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05-22-2011 at 09:54 PM
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Honestly if you want something with USB 3.0, the laptop RankNullity posted is hard to beat! ( http://www.amazon.com/N53SV-XE1-15-6...ref=pd_cp_pc_1)
EDIT: damn, I just read this on that laptop description: Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
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05-22-2011 at 10:29 PM
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I'm currently looking at laptops as well and I know that I want a sandy bridge core i5, 13" - 14" screen, graphics dont really matter cuz i don't game, backlit keyboard if possible, usb 3.0, so basically a new higher end laptop, and i definitely want thin, light, and long battery life...
I've been looking at the refreshed HP envy 14 and the sony vaio SB, any thoughts?
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05-23-2011 at 11:11 AM
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I'm currently looking at laptops as well and I know that I want a sandy bridge core i5, 13" - 14" screen, graphics dont really matter cuz i don't game, backlit keyboard if possible, usb 3.0, so basically a new higher end laptop, and i definitely want thin, light, and long battery life...
I've been looking at the refreshed HP envy 14 and the sony vaio SB, any thoughts?
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Is USB 3.0 a necessity? Honestly you can just buy a PCI express card that has USB 3.0 if you really want to...
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05-23-2011 at 12:20 PM
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no haha its not a neccessity, just hoping to futureproof my laptop as i want to keep it for ~5 years
basically im pretty flexible about what i want i guess
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05-23-2011 at 12:56 PM
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Thanks guys. I'm not sure if I'm going to hold out for this laptop or get something for the upcomming year.. I will if I can get at least half of my money back on my current laptop 
Do other components other than SSD have a likelihood of becoming 'mainstream' too? I just wanna get the best bang for my dolla.  |
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05-23-2011 at 01:02 PM
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yes it will eventually come mainstream iguess cause of its high performance however the longevity of ssd's is much shorter compared to HDD thus i'd wait for ssd's and just stick to a high RPM HDD
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05-23-2011 at 01:41 PM
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Thanks guys. I'm not sure if I'm going to hold out for this laptop or get something for the upcomming year.. I will if I can get at least half of my money back on my current laptop
Do other components other than SSD have a likelihood of becoming 'mainstream' too? I just wanna get the best bang for my dolla. |
USB3.0 has potential, but its going slow, and it will be a couple years before it is everywhere.
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05-23-2011 at 01:43 PM
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USB3.0 has potential, but its going slow, and it will be a couple years before it is everywhere.
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And there's always the potential of it losing steam to Thunderbolt...
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05-23-2011 at 01:46 PM
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money is no object... i want the best computer of life... what do i do?! i was thinking maybe a cray supercomputer? but i dunno
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05-23-2011 at 03:10 PM
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How do I go about downloading the intersect into my brain?
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05-23-2011 at 03:14 PM
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yes it will eventually come mainstream iguess cause of its high performance however the longevity of ssd's is much shorter compared to HDD thus i'd wait for ssd's and just stick to a high RPM HDD
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Ya, don't bother with SSDs unless you're willing to do some serious research into tweaking settings to maximize their longevity.
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05-23-2011 at 03:14 PM
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How do I go about downloading the intersect into my brain?
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Watch Chuck, obviously. pretty dumb question.
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05-23-2011 at 03:16 PM
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Ya, don't bother with SSDs unless you're willing to do some serious research into tweaking settings to maximize their longevity.
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They are suppose to have longer life than HDD, basically because there are no moving parts, so maximizing longevity isnt an issue
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05-23-2011 at 03:22 PM
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They are suppose to have longer life than HDD, basically because there are no moving parts, so maximizing longevity isnt an issue
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Well in terms of durability - ya, they're basically indestructible compared to hard-drives. The number of writes before failure is actually much less than a mechanical hard-drive though. If you don't limit the number of writes (turn off paging, move temp folder to RAM. etc) the thing will be showing write failures within a couple years.
Write performance/longevity is kind of a big issue with flash memory right now - hence why trying to run an OS off of an SD card typically kills the card in months.
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05-23-2011 at 05:23 PM
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How do I Install a new processor without changing the motherboard and I can't find the bios update for it ?
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