Well... Just bought one of these...
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Well... Just bought one of these...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834280004
It's actually my very first non-work laptop!
Looks promising, and the reviews so far look good.
I'll know more in a couple of days.
It's actually my very first non-work laptop!
Looks promising, and the reviews so far look good.
I'll know more in a couple of days.
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Nice comp I should b getting one for school real soon I hope.
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ROFL! I take it it was something suitably out of place?
It is a really nice laptop! I'm getting used to the keyboard, but it's not too hard. I'll probably get a full-sized keyboard for it anyways; I can type a LOT faster. Don't have any complaints about the laptop so far.
But man does Vista load slow!!! My wife and I cooked, ate, and cleaned up after our dinner tonight. And the dang thing was still "Loading Windows Vista for the first time". I suppose once Vista has gone through a couple of service packs, I'll try it out.
So I took my XP disk and did a format and install.
It runs real smooth now.
*EDIT: forgot to mention that this will also get linux.*
It is a really nice laptop! I'm getting used to the keyboard, but it's not too hard. I'll probably get a full-sized keyboard for it anyways; I can type a LOT faster. Don't have any complaints about the laptop so far.
But man does Vista load slow!!! My wife and I cooked, ate, and cleaned up after our dinner tonight. And the dang thing was still "Loading Windows Vista for the first time". I suppose once Vista has gone through a couple of service packs, I'll try it out.
So I took my XP disk and did a format and install.
It runs real smooth now.
*EDIT: forgot to mention that this will also get linux.*
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The guys here at work have friends at MS who get them for $50 a piece for full install ultimate version from the Microsoft store, they got enough for our homes and the office. I got 4 for myself.
If you buy the retail box, it comes with both 32bit and 64bit versions in the box. I think Newegg has an OEM version where you actually have to decide on 64 or 32.
There a couple of annoyances but I live with them, like the allow/deny thing, you get used to it after a while and running into that prompt lessens drastically once you are done messing with setting things up and are into normal every day use.
If you buy the retail box, it comes with both 32bit and 64bit versions in the box. I think Newegg has an OEM version where you actually have to decide on 64 or 32.
There a couple of annoyances but I live with them, like the allow/deny thing, you get used to it after a while and running into that prompt lessens drastically once you are done messing with setting things up and are into normal every day use.
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