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Title: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: 240 is Back on July 17, 2008, 10:09:13 PM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: The Coach on July 17, 2008, 10:12:40 PM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advise?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

NO...now get to work ;D!
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: knny187 on July 17, 2008, 10:12:53 PM
I'm running on Apple


No idea what to tell you
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: G o a t b o y on July 17, 2008, 10:18:49 PM
I'm running on Apple


No idea what to tell you



Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: shiftedShapes on July 17, 2008, 10:20:17 PM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

the dell computers still come with XP installed and Vista as a disk image.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 10:21:01 PM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

Asus makes some nice laptops... Also vista 64 bit works pretty well..better than xp....
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 10:22:01 PM
just download a copy of xp of the internet...No biggie.. ;D

assuming you don't already have one
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: knny187 on July 17, 2008, 10:22:52 PM





so what you're saying is 'I'm Hot?"
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: ozman on July 17, 2008, 10:23:36 PM
you can buy new laptops over here with xp down grades

a lot of my mates have the shits with vista
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: JediKnight on July 17, 2008, 10:24:50 PM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

Toshiba Satellite.Best laptop I ever used. It has a real size keyboard and a huge 17 inch screen.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: G o a t b o y on July 17, 2008, 10:24:53 PM
Asus makes some nice laptops... Also vista 64 bit works pretty well..better than xp....


A year and a half later, Vista STILL isn't compatible with a bunch of shit.  Eventually it will be fine, but for now lots of legacy software has "hiccups" when you're running Vista.


I'm thinking about downgrading to DOS 2.0.  ;D
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: jtsunami on July 17, 2008, 10:25:13 PM
If I was you I would get one of the intel centrino 2 mobile chips or AMD's new Puma mobile chip.  They have just been released.  IBM I know released some laptops with the new intel chipset and HP has some with the AMD puma chipset.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: knny187 on July 17, 2008, 10:27:32 PM
Guy I work with is constantly asking me to help him with his Vista.

It's messed, but still workable.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Tre on July 17, 2008, 10:30:32 PM
The primary issues with Windows Shitsta is that it's a resource hog and desktop navigation that used to take a click or two now takes 3, 4, 5 or more clicks (Windows Task Manager, anyone?).  

Those extra clicks add up over the course of a day, and amount to thousands of extra clicks each month (or week, in some cases).  

The fact that there are software compatibility issues is just icing on the cake.

The only computer I've bought in 2008 is a Mac (still in the box 2 months later! lol), but last year, I bought 2 PCs and a laptop and all had to be upgraded from Vista to XP after I got them home and found them unbearable to work with.  

The people who 'like' Vista are just stupid people who don't realize what computers are here for.  
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 10:32:17 PM
just dual boot windows Xp with Vista ultimate 64...This way you get the best of both worlds...

Mac's are for Fagg.ots, plain and simple..

Vista/Xp are free on the internet

If you pay for software this day and age Your fucking stupid..



** please note the country where nicky lives is legal to pirate software*
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: windsor88 on July 17, 2008, 10:47:22 PM
I am happy with my Toshiba Satellite.  512 on board graphics. Centrino duo core.

I installed an XP "Stripped" edition and it runs very well.  OS is only 300 meg or so.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 10:50:02 PM
I am happy with my Toshiba Satellite.  512 on board graphics. Centrino duo core.

I installed an XP "Stripped" edition and it runs very well.  OS is only 300 meg or so.

I have a striped version of XP it is about 178 MB install...It only uses 28 MB of Ram to open one Internet explorer

I made a old laptop with 1.1 Ghz processor and 128 MB of ram fly with this version of XP
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 10:54:52 PM
My current rig is AMD dual core 6400
Over clocked at roughly 4 Ghz per core

8 gig ram

2* 512mb Nvidia Geforces 8800 GT's

Vista 64/Xp64/Xp lite/ubuntu

i have five operating sytems on the computer, one for each gimmick account on getbig
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: gordiano on July 17, 2008, 10:56:19 PM
just dual boot windows Xp with Vista ultimate 64...This way you get the best of both worlds...

Mac's are for Fagg.ots, plain and simple..

Vista/Xp are free on the internet

If you pay for software this day and age Your fucking stupid..



** please note the country where nicky lives is legal to pirate software*


Where you at, Nicky?
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 10:58:04 PM
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Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: windsor88 on July 17, 2008, 10:58:44 PM
I have a striped version of XP it is about 178 MB install...It only uses 28 MB of Ram to open one Internet explorer

Yes that is what I have.  The 300 mb one kept crashing.

I tried many before finding one that was not crashing my system.  Stripped is the only way to go.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 11:00:51 PM
Yes that is what I have.  The 300 mb one kept crashing.

I tried many before finding one that was not crashing my system.  Stripped is the only way to go.

hell yes, striped is the way to go..i love these computer hackers who allows others to share their work..


I tried many as well myself until finding the right one...

i even tried a 82 meg version, but they cut out two many features with that one..but it was lightning fast

Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Tre on July 17, 2008, 11:02:37 PM
I am happy with my Toshiba Satellite.

Phenominal machine...best laptops ever.  Great performance, run cool, and durable as hell. 
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 17, 2008, 11:05:13 PM
Phenominal machine...best laptops ever.  Great performance, run cool, and durable as hell. 

Yes, toshiba makes a great laptop for the money....
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: onlyme on July 17, 2008, 11:45:45 PM
I am happy with my Toshiba Satellite.  512 on board graphics. Centrino duo core.

I installed an XP "Stripped" edition and it runs very well.  OS is only 300 meg or so.

Thats what I got with 17" screen 
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: windsor88 on July 17, 2008, 11:49:27 PM
Thats what I got with 17" screen 

I got mine when it first came out and it was over 2000.  Now they can be had for half that.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Tombo on July 17, 2008, 11:57:00 PM
With dual/quad core systems and plenty of ddr3 ++ ram you will have no trouble with vista, believe me. oh and dx10 helps run alot of things faster.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: SAMSON123 on July 18, 2008, 01:55:15 AM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

JUST INSTALL WINDOWS XP, BUMP UP YOUR MEMORY AND YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF THE MONEY...

THAT IS UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO BUY A NEW COMPUTER...PLACES LIKE CYBERPOWER http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/r05/ri05.asp  LET YOU BUILD YOUR COMPUTER TO YOUR OWN SPECIFICATIONS AND ADD THE OPERATING SYSTEM OF YOUR CHOICE
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Purple Aki on July 18, 2008, 02:49:22 AM
JUST INSTALL WINDOWS XP, BUMP UP YOUR MEMORY AND YOU CAN SAVE YOURSELF THE MONEY...

THAT IS UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO BUY A NEW COMPUTER...PLACES LIKE CYBERPOWER http://www..com/r05/ri05.asp  LET YOU BUILD YOUR COMPUTER TO YOUR OWN SPECIFICATIONS AND ADD THE OPERATING SYSTEM OF YOUR CHOICE

Their caps lock keys tends to stick, apparently.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: evandatp on July 18, 2008, 03:57:06 AM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!
What do you need to run in XP?
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: bigdumbbell on July 18, 2008, 05:12:22 AM
toshiba or mac
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: 240 is Back on July 18, 2008, 05:38:17 AM
i'll check out the toshiba, thanks.

My wife uses Vista, and it's horrible.  I want to avoid that as long as possible.

I use a desktop.  I would get a TON more work done if I could bring the laptop around the house while watching spongebob and racing cars all day.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: chainsaw on July 18, 2008, 05:55:50 AM
I have a fujitsu I got from

www.frys.com

It is great.  Got XP with it.

Vista sucks.

240 you can get one built as well.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: SAMSON123 on July 18, 2008, 06:03:14 AM
Their caps lock keys tends to stick, apparently.

APPARENTLY...
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Bluto on July 18, 2008, 06:14:04 AM
i must buy a new laptop so what do i do i log on to a site about BODYBUILDING

of course!!!

that make sense!!

Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Figo on July 18, 2008, 07:09:41 AM
i must buy a new laptop so what do i do i log on to a site about BODYBUILDING

of course!!!

that make sense!!



This is Getbig... not just a bbing site.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Benny B on July 18, 2008, 07:12:54 AM
Toshiba Satellite.Best laptop I ever used. It has a real size keyboard and a huge 17 inch screen.
Here is your answer...
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Brutal_1 on July 18, 2008, 07:15:35 AM



I've got a friend who keeps urging me to get the HP dv6700t


And he's Asian, so you know he knows what he's talking about  ;D
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Moosejay on July 18, 2008, 07:16:59 AM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

You know they make these things so they are obsolete in a year or two and then you gotta upgrade

I'd say 1500-2000 for a good one
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: triple_pickle on July 18, 2008, 07:37:18 AM
I've got a friend who keeps urging me to get the HP dv6700t
hp is shit, i have a two-year old hp desktop and the cd/dvd drive started malfunctioning six months after i bought it, i also have a one-year old hp pavillon laptop and the cd/dvd drive started malfunctioning three months after i bought it, then the screen went blank.  it turned out the motherboard died.  i will never but an hp computer again.  (although the hp service was superb)

240, you can get a good laptop for under $1,000, i paid $1,400 for mine last year (2 gb ram, vista business, 256 mb video card, etc), now you can buy a laptop with better specs for half that price.  look for "back to school" specials.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Bull Terrier! on July 18, 2008, 07:50:45 AM
No thongs and dreamtan??

Down with this thread FFS
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Benny B on July 18, 2008, 07:55:17 AM
As others have said, there is no need to pay over $1500 for a laptop unless you need to brag to friends about how much you paid. If you are a heavy game player, perhaps. If the majority of your use is to surf the web, buy a laptop for less and you'll still be able to do virtually everything the guy who spent $3000 can do.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: CT_Muscle on July 18, 2008, 07:57:07 AM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

Most likely your gonna have to buy vista and just put xp back on it  ;) at least if you want a new laptop
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on July 18, 2008, 07:58:21 AM
You can buy it and say you want to put linux on it and don't want windows.  Then put your own XP on it.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: SAMSON123 on July 18, 2008, 08:13:13 AM
hp is shit, i have a two-year old hp desktop and the cd/dvd drive started malfunctioning six months after i bought it, i also have a one-year old hp pavillon laptop and the cd/dvd drive started malfunctioning three months after i bought it, then the screen went blank.  it turned out the motherboard died.  i will never but an hp computer again.  (although the hp service was superb)

240, you can get a good laptop for under $1,000, i paid $1,400 for mine last year (2 gb ram, vista business, 256 mb video card, etc), now you can buy a laptop with better specs for half that price.  look for "back to school" specials.

BOTH COMPUTERS YOU TALK ABOUT ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY...WHY DIDN'T YOU GET IT REPAIRED???
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: BayGBM on July 18, 2008, 08:50:18 AM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!

Consider the Macbook Pro.  You can configure it to run XP or Vista, AND Mac OSX!  :)

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features.html
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Bluto on July 18, 2008, 08:52:45 AM
This is Getbig... not just a bbing site.


cool i hope a few thousand people register then and start posting about anything and everything found on google
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Tre on July 18, 2008, 09:06:39 AM
With dual/quad core systems and plenty of ddr3 ++ ram you will have no trouble with vista, believe me.

I don't believe you, because you're 100% wrong.

When I do ctrl-alt-del in XP, I get the Windows task manager immediately.

In Vista, I have to do ctrl-alt-del, then computer 'shuts its eyes' for 2 seconds, a menu comes up, and then I have to click on 'Start task manager'. 

Even formerly simple tasks like navigating between file folders requires extra mouse-clicks in Vista. 

Which begs the question:  Why would anyone design a 'new' product that's worse - FAR worse - than the old product? 

Vista is responsible for the re-emergence of Apple in the past year...which is great for the American consumer.

 
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: triple_pickle on July 18, 2008, 09:10:11 AM
BOTH COMPUTERS YOU TALK ABOUT ARE STILL UNDER WARRANTY...WHY DIDN'T YOU GET IT REPAIRED???
i did, this is why i said the service was superb but the point is that i do not want to send my computer in in the first place
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: knny187 on July 18, 2008, 10:05:55 AM
Consider the Macbook Pro.  You can configure it to run XP or Vista, AND Mac OSX!  :)

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/features.html
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html



thanks for helping me prove that apple wasn't gay

 ::)
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: onlyme on July 18, 2008, 10:28:15 AM
I got mine when it first came out and it was over 2000.  Now they can be had for half that.

I got mine last year it was $2,300 i think.  It has Vista on it.  What really pissed me off is I had just bought a new video cam for a laptop a few months before and it didn't work with Vista.  I still have it and they still don't have the drivers for it to work.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: nicky.smth on July 18, 2008, 10:36:04 AM
I'm using a copy of vista Ultimate 64 bit with Sp1 downloaded, and the program works fine with everything...And I'm far from a Microsoft Fan boy...

The truth is Vista is faster for certain things...For copying large files...I.e 5 gig DVD's...However, XP is faster for almost everything else..
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: rk272727 on July 18, 2008, 09:22:37 PM
I want Windows XP... none of that Vista crap.

I usually buy from Dell.com, but all their stuff is Vista now.

Any advice?  I want a fast, tough laptop with a 17 inch screen at least.
$2000 or so?

Looking for a good place to buy them from.

thanks!
  gay thread  go buy a comp and stfu
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Rami on July 18, 2008, 09:25:28 PM
Why $2000 ? Buy cheap and update every year instead. I wouldn't spend more than a third of that and then buy new more often.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: 240 is Back on July 18, 2008, 11:48:17 PM
Why $2000 ? Buy cheap and update every year instead. I wouldn't spend more than a third of that and then buy new more often.

2000 is the ceiling.  I'd happily spend $1000 and drop the other grand on hookers and blow.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: windsor88 on July 19, 2008, 12:05:50 AM
Well the reason why it is more is because it is a gamers laptop.  At least the model I have.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: MAXX on July 19, 2008, 01:16:24 AM
why buy a laptop. you work from home mostly right. buy a stationary. much better performance, bigger screen etc. etc. to many people buys laptops that dont even need them.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: LittleJ on July 19, 2008, 01:33:29 AM
me too  :(
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Rami on July 19, 2008, 02:09:03 AM
why buy a laptop. you work from home mostly right. buy a stationary. much better performance, bigger screen etc. etc. to many people buys laptops that dont even need them.

And you can easily do upgrades yourself on a stationary, while laptops price/performance truly suck and most of them can't be upgraded when newer components become available.
Title: Re: I need to buy a new laptop
Post by: Purple Aki on July 19, 2008, 02:43:35 AM
why buy a laptop. you work from home mostly right. buy a stationary. much better performance, bigger screen etc. etc. to many people buys laptops that dont even need them.

So that you can lie in bed and frap to porn.