Posts by jmanjohns

This has really degenerated into a pointless PC vs Mac war. Just a note to the original poster, please don't invite arguments like this with a question like "why should I not buy a macbook". To find out what YOU want, go look...

Ok, having done this before, I must say that before you start, make sure that you have plenty of patience and the proper equipment. Try this tutorial: http://guides.pcapex.com/#PCApex%20Paintshop. PM me for questons

Well its your money, so ultimately its up to you, but I'd go for it on one condition. Personally, I need my computer work 24/7 or I'm screwed (I'm a student and I need my notes and I need to be able to do papers, etc.). Because of that,...

Quote: Originally Posted by abf @ jmanjohns... has it ever occured to you that your crashing and burning is a direct result of oyu buying an HP/Compaq ? There are better built brands out there (MSI, Twinhead,...

Reason TO buy a macbook: Very high quality, well built computer. People here can argue all they want, but the fact of the matter is that macbooks have an incredibly high build quality. I won't argue that you pay a premium, but after...

Couldn't say, but the new G1 is really powerful and has metal casing (or so I hear). I am looking to buy that model myself. Its similar to the A8Js but with metal components and more ram/hd, I found it online for $1800 (2.00Ghz, 2Gb ram,...

I would definitely not go for HP in terms of build quality. I own an nc6000, one of their business notebooks which should have better build quality than the consumer model you are looking at and the same part (the motherboard) has broken...

As someone in a similar position, let me stress the usefulness of rickster's advice. HAving had just laptops for five years, it is a nightmare for two reasons. One: if it breaks, no backup. Two: its hard not to have a permanant base...

I couldn't agree with you more. Dell's pricing is good, sure, but its not so good that I am tempted to carry around the bulky, fugly Inspirons. And when you upgrade to the latitude line, there is a huge price jump because all of a sudden...

Traditionally I have been an AMD fan, so it pains me to say this, but the Turion X2 usually gets womped by the Core 2. Performance differences are something like 10-20% and the Turion doesn't match the Core 2 Duo for power usage either....