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Still running XP?
fohfoh:
--- Quote from: dankles on August 03, 2009, 01:22:29 PM ---I've owned a netbook, and liked it quite a bit. It's not a laptop or desktop or any kind of workstation. It was never ment to be such.
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Which to me is a waste. I know of people who can make good use of a netbook, but I'm not one of them.
dankles:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on August 03, 2009, 01:25:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: dankles on August 03, 2009, 01:22:29 PM ---I've owned a netbook, and liked it quite a bit. It's not a laptop or desktop or any kind of workstation. It was never ment to be such.
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Which to me is a waste. I know of people who can make good use of a netbook, but I'm not one of them.
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Fair enough. For a guy like the that would travel a lot, it was very handy.
Tatsujin:
I turned off that stupid memory hogger on Vista, SuperFetch, and I've gained 1 to 2GB of free RAM. I've lost like ... 0 to 1 second on loading programs (pre-loaded or never been loaded on start up) which is a laugh. I thought it would become utter shit like XP Pro when loading programs or when you leave XP Pro running for like a day, two or three then it starts to hic up on you have to restart the OS ... but well, Vista is still the same as ever. Powerful, stable, and haven't lost a single speed even after leaving it for a long time running with a bunch of programs loaded.
I am very eager to get my hands on Windows 7, I'll have to purchase a legit copy (always purchase legit copies for OSs, learned my lesson a long time ago).
fohfoh:
--- Quote from: dankles on August 03, 2009, 01:30:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: fohfoh on August 03, 2009, 01:25:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: dankles on August 03, 2009, 01:22:29 PM ---I've owned a netbook, and liked it quite a bit. It's not a laptop or desktop or any kind of workstation. It was never ment to be such.
--- End quote ---
Which to me is a waste. I know of people who can make good use of a netbook, but I'm not one of them.
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Fair enough. For a guy like the that would travel a lot, it was very handy.
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I travel a lot too, I've lugged 15.4" dell bricks of hell to the following cities: Calgary, Vancouver, Banff, Edmonton, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Pasay/Manila, Bagabag, Singapore, Malaysia//Kuala Lampur, Cameron Highlands Malaysia and a few other countries and cities.
However, my current laptop is a Sony Vaio SZ480. 13.3" gives me a full sized keyboard, probably only a little more weight than a netbook (40% more maybe, it's quite light even for a 13.3") and cost me about 1000 CAD last year. (Before any discounts like Black Friday or Boxing day). It totes enough power to run whatever I need minus current powerhouses like Crysis etc. (With a T7200, I'm sure I can take on approx 60% of most games, but I don't like to game on a laptop). I upgraded the HDD myself (needed a new one for my brother's laptop any way so I gave him my old one and bought a new one) and I can open and run my word processing etc for school very quickly, and again... it's light. Though max battery is half of a netbook (windows 7 gives me 3:45 on lowest settings instead of the "up to 4:35" I was getting in Vista vs some netbooks in the 7-9 hour range) I'm quite pleased to have a better resolution and screen size to deal with and a bigger keyboard as well. Sure, it cost a little less than 3x the price of a netbook, but it works.
Did I mention that this thing is eyecandy vs other netbooks?
I've lugged this laptop to Sanfranciso, Hong Kong, Macau and Tokyo. I've never been happier with a computer purchase.
sdedalus83:
I just wish the new acers were available with the hd4330 in the states.
A 13.3" led backlit, 3.5lb laptop with a core 2 duo, discrete graphics, and 5 - 8 hours of battery life for around $1k would be perfect.
Unlike the netbooks, I wouldn't feel the need to run XP.
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