible (right after dell)
Sony: if you are considering a thin and light… yes, maybe. otherwise they are way too expensive and bulky, simply stick with Fujitsu if you must buy Japanese.
I never had Asus, so I cant really say, I do however recommend ECS, the G736 is the best notebook I ever had (and I had more then 30 notebooks in the past 2 years)
the best thing about ECS is that thy sell them barebone, so you can add your own hand picked components.
anyhow, good luck.