iSurgery

[fgnord]

What's more fun than getting a new laptop? Getting a new laptop and then taking it all apart to upgrade its hardware. I have now doubled both my laptop's RAM and hard disk space for cheaper than I could have bought the same features from Apple, plus I have my old hard disk for back up and can easily access it if need be using an external hard disk

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dell

[demercio76]

Dude, should have gotten a dell, unless thats what you bought. I got mine in May. Its the Inspiron E1505, 2G Ram, Core 2 duo 1.73Ghz, and GeForce Go 7300, and true life glossy 15" screen. Plays all the favorite games, such as wow, and also runs current programs such as the new windows office programs.

Re: dell

[fgnord]

My last two desktops have been Dells, and they have been great computers. I intended this to be a work machine, so I got a macbook. It doesn't play many games, and I consider that a benefit because removes a lot of temptation that could delay my graduation. The best feature, though, is how nicely it plays with Linux. It was much easier for me to set it up to interact with my work machines than it would have been with a Windows system. Plus unlike in Windows, I can download a significant amount of the software to the Mac and run it directly.

There are some people at the lab who do buy Windows based laptops, but I think most of them partition their drive and install Linux for when they use it for work. That sounded like too much effort to me.

Re: dell

[demercio76]

My last two desktops have been Dells, and they have been great computers. I intended this to be a work machine, so I got a macbook. It doesn't play many games, and I consider that a benefit because removes a lot of temptation that could delay my graduation. The best feature, though, is how nicely it plays with Linux. It was much easier for me to set it up to interact with my work machines than it would have been with a Windows system. Plus unlike in Windows, I can download a significant amount of the software to the Mac and run it directly.

There are some people at the lab who do buy Windows based laptops, but I think most of them partition their drive and install Linux for when they use it for work. That sounded like too much effort to me.