New Laptop time again
My trusty Gateway with a Centrino 2.0 GHz Duo Core with 4GB of RAM running Vista just can keep up anymore. I tried to upgrade to Windows 7 but the upgrade didn't work and I have too much stuff on the laptop to keep risking it.
I looked at the i5 machines at Best Buy that are around $900. Best Buy has a Blue Label program that seems to be what I need. Then there is a Sony laptop with an i7 chip set. It's the second fastest laptop in the store (After a Mac of course) and I'm thinking maybe I should go for it and get the fastest machine possible and hope to get 2 years out of it. The new 64-bit machines can handle 8 GB of RAM and have Windows 7 which should help speed things up.
Anyway, you guys are all geeks, so what do you think? I'll probably buy one next week.
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written by Nobody , March 05, 2010
Shoot Bart do what I do, walk into Best Buy, find a kid with the thickest glasses and most pimples and say " gimme the biggest, badest, fastest mo fo ya got". They usualy point to a Mac, oh well.
written by Elmer , March 05, 2010
I've been aiming high in performance for all the machines I've purchased since 1982 (yikes, 7 machines at home and at least 10 at work in lab). You want to maximize performance at every chance for upgrade. Go for it, Bart. i7 should be sweet.
written by Barthélemy Barbancourt , March 05, 2010
The geek always ask if I would like to look at a Mac, the answer is always the same, "Hell No!" I told one guy I don't even know how to turn one on (true story) and he said he'd show me. It's hard to impress upon them that I do real work in the business world and a Mac just isn't an option. I have enough issues with Office 07 and Office 97 documents and I see that Office 10 is out.
I think you guys are right, I'll go for the i7 and get it tricked out with 8G of RAM. I am on the laptop all day 5 or 6 days a week. My business is all on email and internet now so I need to have a machine that will deal with anything and everything.
written by kow , March 05, 2010
Why worry about all the bells and whistles you never use. Besides, what ever you buy today will be outdated tomorrow. Laptops are like throw-aways today but some are getting as good desk-tops. Just not quite there yet.
written by Sequel , March 05, 2010
Processor clock speed, whatever the latest cool sounding i7 chip etc, is mostly marketing BS for the rubes.
Fast bus, big ass RAM, and an operating system that won't fuck up, and you're gold. 8G of RAM is good, and cheap to install another chip to go to 12.
It's that RAM that lets you have all that stuff open at the same time and fly like the wind.
written by Hans , March 05, 2010
Regarding the processor, the I5 and I7 are a waste of money unless you play HD games or do extensive video editing..
For most applications, a dual core does as much as a quad core...
I agree with Sequel comments: "Processor clock speed, whatever the latest cool sounding i7 chip etc, is mostly marketing BS for the rubes. "
written by Sequel , March 06, 2010
Woo-hoo I don't suck!! Hans agrees.
The faster processor clock speeds are cool and sexy, but even old ones are capable of lighting fast work.
Bus speed and RAM, thats the ticket!
written by Nobody , March 06, 2010
Most of my use is 'net, word and some spread sheets. I haven't seen much change in years. My oldest works in vid and CG and is a Mac guy.
written by Kermit , March 06, 2010
Woo-hoo I don't suck!! Hans agrees.
Yeah, but he also agreed with Onan about forced sterilization and forced labor camps, so I'd take it with a grain of salt.
written by Hans , March 06, 2010
but the ruinous entitlement mentality running amok in America today would probably prohibit that.
written by Kermit , March 06, 2010
Hans, when "progressives" take full control they make their own rules. The usual result is a seven (or eight) digit body count.
written by R-Five , March 06, 2010
Given enough memory and disk, creature comforts matter most to me. Battery life, quality of the keyboard, display etc.
I'm a Thinkpad/Lenovo bigot, still love the eraserhead pointer vs touchpads, but I do like the Sony's.
written by Hans , March 08, 2010
written by Kermit , March 06, 2010
Hans, when "progressives" take full control they make their own rules. The usual result is a seven (or eight) digit body count.
And their allies, Mooslims...It was interesting to take a peek at R-Fives' blog and read about the collapse of the North Side..
The social fabric is at a nadir, with no public order...
Only strong measure (Draconian) will suffice, which of course, the left is incapable of producing.
Well, thanks to the Governor, at least the lawless North Side has GAMC...
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