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Title: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 07:19:35 AM: Current laptop is about 6 years old so thought I would upgrade to a new one with this paypal credit I haven't used in a couple of years. Browsed eBay and WOW... the prices have fallen. 8g RAM 1T SSD, etc.. for under $350.00 New.

Highly doubt you can use it for gaming (which I don't anyway) or for running graphic intense programs (animation, etc..) but the only thing I use my current one for is taking it on long plane rides when I am flying to Europe or Asia and using Lightroom for my photography files.

BB related - and to log into GetBig and read what the thong worshipping minions are whining about.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: sceagacros on January 12, 2018, 07:21:37 AM: Wait -are you saying that there's more on the internet than GetBig and Porn?
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: Nether Animal on January 12, 2018, 07:22:29 AM: My parents paid ~$350 for a laptop back in 2014 and it only had 2g ram. Thing couldn't even play Brutal DooM or Counterstrike 1.6 smoothly.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 07:54:35 AM: Quote from: sceagacros on January 12, 2018, 07:21:37 AM
Wait -are you saying that there's more on the internet than GetBig and Porn?

So I heard. Prolly just a dirty rumor though.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: visualizeperfection on January 12, 2018, 09:46:59 AM: I don't understand how 5 years ago, 4gb ram was plenty to run photoshop and games etc and now you need minimum 60 to do anything.

Marketing gimmick?
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 10:16:50 AM: Quote from: visualizeperfection on January 12, 2018, 09:46:59 AM
I don't understand how 5 years ago, 4gb ram was plenty to run photoshop and games etc and now you need minimum 60 to do anything.

Marketing gimmick?

LOL! Watch this be my luck. I have 4 gigs in the old laptop and it is fine.

I just upgraded my Dell from 6 gigs to 16 gigs two months ago. Yeah... that was weird but they loaded it when I bought it a couple years ago with a 2 gig and 4 gig set up. To be honest, I don't see a difference at all. The memory was cheap. $189 for two sticks 8 gig each. Would have been a little cheaper if I was doing it with a tower, but this was one of those All-In-Ones where it basically is a big monitor with the components mounted inside. They only use laptop memory for these types.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 10:18:00 AM: Just looked at laptops online with BestBuy.... the prices there are NOT all that great. Not sure how they can sell anything at those prices.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: sync pulse on January 12, 2018, 10:33:43 AM: These laptops are chocked FULL of goddamned bloatware bullshit that will slow down the software that you do want.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: Conker on January 12, 2018, 10:38:15 AM: i think they've gone up over the last few years, anything cheap they try to fk you by putting a stupidly small hard drive with less storage than a mid range sd card.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: Mr Anabolic on January 12, 2018, 11:10:47 AM: The Alienware stuff costs more, but you can easily upgrade to the latest and greatest hardware that becomes available. If you are a hardcore gamer or into VR, this is the way to go.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 11:12:43 AM: Quote from: Conker on January 12, 2018, 10:38:15 AM
i think they've gone up over the last few years, anything cheap they try to fk you by putting a stupidly small hard drive with less storage than a mid range sd card.

The ones I saw had a 1T SSD in them.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 11:14:26 AM: Here are a couple

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-LATITUDE-E6430-LAPTOP-14-CORE-i7-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-WINDOWS-10-HDMI/152760129935?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20150817211623%26meid%3D702f3652f32746058897bf8b9bf88d89%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HP-15-6-Touch-AMD-A12-9720P-3-6Ghz-8GB-1TB-HD-DVDRW-Win-10-Backpack-Bundle/282774212904?epid=5008833139&hash=item41d6a81128:m:m2QrZ2KUqT639ek_ALad25Q:sc:ShippingMethodStandard!33069!US!-1
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: Board_SHERIF on January 12, 2018, 11:35:43 AM: Quote from: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 11:14:26 AM
Here are a couple

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-LATITUDE-E6430-LAPTOP-14-CORE-i7-8GB-RAM-1TB-HDD-WINDOWS-10-HDMI/152760129935?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20150817211623%26meid%3D702f3652f32746058897bf8b9bf88d89%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HP-15-6-Touch-AMD-A12-9720P-3-6Ghz-8GB-1TB-HD-DVDRW-Win-10-Backpack-Bundle/282774212904?epid=5008833139&hash=item41d6a81128:m:m2QrZ2KUqT639ek_ALad25Q:sc:ShippingMethodStandard!33069!US!-1

neither have 1 TB SSD hard drive.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: LurkerNoMore on January 12, 2018, 01:09:07 PM: Quote from: Board_SHERIF on January 12, 2018, 11:35:43 AM
neither have 1 TB SSD hard drive.

You are correct. It is HDD drive. I just grabbed the links from the first two that popped up. But I did see some with SSD. Not sure which people prefer nowdays.
Title: Re: Laptops have gotten cheap
Post by: Ted SuperSet on January 12, 2018, 01:32:42 PM: Quote from: Nether Animal on January 12, 2018, 07:22:29 AM
My parents paid ~$350 for a laptop back in 2014 and it only had 2g ram. Thing couldn't even play Brutal DooM or Counterstrike 1.6 smoothly.

Why would youre parents want to play those games? Weird!