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Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
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Jopz
United States262 Posts
On July 26 2009 04:22 Jibba wrote: Another (more minor) consideration is that I leave my computer on all the time and desktops are very noisy and produce a lot of heat. I don't take my laptop that often, but I do it enough to feel satisfied with my purchase. You're doing something wrong then=). Invest in a good casing and efficient cooling. | ||
Kau
Canada3500 Posts
On July 26 2009 04:16 micronesia wrote: I'd be interested to see what percentage of college students who get a laptop so they can supposedly use it like that, actually use it like that. Furthermore, of the people who use laptops to go from class to class, what percent of them use the laptop to aid in their learning, and what percent use it to browse tl while the lecturer is talking? I used to sit in the front of the class and stream sc so that all the people behind me would fail. It didn't work too well though, as I barely paid any attention either. Although it could have arguably made the average lower so I really did better than I would have otherwise :D | ||
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selboN
United States2523 Posts
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Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
On July 26 2009 05:38 Jopz wrote: You're doing something wrong then=). Invest in a good casing and efficient cooling. VS the laptop that is very noisy and produces a lot of heat...you know that heat that makes your hands feel like they are on fire over the keyboard Except there is something wrong there. Desktops can be made silent. Laptops cant really. | ||
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ZerG~LegenD
Sweden1179 Posts
On July 26 2009 05:28 Severedevil wrote: Bear in mind that a $300 EEPC can run Starcraft easily. If you use a desktop for most of your gaming, you can still carry that little bastard to lan parties. Do they run wc3 too? | ||
StorrZerg
United States13919 Posts
 gaming = desktop hands down. my laptop is mainly for school ect | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On July 26 2009 05:47 Saddened Izzy wrote: What kind of laptop have you used? My laptop is near silent and runs cooler than any PC I've built.VS the laptop that is very noisy and produces a lot of heat...you know that heat that makes your hands feel like they are on fire over the keyboard Except there is something wrong there. Desktops can be made silent. Laptops cant really. | ||
CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11584 Posts
I hate how technology gets so much better so quickly... | ||
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micronesia
United States24740 Posts
On July 26 2009 06:04 CaucasianAsian wrote: i jus bought a refurbished $440 computer. Blows my 7 year old $2,000 computer out of the water. so much faster, over 10x the amount of harddrive space, 4x the amount of RAM, a faster graphics card, and so much more. I hate how technology gets so much better so quickly... Funny you say this... I mean yeah it's frustrating but advancement is obviously good! I don't want to be stuck with comparable technology to my 697 celeron with 256 MB Ram, 20 gig HD, and shitty grahpics! | ||
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Saddened Izzy
United States198 Posts
On July 26 2009 05:58 Jibba wrote: What kind of laptop have you used? My laptop is near silent and runs cooler than any PC I've built. I refurbished a friends old laptop brought it up to something i can use it's an old dell 14" sold it to me for 200 dollars invested 500 dollars on new parts keyboard etc and got a decent laptop for 700. It's pretty quiet and cool But under like load for 30 mins certain parts of it get hot to the touch and the fan is quite noisy. Compared to my desktop that runs all low rpm fans which i can't even hear. Unless i stick my face right up against the computer. I believe you can have a quiet ish laptop but the heat is right next to you on your lap or in your hands. That doesn't go away in any laptop with a gaming quality gpu. | ||
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Phelix
1931 Posts
On July 26 2009 06:07 micronesia wrote: Funny you say this... I mean yeah it's frustrating but advancement is obviously good! I don't want to be stuck with comparable technology to my 697 celeron with 256 MB Ram, 20 gig HD, and shitty grahpics! Even though I do not use it anymore, I have a computer with a Pentium 1 Processor, 32 MB RAM, 1.1 GB HD, and plug-ins that modern keyboards/mouses/monitors won't accept. Only games that I ran on it were Red Alert 95, and Starcraft! | ||
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micronesia
United States24740 Posts
On July 26 2009 06:13 Phelix wrote: Even though I do not use it anymore, I have a computer with a Pentium 1 Processor, 32 MB RAM, 1.1 GB HD, and plug-ins that modern keyboards/mouses/monitors won't accept. Only games that I ran on it were Red Alert 95, and Starcraft! Hahaha I have an old Texas Instruments Laptop (100 Mhz) that just barely was able to run starcraft in single player mode. I had no decent way to get it online either XD | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
United States1687 Posts
On July 26 2009 04:15 Durak wrote: I recommend that people buy and Eee PC and a gaming desktop. Cheapest and the best for all functions. THIS. For the price of a laptop that will play Starcraft 2 comfortably, you can get a desktop that plays Starcraft 2 comfortably and an eee. This is what I've done. I have both power and portability, just not in the same machine. This is fine, as I don't really need those two things at the same time. | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On July 26 2009 05:44 selboN wrote: I lol'd reading this. Excellent. I have one of those 3,000$ Macbook Pros you speak of. I take it to class and melt face with it, sup? Enjoy spending $3000 on what would as a desktop pc be 700-800 USD. Or as a laptop would be in the 1500 USD range. OEM Mac's suck, the price is huge. OSX itself isn't so bad though =\. | ||
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ilistis
United States828 Posts
On July 26 2009 05:44 selboN wrote: I lol'd reading this. Excellent. I have one of those 3,000$ Macbook Pros you speak of. I take it to class and melt face with it, sup? LOL Hope you didn't convince your parents you actually needed it T.T | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On July 26 2009 06:11 Saddened Izzy wrote: I refurbished a friends old laptop brought it up to something i can use it's an old dell 14" sold it to me for 200 dollars invested 500 dollars on new parts keyboard etc and got a decent laptop for 700. It's pretty quiet and cool But under like load for 30 mins certain parts of it get hot to the touch and the fan is quite noisy. Compared to my desktop that runs all low rpm fans which i can't even hear. Unless i stick my face right up against the computer. I believe you can have a quiet ish laptop but the heat is right next to you on your lap or in your hands. That doesn't go away in any laptop with a gaming quality gpu. That's bad engineering (which Dell is known for.) I've got a 8800GTS and the GPU reaches 55~ max during gaming, but the wrist area is never more than tepid and you don't feel it in the keyboard at all. I'd have to price it out, but if I were buying a new computer I can't say for sure that I'd definitely go Netbook + Desktop, although it's very likely. Price would really be the deciding factor, not the weight/lack of power that most people knock gaming laptops for. If there were one around 1k or less with adequate specs, I'd probably go for that since the desktop/netbook combo will cost around 900. And battery life is the most overrated rating on laptops, imo. 3 hours is more than enough, because I don't know a single class room/business room/library area that doesn't have enough outlets. | ||
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h3r1n6
Iceland2039 Posts
A. You/your parents can poop gold or B. You really need the mobility. I travel a lot between my apartment at university and home, so a laptop to take with me is really what I am looking for. Not to mention that running Eclipse on any netbook would suck bigtime, so I wouldn't be able to do my job at university | ||
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