Since we went off topic a few times, I'm changing the title! Discuss computer stuff here!

So... start! High computer specs get brownie points! (Not really, but you guys get bragging rights)

I'm currently on my ASUS laptop...

Specs:
- Intel Core i7 1.6 Ghz with Turbo Boost Technology
- ATI Mobility Radeon 5730
- Windows 7 Home Premium
- 4x Blu-ray/DVD combo drive
- 640 GB HDD
- 4 GB RAM
- 16" LED

Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-FZ38M

-Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 @2.10 Ghz
-3070 MB RAM
-Windows Vista Home Premium
-180 GB Hard Disk
-15" FULL HD 1080
-Blu-ray disk

Asus EEEPC 901

1.6Ghz Intel Atom
2GB DDR2 RAM
12GB SSD
1.3MP Webcam
9" LCD Screen
Custom Windows XP SP3

Um... O_O...

Dell Inspiron B130

with... I FAIL XD

Intel Pentium M 735 (1.7GHz) Processor
512MB DDR2 Memory
60GB 5400rpm Hard Drive
24x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
15.4" WXGA (1280x800) Wide Screen LCD
Intel GMA 950 Integrated Graphics with 128MB Shared Memory
v.90 56Kbps Modem, 10/100 Ethernet and 802.11b/g Wireless
Three USB 2.0 Ports and Express Card/54 Slot
14" x 10.5" x 1.4" @ 6.7 lbs.
Windows XP Home, Word Prefect 12 Word

I also have an HP... Um, um... I don't know what kind though XD

HP G60

CPU Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU T6400 @ 2.00GHz
CPU Speed 2.00 GHz
System RAM 2.9 GB
Video Card Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Sound Card Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 6001), 32-bit
Primary Optical Drive LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
Primary Battery 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard)

This is my laptop...I really need windows 7 lol

a Netbook, eh? If it wasn't so small, I'd consider buying one.

Desktop:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53 Ghz
RAM: 2 Gb
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512 Mb
OS: Windows XP SP3
Internal Hard Disk: 30Gb Maxtor HD
External Hard Disk: Hitachi 2.5' 500 Gb
Optical Drive: Lite-On CD-RW + Pioneer DVD-RW

Laptop:

Toshiba satellite L500

Processor: Pentium Dual Core T4300 2.1GHZ (800Mhz FSB)
RAM: 4GB Ram DDR2
HDD: 320GB HDD
Display: 15.6 WXGA CSV Screen 1366x768 max res
Optical: DVD SuperMulti Double⁄Dual Layer Drive
Graphics: ATi 512MB Dedicated Radeon HD4570 Graphics Card

Yes I know both of them are nothing great but they are enough for me

Never liked the Radeon 4570. I was going through my laptop choices this year and half of them was equipped with it, with a high cost too. It's not decent for gaming.

I don't really like my computer. I want to buy either an HP or a Dell one, but there are no money to spend right now... I prefer holidays!!! And what holidays...

Seriously? Yours is still very well equipped, all it could use is a hard drive upgrade. The Blu-Ray disk drive is a rare commodity in laptops right now, you'd have to pay at least $1000+ for a laptop to be equipped with Blu-ray.

Dell Inspirion E1405 Laptop

Processor: Intel Centrino Duo T2300 1.66 GHZ
OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005: Service Pack 3
RAM: 1 GB
Internal HDD: Toshiba MK1032GSX, 100 GB
External HDD: Western Digital My Passport, 320 GB
Disk Drive 1: Sony DVD+-RW DW-Q58A
Disk Drive 2 (for gaming emulation) : TCD 9ARWX2V55 SCSI CDRom Device
Graphics Card: Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family
Sound Card: SigmaTel High Definition Audio

Its time for me to buy an updated laptop, because Dell is a piece of s***.

HP m7170n
Motherboard:ASUS M4A785-M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD
CPU:AMD Phenom™ II X4 940 Processor, 3000 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
OS:Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
RAM:4GB DDR2
HDD:224 GB
Video Card:Radeon 4650 HD
Disk Drive 1:HP DVD Writer 640c ATA Device
Disk Drive 2:IDE-DVD DROM6216 ATA Device

I changed the motherboard so only thing that really stayed stock was the casing and both disk drives.

Acer Aspire AS5542G-5281 NoteBook
OS:Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
AMD Turion II M500(2.2GHz)
4GB DDR2
Hard Disk 320GB
8X DVD-Super Multi Double-Layer Drive
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
Dolby Optimized Surround Sound System

My sister just cracked the screen on it 2 days ago But she will pay every last cent i spent on it!


My laptop was only 650, i don't really use it for gaming anyways cus i dont like the small screen. I have a LG HDMI Wide screen for my destop so thats what i use.
I can't imagine gaming with a touchpad

Macbook Laptop
Processor: Intel Core Two Duo running at 2.16 GHZ
OS: Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Windows 7 Professional Dual Booting
RAM: 4 GB DDR 2
Hard Drive: 320 GB
Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics Chipset
Disk Drive: 8x Super Drive

Well yes I paid 1500 dollars to buy it...! And Full Metal Mac your computer rocks

Agggh the apple burns me it burns!

I guess not, eh? I like widescreen laptops. And mine is widescreen.. therefore great for portable gaming.

Compared to my old laptop (which my parents now use)

ASUS A3FC

15.6" LCD
80 GB HDD
DVD-ROM Drive
Intel Integrated 450 (or was it 500?) Chipset
2 GB RAM

Utter crap for gaming, but I used it for 3 years. The screen is now wobbly and hinges are loose.

Widescreen laptops are great I had a toshiba a couple years ago with a screen that was 17 inches wide at least.

Well, I don't use my laptop for gaming (mainly at least). I use it for schoolwork and simple games (Ragnarok Online, it runs more than enough for it). And... I bough the laptop last January for 600 AUD, which is pretty cheap for the standard since at that time, even the lower end of the laptop line are usually around 800-900 AUD.




Trust me, not HP. I got a friend who works in HP repair service store, he told me: When an HP brough in for broken part, we just remove them and put in a COMPATIBLE part instead of the original HP part. Sometimes, we use parts that comes from ANOTHER laptop that ALSO happen to be under repair. That is why sometimes the new part is wobbly or not even fit with the socket and easily broken again.

Really? I those HP was the one to trust. Duh, REJECTED. Let's move on to Mac or Dell.

Dell has poor customer service from what my friends tell me. And Mac? Really? Stick to windows if you don't want the headache. My sister's hard drive failed on her Macbook a few months ago. Around $200 dollars after taxes to get it fixed.

What bull.

On a laptop, give me around 100 dollars, I could get it upgraded and installed and still have change.

Mac is more recommended if you're into design (I'm not talking about simply drawing/sketching hobby, I'm talking about hardcore drawing) coz they excel in graphic and art. On the minus side, as Cloud said, its pretty expensive to repair and it have problem with compatibility with some programs like word processing programs (Note, Mac's default word processing program can't be read in windows/linux OS). Otherwise, I recomment windows OS instead.

Laptop brand-wise, If you have the budget, get a lenovo. They are one of the most durable laptop line in the world although admited that their... design isn't quite attractive. If you're looking for cheaper ones, I recommendend the Toshiba Tecra line or Some of the Satellite line (I'm using Satellite L500, it works like a charm). Dell is also quite a good choice, they are pretty durable and can last pretty long, the option that you can customize your own laptop upon order is also a plus. On the downside, they have absolutely horrid customer service.

I don't recommend Sony personally, they are quite overpriced imo and once a problem shows up, chances are it will show up again mere weeks or even days after you fix it. My friend got a Vaio and I already lost count how many times he brought it to the repair shop in the last few months... for the same problem.

I thought that there were the best! I will stay with my Vaio, then! Only 100? Huh, I thought that a good upgrade would cost much more!

My Desktop Computer:

Gateway 700GR
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 running at 3.4 GHZ
OS: Windows XP
RAM: 2 GB DDR
Hard Drive: 320 GB
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X300 with 128 MB
Disk Drive: 8X DVD-ROM, 52X CD-ROM

Wow, someone actually still use a Pentium 4? O well, I'm not one to talk, I was using it until last year before it completely broke down and I had to replace it

@ FullMetalMac: Pe-pentium 4??? Dude, does it STILL work??? o.0

I thought it was funny that I just noticed this post, considering I just got finished dropping almost 2 grand into a new monster that should last me for a few years.

Intel® Core™ i7 930 Processor Quad-Core (4x 2.80GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ 120mm Radiator
12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1600 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5770 - 1GB - CrossFire Mode (Dual Cards)
1 TB HARD DRIVE - 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s
24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive (Was thinking about BluRay, but I already have a player, and don't really need it on the comp too)
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
27" Asus LED Monitor

@ Paradox

I hate you, bro.

I currently have a Sony Vio... Buy I want an apple... BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET VIRUSES!

I have a vaio too. And you gotta do something to beat that virus!

@Cloud

Aw, comon man. Don't hate, appreciate!

And ladies... thats why I'm using 2 different antivirus + Spyware/Ad-ware detector + Firewall.

Do you mind telling me which ones they are?

Just a lil' question how much space does the hard drive of that beast have?

Space? You mean the size of the drive?

It's 1 Terabyte... so that translates into 1,000 Gigabytes. Or 1,000,000 Megabytes. Or 1,000,000,000 Kilobytes. Or 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.

The actual size of the drive is 1,138,352,854,990 bytes.

@Paradox_Jast and Sakura_1: Technically it's our family computer and my dad is too cheap to sink money into a new computer, that's why we still have it, but I'm glad I have my Apple Macbook as it's my main computer I use for most of my work.

Hm, don't diss the Dell or HP, I got both XD

YAY~! Shippu-chan is back! Long time no see dear~~~

DANG, I am confused. BL said sth about Toshiba and Lenovo, I will try them, but I also love HP, Dell and Mac. ARGHHH!! I want them all

Oh, don't get me wrong. HP is good... the first time at least, you just need to be extra careful with them as they are actually the most easily broken laptop compared to other brands. AKA: As long as you don't break them, you gonna be fine... but once it broke and in need for repair, better to just go get another one.

Dell laptops are good, they are pretty durable and tend to last longer, its the after sales customer service that sucks. They usually give you wrong price when you ask for the repair price (Example: When you bring the laptop to their repair shop and ask the approximate price, they tell 80 dollars... but when they finish repairing them, they gonna tell you that the damage was more serious than anticipated and it cost you 160 dollars instead.) Not to mention that sometimes they don't even comes on time... like say... they tell you it gonna finish in 2 days but instead it took em a week... just to replace a hard disk with a new one. Heck, I remember that someone said once that among laptop brands, Dell got the worst after-sales customer service, Its THAT bad.

I agree with this. Back when I first joined this forum, I couldn't stand Dell's Customer service when my computer was broken due to a malfuctioning motherboard. I had to wait for at least a month to get my computer fixed... and not to dissed anyone here, but I wanted American customer service, not someone from outside the country.

you know, about 5 seconds ago, I could confidently say that I had never before been turned on by most computers.

five.
seconds.
ago.


stupid sexy 2 thousand dollar, not-a-Mac computer!


dammat i'll be in my bunk.

My best friend's Toshiba is still safe and sound (not a single repair) after 5 yrs. But, seriously, HP and Dell sound to have a REALLY SO VERY BAD c.s. And Paradox has got the most freakin' awesome PC ever!

My Vaio needs a repair every each year (wtf). A blue screen with dump letters appears and BAM! Shuts down. Then? Send it to Germany, repair it for about 170 euros and lose my data in no-time. The first time it broke down, I managed to save some of 'em in a 2GB flash memory stick. The second time it TOTALLY broke down. In a second. And that was it. And what they did over there was to re-install Windows Vista Home Premium. I suppose I will save ALL my data this summer in an external hard disc so that I won't start screaming out again: "NO!!! SIMS 3!! MY PROJECTS!!! MY PICAS!!! MY VIDEOS!! ARE GONE~~~ ALL GONE!!!! *cries out loud*"

Thats why I don't safe most of my programs/games to my internal HD but to my external one. My internal HD only have the default Windows programs, the Microsoft office and a few other necessity programs like Download Accelerator (Ok, you might think its unnecessary but when you live in a country whose download speed can't go more than 150 kb/s most of the time, an accelerator is pretty darn helpful). the result? I only have 30 Gb internal Hard Disk and I don't need to worry about losing my programs as my external HD is safe and it darn safe me lots of money (30 Gb internal hard disk barely cost 20 dollars nowadays... heck maybe less)

My recommendation is to get 2 external HD (like me) 1 as the main HD, another as back up. The back up HD need to be AT LEAST 1/2 size of the main one though (Example: Main external HD is 1 Tb, the backup need to b at least 500 Gb). You don't need as much volume for the backup coz what you really need to put inside are only the program installers (and your pics and movies but I doubt that will takes up much of the space since you can always compress them and safe up to 1/3 of the full size). thats how I can survive reformatting my PC over and over safely without fear.

PS: Yes I know I sound like a geek... shut it

Yep, I need to get one. Thanks for the feedback.

P.S: You don't sound like a geek and I don't shut it

LOL, sounds like Yaka's XBOX. vista was windows crappest OS evar, get rid of it if you can

HP Pavillion G71-339ca

# Processor : 2.10 GHz Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 (1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
# OS : Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
# Display : 17.3" Diagonal HD+ High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display resolution 1600 x 900
# Memory : 4 GB
# HDD : 320GB SATA 5400RPM
# LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
# 802.11b/g WLAN
# 3 USB 2.0, 1 HDMI
# Graphic Video : Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M
# Battery : 6-Cell Lithium-Ion battery

I love my little HP, I know you guys are saying they have bad service but you see... I do my own service on my laptop. xP

Well... thats 1 way to avoid the crappy service I guess. I would have done the same thing if I can help it, problem is I'm not exactly knowledgeable about laptops....

My gateway's a piece of crap.

My hi-tech friend can solve almost any problem... But he couldn't fix my laptop last year XD
@ Tsunade: I wanna get Windows 7 as soon as possible

The only problem I've had with my Dell is that the um, thing you put your plug in to charge it broke because... Um, I'm not even gonna tell that story XD oh, and it got more then 4,000 viruses and cost over $600 all together to repair. O_e... Yeah. My HP has no problems =D and when I get to Oregon my Dad is gettin me a new computer, because my Dell won't charge anymore so yeah... I hope to not spend over $700, any suggestions? •^^•

Look for 'em: HP COMPAQ PRESARIO CQ71-420ED VZ663EA, LENOVO THINKPAD SL300 NS652GM, TOSHIBA SATELLITE L550-200, FUJITSU AMILO PI3660-F6,



I liked them, hope u'll also do so!

One way to do it. But when you start getting motherboard and BIOS load problems, then its on a one way trip to HP crappy service. =P

My teacher in high school absolutely hated HP. He lives like down the street from its main office/tech support building, and one day, his wife's desktop went to hell. Guess what? Can't bring it directly to the service center there.

Had to send for UPS, pay 30 dollars to send it DOWN THE STREET for a repair.

I find that buying laptops, go with some luck. Other people have had problems with some laptops, yet others use it perfectly with the same model. I stick to OEMS that design other electronics other than computers, which can help make a decision.

As for Apple? I never liked the Mac OS, looks pretty, but can't do much for me (I'm not into graphics design or music design). If I wanted to run the Mac OS system, then VMWare is one click away. (Virtual boot system)

@ Paradox

I DON'T WANNA COMPARE THE SIZE OF OUR HARD DRIVES AND/OR RAM!