Laptop or Not? Options

[Mr. Slowjamz]

i say ........not! But my Parents are planning to get me one as part of my graduation present , Dell Inspiron 7500

anyone else using a Laptop at this very moment? or has had one ?

[sunissed14127]

no, But I want one. My family shares one computer. it sux.

[xtreme_<3]

ehh ..laptops are okayy ..before, i would use my dad's laptop but then i broke it and then i used his other one and broke that one too .. hehe ..yes, i'm really clumsyy ..now i owe him a lot of money ..

[avalon*]

i'm a senior, and i got one recently, and it's supposed to last me through college =] but i'm kinda mad cause i have photoshop on the home computer and i can't get it on the laptop! anyway. i have a hp pavilion dv1000 with a brightview widescreen..it's some sort of entertainment laptop..lol.

[*Weird addiction*]

i dont like laptops, they hurt my eyes...too tiny to read

[br0ken smile]

I have a laptop

[shortiiex]

i odn't have a laptop...i would want one b/c i wanmt to play in the car but then they are slooow

[Chaos13]

I got the area-51m 7700 notebook. its cool! you should get one too!

not using it this very moment for it is recharging in the corner of the countertop. Pricey but great!

[*islandgirl4eva*]

Right now I'm using a Sony VAIO PCG-K15.

[sadolakced acid]

i have a laptop.


make sure the graphics and sound cards are very good.

[silver-rain]

yeah, i'm on a laptop now- the mac powerbook g4.

[EXPLO5ION]

im on a laptop right now!! dell inspiron 1100. Is it me or does all dell computers break easily? Mine has broke countless of times, my friends has, my cousins and my dads. (dell computers)

[to-devastate]

no. I don't have one.. but I want one.
Dell breaks too easily. I rather get Sony.

[miss barnes]

no, But I want one. My family shares one computer. it sux.

yea..me too. shit i dont care if i get a laptop or a pc..i just want my own

[winsome]

i always wanted one, hopefully will get one for graduation like you!

[jennyjenny]

I'm using one.
A T22 ibm thinkpad.
The old model.

And I have a pc, too =)

[auroradude]

chaos...you lucky beotch. I have the Sentia Performance. Its a great notebook, but i dont have 3 grand just sitting to be spent on a notebook like that. PCI Express graphics OWN! I have an Area-51 Extreme PC also with the 3.4 P4, 1GB DDR2 and PCI Express Geforce 6800 Ultra , as pictured below

[mechwarrior1989]

Dell doesn't have an inspiron 7500 model, their models are as follows:
700m, 600m, 1000, 1150, 5160, 6000, 8600, 9200
What's sad is that I recalled this off the top of my head. So either you are sadly mistaken about the model or it isn't a Dell, or it's a really old model of Dell, but I know all the Dell models that have been sold in like the last 2 years so that's gotta be one old laptop. Anyways yea I'm typing on my Compaq Presario 2199us from my bed right now. Wireless internet rules.

[auroradude]

<--- Wireless on Alienware Sentia. Blows your compaq out of the water in every aspect.
I get the best range with the sentia. Even my dell 600m doesnt get nearly this far. f**king awesome.

And dont bother saying that your desktop owns mine. post proof that you have an ALX or stop by and post in the Alienware Community forums. I spent nearly 3000 on my Area 51.

[mechwarrior1989]

<--- Wireless on Alienware Sentia. Blows your compaq out of the water in every aspect. 
I get the best range with the sentia. Even my dell 600m doesnt get nearly this far. f**king awesome.

And dont bother saying that your desktop owns mine.  post proof that you have an ALX or stop by and post in the Alienware Community forums. I spent nearly 3000 on my Area 51.

WTF? Since when did this turn into a computer comparison? I never said my compaq was good. And good job, you dropped $3,000 on an Area 51 when there are people who can build computers for less that could easily blow your comp out of the water. Just because it says Alienware doesn't make it the best. I could design a computer right now with stock parts better than your's. I don't need an ALX to be better than your comp.

[JC4P]

i got a 2003 Toshiba ...It totally sux...Its had to have hard ware boot 3 times and right now is in soppurt for fan...if u wanan get a laptop...get the Alienware ones...rich bastards...i mean good luck!

[auroradude]

Yes you try building a better pc for 3 grand bro. I have dual 10k RPM Raptors, NVIDIA 6800 Ultra x16, 2GB DDR2, P4 3.46 Extreme Edition, Audigy 2 Platinum Pro, 7.1 THX certified speakers, vid cooling, 18" LCD.

Oh and dont forget your only as good as your connection. Maybe I need to come over and open up a can of whoop ass on CS.

[mechwarrior1989]

Yes you try building a better pc for 3 grand bro. I have dual 10k RPM Raptors, NVIDIA 6800 Ultra x16, 2GB DDR2, P4 3.46 Extreme Edition, Audigy 2 Platinum Pro, 7.1 THX certified speakers, vid cooling,  18" LCD.

Oh and dont forget your only as good as your connection. Maybe I need to come over and open up a can of whoop ass on CS.

$800 2x6800gt
$189 MSI "K8N Neo4 Platinum SLI" NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Chipset
$755 AMD Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache, Windows Compatible 64-bit Processor 939 Pin
$140 Geil 1GB PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel Ultra Series
$179 Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive
$48 SIIG UltraATA 133 PCI RAID Card
$50 200gb Western Digital UATA Hard Drive 7,200RPM
$50 200gb Western Digital UATA Hard Drive 7,200RPM
$70 X-Connect 500watt modular powersupply
$550 Dell 20" Ultrasharp LCD

$2,831

Of course most of these prices are from Newegg and as such they can be gotten cheaper elsewhere. You can't overclock your computer otherwise you'd void your warrentee and then what would you have paid that Alienware premium for? However this configuration could easily be overclocked. Of course it doesn't take into account a case but hey, you don't always need looks. Oh and $800 for 2 6800gt's is more than necessary but I added some extra in for good measure. I could actually have another $50 left over. Didn't need 400gb of harddrive space either it's always good to have more. There's still over $100 left over. Too bad not all of us have rich relatives and can grow up as spoiled brats but hey as long as you have money, brains don't matter.

[auroradude]

Spoiled brat i earned every penny that goes into my car and pcs. Btw, AMD sucks ass, at least my opinion anyway. I dont use my pc for just gaming. I produce huge videos and write massive software (10,000+ lines) Also you forgot SATA, and DDR2 memory. I still doubt thats gonna get better FPS in doom 3, even with SLI. Yep no case is right, what are you going to run it out of, a plain white tower? BIG difference in 1GB -> 2GB too bro.

Also dont forget to save your money for a car soon, lmao.

Btw, A for Effort. Goodnight

[mechwarrior1989]

Spoiled brat i earned every penny that goes into my car and pcs. Btw, AMD sucks ass, at least my opinion anyway. I dont use my pc for just gaming. I produce huge videos and write massive software (10,000+ lines) Also you forgot SATA, and DDR2 memory. I still doubt thats gonna get better FPS in doom 3, even with SLI. Yep no case is right, what are you going to run it out of, a plain white tower? BIG difference in 1GB -> 2GB too bro.

Btw, A for Effort.  Goodnight

Hey, funny, you don't seem to realize that SATA has almost no perfomance benifit over PATA seeing as how you can barely fill ATA-133 with the data coming from the harddrive, and not to mention I do have a Raptor included in the configuration.

So you put every penny into your car and pcs eh? How much do you make an our? Like $50? Seeing as how you're less than a year older than me I can hardly see you making the over $7,000 that would be necessary to purchase what you have. If you didn't notice, I included a 20" Dell Ultrasharp LCD, assuming I turned around on Ebay and sold it for $700 would then have another $150 to work with. I could easily continue repeating this process until I had a lot of money. If I decided I wanted to spend all my $3,000 on Ultrasharps and turn around and sell them on Ebay I could, then I'd have a hell of a lot more to spend. But that's besides the point. Had I included a smaller monitor I could have saved some money, as such I could easily turned around and bought another 1gb of ram. DDR2 currently has almost no performance benifits over normal DDR. I also could have easily gone with one 6800 ultra and saved myself evenmore. As I already said, there's over $100 left for a case.

And goodnight to you too.