geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 04:00 PM |
I am looking for school laptop in the 650 - 750 dollar range, I've been looking around but can't find much, any suggestions seeing as this is the only forum capable of discussion on this matter.
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LocalChum
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| 29 Apr 2012 04:06 PM |
| I got a nice Acer laptop with 6GB RAM and an i5 CPU for about $550, what specs are you looking for? |
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 04:10 PM |
Just a solid pc, minimum of 4gb of ram and 500 gb of hdd. I'm ok with a desktop too.
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 04:48 PM |
Is the lenvono u400 any good?
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pwnedu46
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| 29 Apr 2012 06:00 PM |
| Pcmag seems to like the U400. They wrote a good review of it. |
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Flurite
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| 29 Apr 2012 06:15 PM |
| Imo, you do not really need much for a "school computer", considering you're not in college. Anyhow, I think a 350-500 dollar computer should serve you just fine. |
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 06:34 PM |
Meh, I will be using it for programming as well and I want it to be powerful for anything I might be doing. Plus the graphics card can be used for expedited rainbow table / data recovery.
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 07:58 PM |
I found some nice lenovo thinkpads, should I go for the one with a 500 gb 7200 rpm or 750 gb 5400 rpm?
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Ozzypig
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:01 PM |
This HP dm4 series laptop I'm using has 8GB of RAM, an i7 processor, a great graphics card, and everything I could ask for. It was only $800. But that was around Black Friday, so the price might have gone up.
Buy directly from HP or some other computer manufacturer; it will be cheaper and you won't get offered a ton of software (who needs Microsoft Office?) |
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Quenty
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:09 PM |
Memory is cheap. Don't worry about getting 250 GB or something, that's still a ton, you can buy a TB for like $30.
Worry about RAM and video cards and processors and stuff. |
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:10 PM |
I dunno, I really want the thinkpad, it comes with win7pro for free thus I get xp too.
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:11 PM |
On newegg are either of these good? N82E16834246283 N82E16834246288
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:33 PM |
| Wait 5 more months before buying your computer so you can get the same RAM and CPU for 75% less expensive. |
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:44 PM |
:(, I don't want windows 8 though, yuck.
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LocalChum
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:48 PM |
@geico
Ever heard of something called a torrent? |
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:51 PM |
Ever head of something called morals?
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LocalChum
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:52 PM |
| If you have a valid Windows 7 COA sticker, it isn't morally wrong. |
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myrkos
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:54 PM |
| >implying stickers mean anything |
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nopepng
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| 29 Apr 2012 08:56 PM |
Pirating goes against morals?
Well I'm going to hell. |
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| 29 Apr 2012 09:02 PM |
Pirating, going against morals?
Hah! Because you think Microsoft doesn't get enough money yet? |
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| 29 Apr 2012 09:03 PM |
| You want to know what goes against morals? Lots of things that Microsoft does, you can trust me on that. |
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geicogeko
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| 29 Apr 2012 09:28 PM |
Stealing is still illegal, but besides our disagreements on morals, are the laptops any good?
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LocalChum
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| 29 Apr 2012 09:42 PM |
| No, they're overpriced. I got Intel HD Graphics 3000, i5-2430M CPU and 6GB RAM for $550, and it wasn't even on sale. |
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