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Toad King posted:I recently got a HP dm3 1030us, and it's been working great, but I have noticed it can get pretty hot when in heavy use. After hearing a lot of horror stories about HP laptops and their heating problems, I think it would be smart to invest in a cooling pad. My question is should I go with one of the fan cooling pads or an ice pad, and is there any particular brand I should look for/avoid? Checkout the Zalman NC1000 and NC2000. I hear the NZXT Cryo is pretty good too. Should be able to find them from your supplier of choice for around $50US or $60US. All of these rate very well in reviews. The NC1000 is probably what you're looking for since the other two are moreso for bigger machines (unless of course you don't mind a bit of overhang).
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Zaraphrax posted:Checkout the Zalman NC1000 and NC2000. I hear the NZXT Cryo is pretty good too. Should be able to find them from your supplier of choice for around $50US or $60US. All of these rate very well in reviews. The NC1000 is probably what you're looking for since the other two are moreso for bigger machines (unless of course you don't mind a bit of overhang). These 3 are the only 3 coolers that are apparently fit for the people on the Notebookreview forums. They're all pretty good. I would also add the Antec Cooler, which I actually own.
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LaptopGun posted:These 3 are the only 3 coolers that are apparently fit for the people on the Notebookreview forums. They're all pretty good. I would also add the Antec Cooler, which I actually own. Haha - yeah that's how I'd heard about them. They are very good coolers, I've seen a Cryo and it's very nice. I was considering buying one for my Dell M1530 for a while there, but didn't get around to t. The Antec Cooler as in this one? http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...d=418&Itemid=66 That also seems to get good reviews. It'd probably be a bit more suitable for smaller machines since the air flow looks to be a bit more focused on the important bits of the laptop.
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No thats actually a newer better model that I had no idea existed  I meant this one. http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Noteboo...63056201&sr=8-1 The biggest laptop for it would be 15.4, my old laptop was just able to fit on all four corners. I got it on special at Staples so it was cheaper than even Amazon. This was years ago though...The one you found looks even better
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Any idea how big of a notebook that Antec 200 would fit?
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| # ? Jan 9, 2010 18:01 |
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The review says its nearly $60... for that money by NXT or Zalman. It's outrageous. A far as size goes, the reviewer used a relatively small laptop. I don't think you're fitting a 18 inch behemoth on that thing.
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I am looking at getting a Lenovo Thinkpad T500. My question is how big of a difference does the discrete graphics card make? It adds about $200 to the price tag. The Intel GMA x4500HD should be good enough to run Aero with Windows 7 right? I will be using the computer for Visual Studio, SQL Express, running virtual machines and the normal internet surfing + hulu watching. I don't play any games. For reference the configuration I am looking at is: * Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40GHz 1066MHz 3MBL2) 25W * Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 * 15.4" WSXGA+ TFT, w/ CCFL Backlight * Intel Graphics Media Accelerator x4500HD with vPro * 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (2 DIMM) * 160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm * DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer, Ultrabay Slim (Serial ATA) * Intel WiFi Link 5100 (AGN) with My WiFi Technology * 6 cell Li-Ion Battery
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Brock Samson posted:15.6" with 1366 x 768 pixels. No thanks. On the other hand, my 4-month-long browse for a laptop that met my requirements finally came to a close today with the purchase of the new refresh of HP Envy 15. -- Win7 Pro -- i5-540 CPU -- 4GB DDR3 RAM -- 320GB 7200RPM hard drive -- ATI 5830 GPU -- 15.6" 1080p display *matte screen* -- Webcam, Intel a/g/n wireless, etc $1368.24 after tax I'm hoping that with switchable graphics and an i5 instead of an i7, this will get better battery life than the last generation of Envys did. I'll know in 2 weeks!
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Just wanted to post this laptop. It is the single best laptop out right now for $1,000. I promise you won't find anything better than this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16834146613 I am probably going to buy it soon.
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duckslut posted:Just wanted to post this laptop. It is the single best laptop out right now for $1,000. I'm also probably going to buy this, but I can't find any decent y550 reviews with the 240M. Will I be able to play modern warfare 2 decently? Mainly considering this as a desktop replacement to my Pentium D Dell e510.
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I checked my local Best Buy and this laptop is happening on Monday. Anything I should know before I drop a grand on this beast?
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Regicide posted:I checked my local Best Buy and this laptop is happening on Monday. Anything I should know before I drop a grand on this beast? Best Buy posted:# Weighs 8.8 lbs. and measures 2" thin 
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Regicide posted:I checked my local Best Buy and this laptop is happening on Monday. Anything I should know before I drop a grand on this beast?
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Instant Stalker posted:The mouse pad is practically useless. It's the one with the holes in it AND it also has a combined clicker (the worst of everything). The thing itself is also butt fugly unless it's closed. The specs are great though. I don't plan on using the mouse pad, or even the keyboard. I'll be getting USB for all that. I'm just worried about the specs... the battery life is a con, but if I want to game on the move? I'll have to deal with it. A desktop doesn't make any sense for me.
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Regicide posted:I don't plan on using the mouse pad, or even the keyboard. I'll be getting USB for all that. I'm just worried about the specs... the battery life is a con, but if I want to game on the move? I'll have to deal with it. A desktop doesn't make any sense for me. You could also consider one of the 1920x1200 bluray playing alienware outlet items. Also, if you're set on one of those Asus laptops from best buy, I would consider the g60 series over the g72 series. The g60 has 2 hard drive bays! Has a usable mouse pad, and it just feels like it was built better and has an extra hour of battery life over the g72. Instant Stalker fucked around with this message at Jan 10, 2010 around 06:34 |
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Instant Stalker posted:You should Your link didn't work but this one? The only really catches are less HD Space (the speed is the same!) and less RAM. Wait, wait. What do I do now? The battery life almost seems worth 2GB of RAM because hell... what the gently caress games has minimum of 4GB? Uh... goons?
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duckslut posted:Just wanted to post this laptop. It is the single best laptop out right now for $1,000. Have fun with the low-resolution screen and no battery life with that i7.
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Edit: Nevermind, I told the dude to do his own drat research for his own drat computer.
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Godzilla07 posted:Have fun with the low-resolution screen and no battery life with that i7. Yea that's true about the screen. People said it was getting ~3 hours of battery life though. Which isn't bad. But you won't get better performance for 1 grand anywhere else. I ended up buying the new sony F series laptop late last night though: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...552921644691999 quote:$1254.99 after tax (with 7% student discount) Basically you can fix the screen (full 1080p), add a back-lit keyboard, get slightly better graphics, windows professional, and no bloatware, for about ~200 more (Sony gives 7% off if you are a student) I know the hard drive sucks, but I don't care because I will buy a SSD when the prices come down. This laptop should hold me for about 3 or 4 years after that upgrade. duckslut fucked around with this message at Jan 10, 2010 around 23:10 |
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Slopehead posted:Edit: Nevermind, I told the dude to do his own drat research for his own drat computer. Who? Me?
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voice_negative posted:I'm also probably going to buy this, but I can't find any decent y550 reviews with the 240M. Will I be able to play modern warfare 2 decently? Mainly considering this as a desktop replacement to my Pentium D Dell e510. People on the Newegg reviews said they were playing it at medium to high settings. Here's some benchmarks for reference: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA...0M.17654.0.html The 330M I just ordered should be about 5%-10% or so better than the 240M (my guess, no benchmarks out for it yet). Check out that Sony F series that just came out if you have a couple extra hundred to spend (mainly for the screen). Otherwise that Lenovo is solid as hell. http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lap...o-f-series.aspx duckslut fucked around with this message at Jan 11, 2010 around 02:28 |
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Regicide posted:I checked my local Best Buy and this laptop is happening on Monday. Anything I should know before I drop a grand on this beast? That's the one got at a better price.
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My request on the other page got skipped over so I'll repost.. -13-15" (Would rather go smaller than bigger) -Under 5 pounds -Decent battery life -Decent gaming capabilities. I don't really play anything now but I plan on getting in on some SC2 and Diablo 3 action in the future. Blizzard's games tend to be playable on a variety of system requirements so I'm hoping something like the 14z would be able to handle it somewhat with the Geforce 9400M. I have a HP tx2500 tablet laptop that I'm going to sell and it handles L4D pretty well on medium settings with an inferior GPU to the Studio 14z. -Max budget around $800-1000 Some possible choices I've picked out are the Dell Studio 14z (not sure if the GPU is good enough), Sony Vaio SR and CW, and Lenovo Ideapads.
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hmmxkrazee posted:My request on the other page got skipped over so I'll repost.. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...x_ya_oh_product Comes with Asus overclocking software that people are getting to 2ghz with no problems. GPU is waaay better than a 9400m. INcredible battery life... it's basically the holy grail of 13" laptops for moderate gamers who want awesome battery life and portability.
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Is it still bad for laptop batteries if they're left plugged into AC power for extended periods of time?
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the posted:Is it still bad for laptop batteries if they're left plugged into AC power for extended periods of time? I wish this would be fixed though. I need to not have to worry about taking the battery out ever as well as not have to worry about killing the battery from overcharging.
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This is a general opinion question I would love some insight on. I have an HP notebook (I know, HP sucks, I didn't do my research first) for my primary computing purposes. One of my hobbies lately has been music production. I was given Sony Acid Music studio as a gift and also a USB keyboard. I really enjoy music production and while I don't want to make it a profession, it's something of a "serious hobby" for me now. Acid is pretty good, but I could use some extra plugins and program suites for some of things I'm playing with. Those cost money. I have some disposable income and I am think of going in a couple different directions. I can spend $500-600 on some new, better software and music accouterments for my HP, but will probably have to replace the laptop in a couple years because, HP. Or, I could spend a bit more on a new Mac with Garage Band which my other musical friends seem to rave about. I would eventually have to buy some extra stuff for it too, tho? Is it worth switching over to a MacBook for music production (since Macs are supposed to be the go-to computers for creative types) and spending more money, or do you think some better professional software will suffice for my purposes? edit: Building a desktop would be impractical for me at this juncture, fyi Anal Surgery fucked around with this message at Jan 12, 2010 around 00:30 |
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greasyhands posted:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...x_ya_oh_product That one looks amazing. Looking around though it seems most of the reviews were with the model without the dedicated GPU. The processor should be able to handle Photoshop nicely as well I'm assuming. I tend to work with big file sizes that can lag it up a little bit. The speed (1.3ghz) is trippin' me out a little so I just want to make sure it's good enough. Thanks. edit: turns out ASUS is releasing an upgraded version soon with the i7 processor and 310 gpu. i'll probably still just get the ul30vt because I need a laptop before the middle of February. hmmxkrazee fucked around with this message at Jan 11, 2010 around 07:44 |
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Samsung R780 to be released any time now: • CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-430M Processor • Memory: 4 GB (DDR3 / 2GB x 2) • Display: 17.3" LED HD+ • Resolution: 1600 x 900 • Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GT 330M • Speakers: 4 W Stereo Speaker (2 W x 2) • Audio technology: HD Audio • Webcam: 1.3 MP • Hard Drive: 500GB 5400 RPM • Wireless LAN: 802.11bg/n • LAN: Gigabit Ethernet • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Priced at $929...which is great because I was about to pay out £600 for an R720 but they were out of stock everywhere - this looks much much better. I'm glad I couldn't get hold of the R720 now. Tiny Space Birds fucked around with this message at Jan 11, 2010 around 21:12 |
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Is the new Lenovo Edges display an improvement over the old ones? I have a t400 and am looking for an upgrade from its less than stellar led monitor. It has a horrible viewing angle/black point.
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Yup, went and bought the laptop... it's so big and shiny... can't wait to load up my first game. It's been almost 8 months since I've been able to play a PC game... Thanks for the help!
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cross posting from the netbook thread: so my dad is asking me about this laptop (which I guess is kind of like a netbook since it's really thin and has long battery life) since he wants a desktop replacement. All he does really is read newspapers and watch news shows on youtube. Is it a good deal? I'm kind of skeptical about a few things. The speed (though I don't know how to gauge speed now due to different cores and processors; eg. the 900mhz celeron = 1.6ghz atom). The 3 gb of ram (don't you want 1, 2, 4, 8gb, etc.?). And the laptop being a refurb (from circuit city which I thought doesn't exist anymore). http://www.circuitcity.com/applicat...sku=S445-150048
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I'm looking to get a new laptop, hopefully with a focus on portability: so something low weight and with a decent battery life. I was looking into the Asus UL series which looks almost perfect, except the resolution for that series is only 1366×768, which is a bit of a dealbreaker for me as I'd probably be doing a lot of flash development work (and working with Adobe's products with a low resolution is certainly not ideal). Are there any similar laptops with a bigger resolution? 1440x900 or bigger, preferably. Portability isn't that big of an issue as long as I can comfortably lug it around with me in a bag and use it on my lap without searing my legs (like my current laptop does).
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Is 16:9 becoming the new thing for laptops? I can't stand them, but it seems the majority of the new models are more and more 16:9.
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HelixFox posted:I'm looking to get a new laptop, hopefully with a focus on portability: so something low weight and with a decent battery life. I asked a very similar question a few pages back and never got an answer. I'm basically in the same situation: if the Asus ULs had a higher resolution I'd probably have one right now. It doesn't seem like there are any laptops similar to the UL series that have decent resolution. Please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong.
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eelmonger posted:I asked a very similar question a few pages back and never got an answer. I'm basically in the same situation: if the Asus ULs had a higher resolution I'd probably have one right now. It doesn't seem like there are any laptops similar to the UL series that have decent resolution. Please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong. What kind of price range ya'll looking at?
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duckslut posted:What kind of price range ya'll looking at? Probably under $1,000 for me.
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eelmonger posted:Probably under $1,000 for me. Well, I looked everywhere and the SU, ULV processors all come with a max resolution of 1366x768. The dell 14z might fit the bill? It has 900p (1600x900 I believe) and should hit about ~7 hours with the big battery and ~5 with the regular battery. This is $969 configured below: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8700 (2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB/3MB cache) Microsoft® Works 9 1 Year Basic Mail-In Service Plan McAfee SecurityCenter, 30-Day Trial 14.0” High Definition+ (900p) Bright LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera/Facial Recognition SW 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 74 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (8 cell) Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card High Definition Audio 2.0 Standard Keyboard Black Chainlink Also: Dimensions & Weight Width: 13.23" (336.0mm) Height: 0.79" (20.0mm) front / 1.22" (30.9mm) back Depth: 9.02" (229.0mm) Weight: Starting weight of 4.30 lbs6 (1.95 kg) (14.0" HD display, 6 cell battery)Weights will vary depending on configurations and manufacturing variability. duckslut fucked around with this message at Jan 12, 2010 around 23:28 |
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eelmonger posted:I asked a very similar question a few pages back and never got an answer. I'm basically in the same situation: if the Asus ULs had a higher resolution I'd probably have one right now. It doesn't seem like there are any laptops similar to the UL series that have decent resolution. Please, someone, correct me if I'm wrong. The Thinkpad x200s can come with a 1440x900 panel. But its not nearly as cheap (1200ish)
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There are few options if you want a resolution higher than 1366 on a laptop with a screen below 16 inches, and none that I can find that are CULV. If you're doing stuff like flash development that requires a lot of screen space, ideally you'd have a workspace with at least an external monitor
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