Technology Opinions on this laptops
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I'm sure that's not true.
You must have had a computer before that came with Windows. If it came with Windows when you bought it you'll have had a license and the cost of buying the machine includes the cost of the OS.
How much RAM you running on? I was planning to install 64bit of Win7 on my new laptop but unfortunately the MIDI controller I use (it's an M-Audio one) hasn't released 64bit drivers for the hardware yet. So I'm going with the 32bit version.
You must have had a computer before that came with Windows. If it came with Windows when you bought it you'll have had a license and the cost of buying the machine includes the cost of the OS.
How much RAM you running on? I was planning to install 64bit of Win7 on my new laptop but unfortunately the MIDI controller I use (it's an M-Audio one) hasn't released 64bit drivers for the hardware yet. So I'm going with the 32bit version.
i reckon im gonna order the Acer laptop i posted later this evening. I have been looking around for the past week or so and i havent come across anything that represents greater value for money than this one does. i have looked at reviews on various websites including amazon and it has got great reviews. i would prefer a better graphics card but laptops that have class 1 or 2 graphics cards are too expensive.
linux is very good and super fast. it doesnt do graphics and animations like a windows os (for the experience), but it sticks to the technical stuff and is very fast and reliable. im basing this on the version we used back in school. we had different versions red hat, linux, ubuntu and unix. they had graphics of their penguin mascot breaking windows - in reference to anti-microsoft protests.
i would recommend acer based on the experience ive had with my laptop. i would also say they are good value and once again with your model it seems very good value - better than mine. havent read any reviews on it, but if you're happy with it, go for it.
also, good deal casey. nice specs on that one, but i prefer the look and features of the acer. little bit biased lol, but i like acer.
anyone seen the ferrari laptops? also the gemstone one i think it was was designed by bmw. or was that aspire?
i would recommend acer based on the experience ive had with my laptop. i would also say they are good value and once again with your model it seems very good value - better than mine. havent read any reviews on it, but if you're happy with it, go for it.
also, good deal casey. nice specs on that one, but i prefer the look and features of the acer. little bit biased lol, but i like acer.
anyone seen the ferrari laptops? also the gemstone one i think it was was designed by bmw. or was that aspire?
The Clevo I bought has a better processor than that Acer does
(Clevo has Core 2 Duo T6600, Acer has Core 2 Duo T6400) and an extra gig of RAM, and costs £100 less.
No Blu-Ray on the Clevo though but I have little interest in Blu-Ray as a format anyway since optical storage in general is a dead concept.
You can now get USB-powered portable hard drives the size of your hand that have 640GB of storage, the equivalent of 25 Blu-Ray discs. I'll bet they have USB-powered 1TB drives in less than a year......it just doesn't make sense to use optical storage any more IMO when you can wirelessly stream HD video from your computer to your HDTV etc.
Also the Clevo comes with a card-reader and a 3G SIM card slot also which are way more useful to me.
Goes to show how you can get way better deals when you purchase a computer without an OS.
(Clevo has Core 2 Duo T6600, Acer has Core 2 Duo T6400) and an extra gig of RAM, and costs £100 less.
No Blu-Ray on the Clevo though but I have little interest in Blu-Ray as a format anyway since optical storage in general is a dead concept.
You can now get USB-powered portable hard drives the size of your hand that have 640GB of storage, the equivalent of 25 Blu-Ray discs. I'll bet they have USB-powered 1TB drives in less than a year......it just doesn't make sense to use optical storage any more IMO when you can wirelessly stream HD video from your computer to your HDTV etc.
Also the Clevo comes with a card-reader and a 3G SIM card slot also which are way more useful to me.
Goes to show how you can get way better deals when you purchase a computer without an OS.
Obviously the biggest differences between them are in Blu-ray, graphics and company. I don't think there'll be a noticeable difference between T6600 and T6400 - maybe a few % in doing cpu demanding tasks like unraring, encrypting etc etc.
The Acer graphics is not great but it does its job in average games/ some video editing. Even the newest games are playable on low settings.
Yeah it's a great deal on that Acer, especially if you don't want to pay more for the Asus I posted a few pages ago or blu-ray is important to you. I'd buy asus since personally I dislike Acer but it's a company that got better if it comes to quality. They are not on par with Toshiba/Dell/Hp (which I consider mid-range if it comes to build quality) but they are not far. They're fairly good and cheaper.
Also it's hard to generalize since even the worst company might have a successful, well made model.
Maybe I'm biased since I'm used to IBM laptops and love how trouble free they are.
I have my oldest one - 5 year old and use it for hours every day, take it to uni, I used to drop it numerous times (it's shock resistant) and never had a single problem with it. The centrino platform with Pentium M processor is still on par with modern celerons in cheaper laptops and the device itself doesn't look old.
The Acer graphics is not great but it does its job in average games/ some video editing. Even the newest games are playable on low settings.
Yeah it's a great deal on that Acer, especially if you don't want to pay more for the Asus I posted a few pages ago or blu-ray is important to you. I'd buy asus since personally I dislike Acer but it's a company that got better if it comes to quality. They are not on par with Toshiba/Dell/Hp (which I consider mid-range if it comes to build quality) but they are not far. They're fairly good and cheaper.
Also it's hard to generalize since even the worst company might have a successful, well made model.
Maybe I'm biased since I'm used to IBM laptops and love how trouble free they are.
I have my oldest one - 5 year old and use it for hours every day, take it to uni, I used to drop it numerous times (it's shock resistant) and never had a single problem with it. The centrino platform with Pentium M processor is still on par with modern celerons in cheaper laptops and the device itself doesn't look old.
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