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  1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

    @techdisk42 Silly pony, evrything is free for me!

    Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:25:03 UTC from web Repeated by eaglehooves
    1. Techdisk Techdisk

      @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves yeah, if I wanted Photoshop bad enough, I have the full power to get it, but I just dont have the need

      Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:29:32 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
      1. Sir E. Hooves III Sir E. Hooves III

        @techdisk42 I've only got mine because my university's download policy is insanely generous.

        Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:32:57 UTC from web
        1. Techdisk Techdisk

          @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves mine came pre loaded. How's THAT for legit free?

          Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:33:54 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
          1. Sir E. Hooves III Sir E. Hooves III

            @techdisk42 That's not bad. I'm not a fan of Sony laptops though. I've seen to many of their netbooks go belly up.

            Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:38:05 UTC from web
            1. Techdisk Techdisk

              @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves mine no netbook, I love it! Compared to my old laptop, the Sony one is amazing.

              Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:40:10 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
              1. Sir E. Hooves III Sir E. Hooves III

                @techdisk42 I assumed. I've just got a bad taste having to service too many of their low end ones. The Asia-pacific base models are the lowest common denominator of laptops.

                Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:42:33 UTC from web
                1. Techdisk Techdisk

                  @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves well, I did pay $1 500 for mine, so that might have something to do with how much I like it. :)

                  Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:43:49 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                  1. Scribus Scribus

                    @techdisk42 If I paid that kind of money for something, I'd like it no matter how much it sucked.

                    Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:44:28 UTC from web
                    1. Techdisk Techdisk

                      @scribus true that! Though I actually do like my laptop :)

                      Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:45:22 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                      1. Scribus Scribus

                        @techdisk42 Excellent.

                        Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:45:48 UTC from web
                  2. Sir E. Hooves III Sir E. Hooves III

                    @techdisk42 I've got a Dell that retails somewhere near that price. I couldn't be happier with it.

                    Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:46:00 UTC from web
                    1. Techdisk Techdisk

                      @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves yeah, I've been using dells for a long while, it's only recently I broke out of it and got something diffrent. My first laptop was a lower end Gateway for around $700. I liked It in terms of hardware; it was fast and all (no GPU though, so no gaming) but physically it was the least durable laptop I have ever used. Started seeing cracks in the casing within 2 months, and within a year the screen was being all weird and flashy, and only 1 of the 4 USB ports work. No trouble with the Sony yet!

                      Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:52:42 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                      1. Sir E. Hooves III Sir E. Hooves III

                        @techdisk42 I managed to score a Latitude. It's a little pricy for the specs looking at what's on the shelf at the store, but the support is phenomenal. It dies for any reason within 3 years, and they fix it. Even if it was my fault.

                        Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:56:34 UTC from web
                        1. Techdisk Techdisk

                          @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves nice! Support like that is hard to come by!

                          Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:01:42 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                          1. Sir E. Hooves III Sir E. Hooves III

                            @techdisk42 Good warranties and easy service seem to be the selling points of the professional lines. Lenovo has a good professional line too.

                            Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:04:49 UTC from web
                            1. Techdisk Techdisk

                              @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves my dad has a lenovo, and it seems like he likes it, though he never lets me near it...

                              Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:07:10 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                  3. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                    @techdisk42 Now, to the important stuff! What does it have inside to cost $1500?

                    Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:48:06 UTC from web
                    1. Techdisk Techdisk

                      @nerthos it has a dedicated Radeon GPU in it, (dunno the actual chip, but it plays skyrim at high), 640 GB HDD, 4gbs RAM (I upped it to 6 using one of my old laptop's 2GB sticks) and 1600x900 13.3" screen. All in a beautiful 3.5 pound case.

                      Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:56:23 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                      1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                        @techdisk42 For a laptop, it's pretty good. Fun fact on my computer Dragon Age Origins asks more of my CPU and GPU than Skyrim, both at maximum.

                        Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:57:54 UTC from web
                        1. Commodore Commodore

                          @nerthos Fun fact: my laptop might as well be a tree.

                          Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:59:20 UTC from web
                          1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                            @commodorecrazycommanderofthe1stroyalbrigadeofspiceracksandcheese It eats your CO2?

                            Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:00:05 UTC from web
                            1. Commodore Commodore

                              @nerthos It's made of wood.

                              Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:00:18 UTC from web
                              1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                                @commodorecrazycommanderofthe1stroyalbrigadeofspiceracksandcheese Weird.

                                Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:00:47 UTC from web
                                1. Commodore Commodore

                                  @nerthos Well, it might as well be... I can't play any modern games at a decent fps.

                                  Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:01:43 UTC from web
                                  1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                                    @commodorecrazycommanderofthe1stroyalbrigadeofspiceracksandcheese Same happened to me with my desktop until I replaced it last year. My netbook is only to browse internet, listen to music and read books, though.

                                    Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:03:31 UTC from web
                        2. Techdisk Techdisk

                          @nerthos the only gripe I have with my laptop is that it needs a special driver for the GPU, and the one Sony provided is out of date and crashes when I play minecraft. Luckily it has a special switch that flips on and off the dedicated GPU to save power, and the integrated graphics works with minecraft.

                          Thursday, 22-Mar-12 05:04:37 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                2. Techdisk Techdisk

                  @greatandpowerfuleaglehooves the thing about having to service them is that you never seen the ones that don't break cause, well, they don't break.

                  Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:46:51 UTC from StatusNet iPhone
                  1. Sir E. Hooves III Sir E. Hooves III

                    @techdisk42 They still get viruses, and when you install Windows from an image, being able to get to the HDD is nice. (Low end HPs and some low end Dells have a similar issue.)

                    Thursday, 22-Mar-12 04:51:59 UTC from web