Posts by steveo

Didn't we see this before in the 80's and 90's. Talk about déjà, Apple really needs to open its eyes and realize that closed architecture, and high prices are going to be the death of them.

Love the all aluminum body, very MAC book esc. Now if they just cost less than my first born, and had a screen around 15.6 I would have to really consider one.

Thanks qhn for all your help. After talking with you I was leaning more toward a 15.6 laptop, but after my wife saw the 17.3 there was no going back. So I picked up the HP DVR7-7010US from Amazon. I already have a 4 gig mem stick...

Yeah!! AMD Sent from my Lumia 710 using Board Express

qhn, Going on the theme of a smaller / lighter laptop what do you think of the ASUS A53E-TS52? It's a 15.6, and also comes with a Blueray player, while still keeping costs down.

Quote:Originally Posted by qhn Would ultrabooks be better for school purposes? Light and long battery life cheers ... If I were attending classes at a campus I would say yes an ultrabook would probably be a better choice. However...

Looking at going back to school, and my old Emachine 6809 just isn't going to cut it. I need a good multipurpose machine, that will be reliable and durable (I travel allot for work). I'm thinking of getting either a Toshiba L870-BT2N22...

1.) Do you prefer to build your own PC's or buy a branded system? = A. Perfer to build my own 2.) How often do you replace or upgrade your PC? = C. 18 Months - 2 Years 3.) How important do you feel an SSD is to system performance? = A....

qhn, I haven't cleaned out and replaced the thermal paste, but I have upgraded the memory to 1.25GB, and the harddrive to a 120GB (5400). It still works well, just a little slow, I'd also like to move away from XP and run Windows 7,...

So my poor M6809 which has served me well for almost 6 years now, is starting to feel its age, and just feel slow (especially compared to my desktop). I have loved my Emachine / Gateway, so I started looking at new Gateway laptops at my...