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please recommend me a decently priced laptop. do i really need 100GB? what holes do i need? only USB? how many? do people not use parallel and serial ports anymore? is a 17" screen worth the extra over all size? is XBrite better than TruBrite? XP home, professional or media? how heavy is too heavy? how long should a good battery last? how expensive is too expensive and how cheap is too cheap?
dont give me any of the mac apple crapple, please.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

i used to. then i put it in some water, and now i dont.

― terry lennox. (gareth), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

I like smaller displays for easy transport. Thinkpads are nice, at least from my experience.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

How are you going to use it? Will it be your primary machine? Will you dock it at home and use it with a full keyboard and monitor? Are you going to be lugging it all over the country? Will you be connecting to domains? Will you use it for gaming?

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

XP pro is the only option too.

― Jeff. (Jeff), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

some office work type stuff plus a whole lot of media and gaming. no docking. i cant imagine lugging it much further than home to work and back but i see people here (at work) doing that and they use wheely things that i thought people only used for running through airports with carry on luggage. i dont want to be a wheely person.

note: im scared of dell, ibm, compaq and gateway. a little of HP too.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)

samsung

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:44 (twenty years ago)

IBM laptops are invincible. If you insist on a PC laptop (rather than Mac), they're the best, but not the cheapest.

― Mike W (caek), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

i dont know. i worked for them for 6 years and used their notebooks and i really wasnt impressed. we might have been getting the crappy old ones though.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

I bought a Thinkpad in 1997 that I'm still using and have never had a problem with.

― jz, Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:57 (twenty years ago)

You might take a look at Alienware. My daughter has one of their laptops, does a lot of gaming and graphics on it and is much happier with it than the HP I bought her. I've had good luck personally with Dell and Compaq, though the Compaq I've got right now has a few issues with some of the XP service pack bits. (Spk2 seems to be running well on it now though.) I prefer a larger screen for the work I do, and when I haul mine around, it's generally haul it, set it up for a few days, haul it again, so it's not so onerous that it's a bit heavy and large (I'm a backpack person, due to neck and shoulder problems). XP Pro gives the most flexibility, if you are going to be connecting to various networks. I run XP Pro on my laptop and XP Home on my desktop. RJM runs XP Media on his desktop, and they all play happily on the same workgroup-model network.

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 9 March 2006 15:59 (twenty years ago)

XP Pro. Seriously, don't even think about XP Home.

― Pork Cheops (willpie), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:09 (twenty years ago)

Get one (1) REAL laptop:

http://www.talics.de/wp-content/images/powerbook.jpg

― Fish is Biodegradable! (That Means It Rots) (kate), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

I'm a mac person, but my sister's IBM ThinkPad is the only pc laptop I've ever really taken a shining too.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:16 (twenty years ago)

I have a dell inspiron 6000. it's nice.

oh and I stuck rhinestones all over the top which makes it nicer of course.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

I love my Toshiba. I have actually dropped it on a hard floor and it's just fine.

Yes, get big hard-drive, but you can always get an external if you need one. And most new laptops come with dvd burners anyway, so you can save data that way.
Go for the fastest Centrino processor you can afford (most laptops have them now, I believe.)
XP Pro, well, obv.

If portability is the reason for a laptop, I don't see why a screen bigger than 15" is necessary. I watch movies and tv on mine and it's 15". I know someone who has a big wide screen on his laptop, and that's pretty nice but at the same time, it's kind of huge - you could always plug in another screen anyway.

Warning: 8 to 10 months after you buy your laptop, it will seem outdated and slow and heavy. It's a bullet that has to be bitten.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

my powerbook 12" is neither slow, nor heavy, nor even that outdated.

SUCKAZ.

― gbx (skowly), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:19 (twenty years ago)

it is still a mac.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

i don't want to fite, i mean.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

Okay, don't get super annoyed:
1. I have used three laptops in recent years. The first was an IBM Thinkpad bought by my company, which I was perfectly happy with and which still works perfectly. Would've never given it up but for technology advances. In principle would recommend highly EXCEPT that last year IBM sold Thinkpad to Lenovo, the Chinese manufacturer, which may give some cause for second thought.
2. The second was a Sony with all the bells and whistles. Loved it for a year and half until I began to have major problems -- first with the display going out, then with the... have forgotten the correct term, but it's where the power cord plugs into the computer. Eventually I had a meltdown and was told I would have to replace the motherboard for more than half of what a new one would cost. Totally unacceptable at months, especially as the IBM was still in perfect working order.
3. Last fall I switched over to a PowerBook. So far I am very happy. Runs much cooler (temperature not style) than the Sony did. There are no longer any "compatibility" issues between file or operating system formats -- I can save WinXP word processing, spreadsheet, etc. files on flash drive at work, bring them home and work on Mac versions (or open source equivalents), and then take them back the next day. No idea how all this Intel chip stuff will play out over time, but seems like it can only be good.

No experience with XP Media, but XP Pro seems a bit more stable and flexible than XP Home.

I hav 80G and it's already almost full -- definitely go for 100G.

Go for the best screen quality but not necessarily size -- my rule of thumb is always the largest is TOO large, both in terms of weight and battery drain (specifically 15" has always fine for me).

― mitya is really tired of making up names, Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

If you were FOR REALZ you would install BSD, not XP.

― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

The Lenovo (formerly IBM) ones are good if you want something that's sturdy and made to actually bang around a bit. Don't be worried about the fact they're "Lenovo" now, since IBM never really made them anyway. The company that manufactured them for IBM now owns the whole rigths. Dell has some decent deals and wider support. There are some chain store options (Sony/Compaq/Toshiba/whatever) that are good but it all depends on feature set. I'd recommend figuring out how you're going to use the damn thing before buying one. If you want a portable desktop and are going to be near a power outlet, then ignore battery life and go for a power-hungry processor and larger screen. If you want good battery life, then go the other direction.

There's not really a good consensus pick for laptops. Just don't buy the cheapest possible one from a chain store, those things tend to be crap. XP Pro or Media Center really don't matter unless you need the Pro features -- the biggest one that Home lacked was the ability to join a workgroup, and Media Center has that. It doesn't have all the web server crap, so that's a concern if you want it.

― mike h. (mike h.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i know ibm didnt make them. the last laptop i owned was an ibm notebook in the late 90s. it died before the century turned but i did step on it a bunch of times and i think i threw it at a wall once. i really think theyre pretty ugly. i dont think youre going to sell me on the ibms any time soon.

sigh. powerbooks. the bottom line is i understand why people love their macs but its not worth it to me to use versions of applications i was using 4 years ago on a PC to feel macintosh superior. i want to be able to install anything i want and the latest version of it and i dont want to go to some computer store website to look for hardware and find 150 matches for what i want with only 2 of those being compatible to my powerbook. if im going to drop a couple of grand on a laptop i dont want my choices of what i can do with it severely limited. its retarded. plus we have a mac in the house already.

i had a look at the alienware site. ive heard good things about them. the pricing seems really odd though. their laptops seem to jump from $800 to $2000+. also the $2K+ only have 40GB HDs. weird no? maybe im reading it wrong.

ive heard dells break down all the time. is that true?

good advice with the sony and toshibas (two brands im considering). great advice with the rhinestones. are they clear or colored?

what is BSD? im not installing the platform, its whatever comes with.

basically i dont want to be limited with anything in the way of media (video, music, image editing) and i want it to be pretty. oh and the office work stuff too. i need to connect remotely to the applications i test and my companies LAN.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

company's perhaps

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Samsung X50 or X60, both well specced capable machines.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

oooo... those ARE nice!

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:57 (twenty years ago)

wait a minute. it says:

NP-X60
Imagine unlimited multi-tasking

Imagine a notebook so powerful you will be obsessed with its performance. Dual core CPU, 3D graphics and a wide LCD screen provides you a perfect condition for multi-tasking and multi-media work.

Samsung recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional.

then in the specs:

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Well built too, nice screens. I have and X50 for work and it seems as solid as and has been all over the place with me. Includes a very welcome 6pin firewire port and SD card slot. Lightest amchine we could find with a decent graphics chip when we were looking. Our X50s came with XP Pro preinstalled, weird.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

I have had no trouble with Dells breaking down - no more than any other PCS. I've had two Compaqs and they were far worse.

In full disclousure I must say that my partner works for Mr. Dell so my children's future rides some on their success. We also have macs too though.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:00 (twenty years ago)

BSD is an operating system, like Windows. But I was just being flippant, no cause for concern.

― steal compass, drive north, disappear (tissp), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

It looks to me like the pricier Alienware come with dual SATA 120 GB hard drives, that you can either set up as a RAID (so 120 GB total storage) or not (so a total of 240 GB).

I had Dells (two different Inspiron models) over the course of 5 years. I had NECs before that. I never had one break down, they just got slow and tired. I've had this Compaq for 4 years now, just had to replace the battery, but otherwise no hardware issues. I have issues with Toshiba because of a boss who bought one of their earliest luggables - it was a disaster and I've been prejudiced against ever since. I've got an IBM thinkpad in my lab that I use for some field work - it's 3 or 4 years old, feels flimsy, particularly in the keyboard, but continues to work despite exposure to some severe environments.

― Jaq (Jaq), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:01 (twenty years ago)

these x50s are coming up as $3200. im not that rich.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

That seems high (unless they are\CDN dollars then it's probably about right)

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:06 (twenty years ago)

Is there anyone is this thread worth me flaming? I just came in and saw the last 20 replies but didn't see anything drawing my ire.

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: (ex machina), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

flame on jon.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:08 (twenty years ago)

i want to know why tombot hates sonys

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

build quality is shit, the specs are shit, they are expensive.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

jon, theres an obvious choice.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:10 (twenty years ago)

I can second the hardiness of Toshibas. I dropped mine under a train and it is okay.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

My first Samsung went to fund the crack habit of someone in the banlieue of Paris.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Quick question while we're on the subject - I bought a refurbished Dell D810 the other day and have been mostly using it plugged in. However, on a couple of occasions I have unplugged it and within seconds a warning box has come up telling me to save my docs as the battery is about to go dead. It shouldn't be - I've been charging it all this time (or so I presume). I've never had a laptop before - is this normal? Or should I send it back and ask them to replace the battery?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:17 (twenty years ago)

My first Samsung went to fund the crack habit of someone in the banlieue of Paris.

its good to give back to the community.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

i can second not buying sonys - see other laptop threads for details.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

That's completely abnormal and you need to bring it back.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

seconds??? no. my last laptop would go maybe 30 minutes before doing that. i dont know how long they last these days

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:21 (twenty years ago)

xpost to markelby:

that sounds to me like the standard signal that you have an old/defective battery. buy a new one or get it replaced by Dell, if that's an option.

― mitya is really tired of making up names, Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:24 (twenty years ago)

Sounds like a fucked battery. Did you remove all plasttic etc from the battery and terminals, they often ship them with something to stop the battery shorting.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:25 (twenty years ago)

I got it refurbished, i.e. used (from a reputable dealer), so the battery was already in situ. I think I have a reasonable case for complaint if it's fucked, second hand or not?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:27 (twenty years ago)

Oh - you're suggesting I should open it up and check if there's plastic/packaging etc in the battery bay?

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:28 (twenty years ago)

Well yes, they can't very well refurbish something and then sell it with a bum battery.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:29 (twenty years ago)

I have a battery in my bum.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:35 (twenty years ago)

without batteries mine doesn't run

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:41 (twenty years ago)

Oddly I can't run with my battery in.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 9 March 2006 17:51 (twenty years ago)

ok this one is bitchin': Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1827545,00.asp

is buying refurbished stupid or smart? is there a diff between refurbished and remanufactured?

i found it for $1800 and something remanufactured like new with all original accessories and manufacturers warranty

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:33 (twenty years ago)

(new - $2999)

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:35 (twenty years ago)

refurbs can be pretty good, lots of friends have bought apple refurbs and had no problem. Essentially a refurb will be something sent back for a warranty repair, it's been replaced for the customer and then the original machine is fixed to an 'as new' condition and then sold. Can be a good way to buy, often they have stuff ironed out that wouldn't be ironed out on a new machine. Check warranties though, sometimes they only come with 90 days.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:41 (twenty years ago)

ok! thanks Ed.

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

The Qosmios are somewhat bulky I find.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:10 (twenty years ago)

bulky is ok. its not really going anywhere

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:19 (twenty years ago)

9.5lbs. thats pretty goddamn heavy

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

ASUS make really good, solid laptops. Ive had mine for alomst 4 years and I have dropped it, smoked over it, played games for hours on it, and it still works perfectly. The new ASUS models give you a lot for the price, too - i'm looking at one that gives me 100gb HDD, a 256mb radeon mobility card (would rather an nvidia but eh), 17" screen, digital tv tuner, xp pro, 1gb ram etc etc for around 3k AUD. Has a 2 year international warranty as well. Only kicker is it is a little weighty at almost 4kg but I'm looking at it as a desktop replacement/gaming machine.

Dont get Alienware, they are good, but FAR TOO EXPENSIVE. Other brands do as much for a lot less cost. You're paying for the brand.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:41 (twenty years ago)

Oh and it is a dualcore CPU as well. Which was nice.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 10 March 2006 00:42 (twenty years ago)

I have an Inspiron 9300 - I love it so much that I swear I hear the hallelujah chorus every time I pop it's top.

― Dellcheerleader, Friday, 10 March 2006 01:12 (twenty years ago)

Samsung Q30+

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Friday, 10 March 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

ohhh yeah those red Samsungs look niiiice. I toyed with getting one instead of the ASUS A7J, but I think it's considerably more money sadly :( It looks so hot tho!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 10 March 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

Its like a giant trapper-keeper!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 10 March 2006 04:28 (twenty years ago)

hahaha, it's smaller than a trapper keeper! US$2300 though, and only a one-year warranty.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Friday, 10 March 2006 06:24 (twenty years ago)

ive decided to go with the Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513:

Operating System: MS Windows XP Media Center
Processor Name: Intel Pentium M 760
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
RAM: 1024 MB
Hard Drive Capacity: 120 GB
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 6600 Go
Primary Optical Drive: Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW
Wireless: 802.11a/b
Screen Size: 17 inches
Screen Size Type: widescreen
System Weight: 9.4 lbs

From PC mag: The Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 is the best multimedia laptop we've seen, especially when it comes to integrating AV features. No other system comes close.Multitude of AV features. Designed for AV rack. Terrific screen. Large hard drives.

Has anyone here dealt with 'elsider' before?

http://www.elsider.com/

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

i dont even know how to pronounce 'Qosmio'

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:03 (twenty years ago)

Kosmio, go figure.

How much video memory has that got?

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

Video MemoryVideo RAM installed 128 MB
Max video RAM supported 128 MB
Video memory technology DDR SDRAM

Is that crappy?

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

That's fine. Should be able to do vista when it hits.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

sweet

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

If you can find a deal through a retailer like COMPUSA and get the replace-o-matic warranty with them, go for it. It's not worth the $150 savings from a sketchy online wholesaler joint when you open it up one day and it's died and your only recourse is to drop another $1100.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 16:17 (twenty years ago)

these people are selling it for $1690 while compusa is selling it for $2199. I'm concerned that they dont take credit cards (westernunion only) and seem to be based in italy. on the other hand they have that yahoo buyer protection thing.

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:23 (twenty years ago)

That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

Paying by credit card will protect you if the fail to deliver. Western U will just eat your money.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:25 (twenty years ago)

sigh. yeah. we'll see.

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:28 (twenty years ago)

sounds v dodgy

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:28 (twenty years ago)

The first gen VAIO laptops were great -- I remember seeing lots of people at 2600 marveling at how well Linux ran on them. I hear the quality dropped off.

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: (ex machina), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

its weird but no more dodgy than buying something on ebay

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

I think it sound possibly more dodgy. I wouldn't risk that expensive of a purchase, ss.

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:46 (twenty years ago)

Also if it comes from Italy that just means you get to pay US customs back to UPS or whoever about a month after you get it. I did this with a Yamaha sampler, bought it from Germany and then got hit with an invoice from the shipper a while later for about $140 to cover customs fees.

I can understand $509 might seem a lot for peace of mind.

― TOMBOT, Friday, 10 March 2006 16:54 (twenty years ago)

I'm in the process of reviving my coworker's pentium 166 laptop ... it works fine for simple stuff -- mainly used for writing and some light web browsing. Who cares if someone steals it!

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: (ex machina), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:13 (twenty years ago)

I have an awesome 486 laptop at my parents' house that I want to use as a X/VNC term /IRC terminal, but the battery is toast.

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: (ex machina), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

their prodcuts are in the US but the money goes to italy. free overnight shipping + no tax. go figure.

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

asking for payment via western union online = guaranteed scam. western union is for sending money to your family, not buying things from stangers. run, do not walk, away.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 March 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

also strangers.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 March 2006 00:14 (twenty years ago)

3. distant seller requests payment via Western Union or MoneyGram:
* seller often claims that an MTCN or confirmation code is needed before he can withdraw your money - this is FALSE, once you've wired money, it is GONE.
* common items currently: laptops, plasma TVs, cell phones, tickets - but could be almost anything
* common countries currently include: Nigeria, Romania, Ukraine, Spain, UK, Italy, Netherlands - but could be anywhere

* deal often seems too good to be true

craigslist scams faq

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 March 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

thx for all the advice. i ended up ditching the italians and going with a 4 1/2 star rated yahoo merchant based in tennessee. $300 more but, hell, at least ill be getting the laptop.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:14 (twenty years ago)

i really did not read anything here, i just want to warn everyone against buying a Toshiba Satellite. They work perfectly except for the fact that they RANDOMLY SHUT OFF. Often. I've had to get mine repaired three times, and I'm going to have to take it in one last time to the Geek Squad and get a brand new Toshiba Satellite replacement, which will still randomly shut off b/c it's a flaw in their cooling system. this problem is documented all over the net. DONT BUY A TOSHIBA SATELLITE.

― killy (baby lenin pin), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i read about that. you cant even put them on your lap or on the bed etc because they get too hot and when they get too hot they shut down. but i heard it was a certain model of satellite? you should see if you can try a different one.

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

That happened to my wife's Satellite too, but I don't know what model. I don't think it's restricted to one model, though; it's a problem with whatever BIOS Toshiba uses in them, made worse by some incompatibility with Windows XP SP2.

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

My Toshiba Satellite is just fine and I've had it for a year and a half! And I put it on my lap and on blankets and cushions all the time. Cats sit near it, it is constantly on, etc. It's a pentium M (centrino) though, which I'm told makes a difference re: cooling. I don't know. (if you are listening to this Robyn's Computer, don't decide now's the time to fuck with me, pls.)

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)

haha

― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:24 (twenty years ago)

http://www.nationmaster.com/wikimir/images/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Nagasakibomb.jpg/250px-Nagasakibomb.jpg

― phil d. (Phil D.), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:28 (twenty years ago)

http://mikezornek.com/blog/images/everythingisfine.jpg

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:39 (twenty years ago)

http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Mechanical%20Toys/298-867.jpg

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

ok, it has become clear to me that a keyboard and mouse are required for this new laptop. any recommendations? whats a gaming mouse? is it a good idea to go for bluetooth or is it really no different than the normal wireless keyb/meece? do those mini mouses feel queer? do i really need to find something that will allow me to be 10' away from the computer?

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 14:10 (twenty years ago)

I wouldn't bother with a bluetooth mouse. I got a $9 logitech mini mouse and have been very very very happy with it. The cable wraps up around it nicely.

― Masked Intruder (ex machina), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

i know you like bluetooth though. what do you use it for? anything besides your phone?

― sunny successor (katharine), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

i decided against a wireless mouse for my laptop because i know that'd just mean i'll lose the mouse in 2 days because it isn't attached. i got a second hand USB keyboard from a computer fair for £2.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 4 April 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

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