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HELP! Looking into new laptops...

Discussion in 'Tilted Gear' started by Carbonic, Feb 3, 2012.

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  1. Zweiblumen

    Zweiblumen Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Iceland
    Could a hybrid drive be the solution here ?
     
    Zweiblumen, Feb 7, 2012
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  2. Shadowex3

    Shadowex3 Very Tilted

    No idea about the price difference at the moment in my experience the majority of the variable weight in a laptop will tend to be the battery. My old tank of an HP has an extendobattery that literally weighs as much as the rest of the laptop without it, which admittedly leaves me with a 12-14 pound laptop but at least it's good for freshmen.
     
    Shadowex3, Feb 8, 2012
    #22
  3. Flesque

    Flesque New Member

    Location:
    Chicago
    Just want to say thanks for this thread. I'm nowhere near as technical as you guys, but am considering replacing my 4-5 year old Dell laptop (2 new motherboards and counting due to a bad Nvidia chip), and this is very helpful, especially Martian's comments.
     
    Flesque, Feb 21, 2012
    #23
  4. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    If you really mostly use your laptop at a desk, consider the benefits of docking. I nearly always dock my laptop. I really don't like touchpads or laptop keyboards. I'm using a mid-2008 13" black MacBook that I bought used a few months ago for about $400. 2.4 gHz, 4GB RAM, and I upgraded to a 120gig SSD, which made a real speed difference.
    By docking I can get bigger and better screens than any laptop, and when I do travel, I'm not stuck lugging some huge 17" laptop around.:( I don't have to pay for a 17" either.:) Plus, most of the time I get to use real keyboards with real numeric keypads.:) As you say, a more "enjoyable experience."
    Plugging/unplugging everything takes maybe 30 seconds.

    Another of the reasons I like docking is that I like to switch back and forth between portrait and landscape screen orientation.
    I dock to a 22" rotating Dell monitor at work and a 24" rotating Viewsonic at home.

    I'm not a techie. I'll gladly pay the premium for Mac. It's worth it to me not to have to deal with Windows.

    Lindy
     
    Lindy, Feb 23, 2012
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