Do you have a laptop history? - Off-topic

Well iam going to start this!
My experience with laptops has been moderately good.
First laptops (the digital and compaq were non working) lol:
Compaq Armada (dark grey)
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Dell Latitude XPI: P1 150mhz, 64mb ram, floppy win 98
Digital (yes the make is digital)
Then my luck came:
Dell Latitude XPI CD!!! wooo! CD!! p1 150mhz, 64mb ram, floppy. win me
^^ I broke that one
Then there was a long gap (about 4 years):
Compaq Evo N610c4 1.6Ghz, 1gb ram, 160gb hdd, dvd, win 7 home premium:
pretty good running win 7 for a 8 year old laptop!
Then:
Advent 7088 (based on ECS 331): Amd Athlon 1.6ghz, 1gb ram, 160gb hdd, dvd writer, wifi, win 7 ultimate
Thats it really, the advent is my current laptop.
Thanks for reading.
Post your history!

Had 3 laptops the 3 of the toshiba all great experiences so still on same brand for the next one

i went from this:
to this:
and now I'm in the market for a new one

orb3000 said:
Had 3 laptops the 3 of the toshiba all great experiences so still on same brand for the next one
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My sister and dad have a toshiba each and i don't really mind them. My sisters is a satellite dualcore, and iam surprised at how cool it is!
But i think i am going to stick with compaq as they are quite cheap

sony vaio UX series
a piece of hardware directly from heaven

Looks like the Schwarzenegger of PSP's lol

My first laptop was a Dell lattitude lm that was a leftover from Boeing when they upgraded OS's... It was a pentium MMX @166Mhz, 640Kb RAM, 3Gb HDD and Win95. Interestingly enough it still boots, works and runs my CAD program from college haha! I ran windows update and received the "your system has reached end of life and will have no more updates" message and have a picture somewhere...
My current laptop is a Dell Inspiron 1525, Core2 duo @1.66Ghz, 3Gb RAM, 160Gb HDD, running Vista. Runs perfectly and has for years now, got it from the Dell outlet for about $480 several years ago.
After having a Compaq desktop years ago (that ended it's life horribly) I have stuck with Dell products from the outlet. I don't care about scratches and dents, as long as they work!

I'm still using my first laptop which is an Sony vaio its like a desktop. My newer laptop broke which is also an vaio.
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I have had 3 laptops...

I had 3 laptops.
One old acer (sucked sent it in to repairs 3 times)
HP netbook
It was better than the acer
Gateway (current)
The best laptop of them all.
2.1ghz amd dual core
4gigs of ram
320gb
Its damn awesome, I am saving up for a mac though.
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i have 2 i can remember
this fairly old meatl acer that was verry slow (maybe not as slow as my one now )
and the one im using now a MBA

first i had this (broke down after i put linux on it)
then i had this (broke down after putting win 7 on it)
now i have just have a desktop and phone!

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Whats your...

Whats your Computer/OS?
(i know XDA is a phone site)
But i figured this would be fun seeing as everyone has a cooked ROM
Post up your System & OS, Screen shots if you wanna
Personally i have:
Dell GX260 P4 running Linux Mandriva 2009.1(i need CD's so i can run 2010)
Ultra ATX 815 Celeron running Windows XP 2002/Office 2003(need a DVD burner so i can run XP black Se7en)
Vista 64 Ultimate SP2
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I GOT A LAPTOP NOT A PC lol
Acer aspire 5738G
4GB Memory
Intel core 2 duo processor
Intel Series 4 media accerator
windows 7 ultimate x64 lol
Windows 7 Ultimate in Toshiba Tecra A8
Here´s my old laptop from 2006
Working quite well
Spec in signature!
Plus pic below
Plus i got an MSI Radeon X300 128mb physical/256mb hyper memory
WHILE WE TALKIN BWT COMPUTERS DOES ANY1 KNOW A GOOD PROGRAM LIKE TUNE UP UTILITIES THAT WORKS WITH WINDOWS 7?
I DONT CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS IM USING WINDOWS 7 MANAGER ATM AND ITS CRAAAAAAP lol
Try Win7Zilla its free, lots of stuff to change in it.
Ive used it for logon screen changer, and memory optima
XP64
ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe
Phenom X4 9950BE
Coolit Freezone Elite
8GB Mushkin
EVGA 9800 GTX X2 SLI
Hmm now i wanna post my desktops..lol
Linux, P4 2GHz, 512Ram
I make all my themes with the built in GUI editor
Windows(Before the Reboot) 1.1Ghz Celeron 448Ram
I used to use a lot of third party themes.
Running 7 on my Toshiba M45 S359. No OS comes even close imo, although i'll probably have a dual boot with Ubuntu soon.
Laptop is 4 years old but i've upgraded to 2gigs of ddr2, 320gb 7200rpm, added bt, some more usb ports on the way, etc. Too bad you can't update the gfx on these things :\
(CPU1) Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz @ 2998MHz
(ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4P800SE mainboard)
(RAM) 2GB, 1.17GB free (HDDs) 521GB, 457GB free
(VGA2) RADEON 9800 PRO Secondary (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)
(OS) Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit, 12h 1m 21s uptime, 1d 1h 7m 15s uptime record
again i use the darkside
i have a 24" imac running snow leopard....works for me
liamhere said:
i have a 24" imac running snow leopard....works for me
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"Iphone 3GS 16gb Black jailbroken & Unlocked"
LIIIIAM WHEN DID YOU GO TO THE DARKSIDE lol
my desktop - WinXP pro x32
The spec of PC are in the picture, and Im using a dualboot system(other OS is WIndows 7 Ultimate x64 - which is a bit messed up, so Im gona uninstall it and instal Win7 x32 -- but still WinXP is much more familiar to me and its quite hard to get used to Win7 + some programs dont work, without tweaking) and the laptop Im sometimes using - Dell Latitude D600 (1.4ghz pentium m cpu, 512ram, ati mobility 9000) is also runing WinXP, But it was runing WIN7 beta, and it did great(althought it doesnt have all the drivers, it still was fast)
Oh and dont bug me about the mess on my desktop!!!
some more details about my ssystem here-->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4547986&postcount=21
Alienware m15x Skullcap:
[email protected], 2 GB RAM, 8800 GTX
oh, and all the lights that come with it
Notebook:
IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad R61
Intel Core2 Duo T5550
Intel GMA950
Mushkin DDR-II 2GB
Hitachi SATA-II NCQ 160GB
Windows XP Pro x32 [OEM]
Desktop:
Intel Core Duo E5200
NVidia 9500GT DDR-III
Kingston DDR-II 4GB
Seagate SATA-II NCQ 2x80GB
OpenSUSE x64 11.1
Slackware x64 13.0
liamhere said:
i have a 24" imac running snow leopard....works for me
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Not trying to be rude...or OS'ist
But everytime i read SNOW leopard i misread it as SLOW leopard
Vonrottes said:
Not trying to be rude...or OS'ist
But everytime i read SNOW leopard i misread it as SLOW leopard
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Haha, i like that
24 inch iMac running Snow Leopard and Windows XP
You mean SLOW Leopard?

Now this is the ipad i might think about getting...

http://mashable.com/2010/04/26/cheaper-ipad-knock-offs-thrive-in-china/
Who would of thought the knock off would be just as good if not better than the original?
Not sure where you can buy it...i searched ebay and didn't find anything.
lol, though inevitable that was super fast!
More and more clones will hit the market as time goes on.
A few places you can get China's famous knockoffs from:
http://www.dealextreme.com (my favorite & a fantastic site for cheap gadgets, but the most 'legit' in this case, they won't state anything as an 'iPod/iPad' clone)
http://www.focalprice.com - This one is hilarious, they are a rival of DX and openly sell clones though use ridiculous terms to disguise trademarked names such as 'NokLa 3210 beautiful comfort phone' and post their own fake Engrish reviews
http://www.milkandhoneyland.com - I've never used them but they openly sell clones for what they are
Stay the hell away from clones though unless they're something you really want or have money to burn!
Edit:
One version shown had three USB ports
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More functional than the damn iPad already then.
Saw a Android aPad the other day, was quite impressed.
Price for this beauty is: 210 USD
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-specs:
-CPU: Rockchip 2808A 600MHz / 500MHz DSP (Dual-Core)
-RAM: 128mb ROM: 4GB (2GB-32GB optional)
-SD/TF card extension maximal 16GB
-7.0 inch WVGA 800*400 pixels touch screen
-WIFI support 802.11b/g
-Google map
-Browser: Google Browser
-Video support: MKV, AVI, RM/RMVB, FLV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2
-Music support: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, AC3, WAV
-Photo support: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TIFF
-G-sensor support
-Built-in 3000mAH rechargeable battery
-Dimensions (L*W*H): 190.5*118.5*14.7 mm
-Weight: 332g
Seeing the specs in comparison with the price: not bad
Although a faster processor and higher RAM(eg. double) would improve it vastly.
And did I tell this one is running android??
(Version 1.50 at this moment but then again, that is fixable )
Regards,
EqX
Now, this is something interesting
Anything but an ipad...
SMS92 said:
own fake Engrish reviews
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LOL..ROFL...NokLa
I've used windows tablets for years, and they all suck unless they have an awesome resistive screen, or a active digitizer. Now those cheap android tablets, on the other hand, are mighty tempting
I got it and is arrived yesterday, i'm very impressed by it; 7 inches is a good size and the screen is very brilliant, 2 hours and half of autonomy and a good response of the touch screen.
But i'm new of Android devices and i've not a term of paragon;
How i can improve the android version? for you is possible to up it to the 2.1?
Beldinaar said:
I got it and is arrived yesterday, i'm very impressed by it; 7 inches is a good size and the screen is very brilliant, 2 hours and half of autonomy and a good response of the touch screen.
But i'm new of Android devices and i've not a term of paragon;
How i can improve the android version? for you is possible to up it to the 2.1?
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I wouldn't think you would be able to get 2.1 just yet, with it being the latest firmware anyone know if it gets OTA updates like the phones?
To be honest, I would rather get an iPad over this piece of crap.
Windows XP is a terrible OS for tablets.
I see...this a customizable tablet.....it's alright then...
None of these pads are made of magic like the iPad and they don't have a special booth in Best Buy
Windows XP is a terrible OS for tablets.
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I know but lke what if they ran Windows 3.1 with MS BOB? OMG rte?

How many of you guys are also into custom PCs?

Just curious as to how many people are like me and also like tweaking their computers as well? Post em up if you got em!
heres mine:
i7 920 @ 4.0GHz
12 GB Corsair Dominator RAM
ASUS 5870 (OCed to 975/1300 from 850/1200)
ASUS D2X Soundcard
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 Motherboard
Corsair H50 Cooler (soon to be a custom loop)
also the picture is not rotated, the mother board in the case is
I built this almost a year ago, and it hasnt had trouble running anything Ive thrown at it.
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Heck I will join in
Now youve gotta bair in mind, I originally bought this pc ( about 5 years ago) before I really understood much about upgrading etc, so thats why its a bit commercial, and I agree its no where near modded to your standard, but what the hell I just keep upgrading bits at a time that I can afford (Im only a teenager )
I recently upgraded my old geforce 8800 GT (on ebay ) to a HIS ATI 5850
1 1.5tb hard drive, and 1 750 gb one.
4gbs of DDR 2 RAM (one of the next upgrades)
some stock dell quad core processor (waiting till new models at christmas for an upgrade)
hooked up to a 22" LG monitor
Im proud of it but it still has far to go
5 yrs old still goin strong with no upgrade
I have my gaming PC (Win7 & Ubuntu 10.04):
Intel E5200 @ 3.8GHz with Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro
Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
4Gb OCZ DDR2 @ 1066
EVGA GTX260 @ a bit faster than it should be..
Custom case - side window, blowhole fan, CCFLs etc.
My HTPC (Win7):
AMD Opteron 146 @ 2.8Ghz
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
2Gb Corsair Value Select
7900GTX
Plus a FreeNAS box with a 520MHz Pentium III, my laptop and a 80486 thing that I haven't turned on for years...
Built it about 2-3 years ago and upgraiding from time to time.
Asus p5k-premium Black Pearl edition
C2D 2.66
Geforce 8400gs (need to upgrade this)
8gb ram
Internal and External HD's:
1TB Hitachi
1TB WD
300GB Maxtor
You guys suck. Bunch of show off's.
(Yes Im a little jealous )
good stuff, I cant wait to have the money to build something nice
Holy F***ing Crap!!!!
those are some monsters!!!!! i wish i had something that awesome, instead i just got my laptop (which isnt all that bad, but its not gaming rig, which i would like to have). i did have a friend who built his own gaming pc. he called it his B.F.G. (big f***ing gun for those of you non english people). if i remember correctly, it had a terrabyte of storage, but thats all i can remember.
Dang, you guys are crazy good with your pcs, I once tried upgrading the memory on my pc and i short wired it.
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nvidia gforce 7050m-m motherboard
duel core anthlon (3.6 ghz)
nvida 9500gtx - pci xpress
3gig ram, 1tb + 500gb sata hd
32" lcd tv/monitor
argh you guys made me jeleous......
I got my whole wish list lined up on new egg, and after a whole week of work ready to check out, I realized new egg doesnt ship internationally...... :O
so now I have to wait till christmas or something so i can go to hong kong and grab some stuff off there for a goodie price.
never built a comp before... must be missing the fun...
used to have a monster of a custom PC. Bought it when the 4870x2 got released in combination with a E8600 OC'ed to 4,4 ghz. But that **** groes old so fast
I've built a few computers. The rig I'm running now has
i7 920 @ 4.2ghz
2 4870x2s
Foxconn Bloodrage (non gti) PCI-E Hardmodded.
6gb Dominator GT 1600
LG Blu-ray burner
2x RaptorX 10k raid0
1tb backup
Xfi Fatality Championship soundcard
1000w RealPower Pro psu
CM Stacker 830 evo
28" Hanns-G 1080p monitor
Watercooled.
I've had it benched to over 4.85ghz.
In the pictures, the first one was a QX9650 and rampage formula, that was the first build with the case. Now the coolant has stained the tubing, so don't mind the milky color.. lol The second picture wasn't complete. I still had some cable management to finish.
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as soon i get into college, im gonna dump my current gaming pc(2.1c2d, gt130m) and build a gaming pc just around 5890. It has to be epic. Just need some cheep cooling ideas...

Help me find a good notebook

First, I won't buy it soon. Just looking for one to have ideia about what notebook to choose. So, being launched until end of 2013 isn't problem for me.
So, I want:
-Processor: Intel Core i5 or i7 (Ivy Bridge, if possible).
RAM: 6 to 8 Gb
HD: + or - 500 Gb, or a SSD with a big capacity.
Screen: 14 to 16 inches, maybe FullHD.
Keyboard: Not needed, but numeric keyboard is a good. A must is retro-iluminated keyboard. Maybe controls for music (Play/Pause, Backward (forgot the word!!!), Next and volume control.
Graphics Card: No need for the best, only something that can play games quite nice, as playing won't be the main use.
Weight: The less, the better.
Size: The thinest as possible.
Connectivity: 1 HDMI, 1 VGA, 3 or 4 USBs (preference for 3.0, at least 2.0), CD/DVD Reader/Recorder. Blu-Ray not needed, but optional. 1 SD/MicroSD (there is a notebook that hava Micro SD?). Don't use many others. Bluetooth not needed, but if possible, I want.
Color/Finish: Piano Black or something Grey. Suggestions accepted.
Another things I may have forgotten, please ask.
Use will be browsing, wathing movies/series, light to medium editior programs usage, gaming, songs (a lot) and, of course, Android user things.
Thanks for the help.
It will serve you well.
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Asus, just look at specification and price. Do we really need help you with that? We can only tell our opinions.
DexterMorganNL said:
Asus, just look at specification and price. Do we really need help you with that? We can only tell our opinions.
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I mean, do you know any notebook that fill the requirements?
If not, leave it.
Xperia X10 Mini Pro with CM9 by paul-xxx
Felimenta97 said:
I mean, do you know any notebook that fill the requirements?
If not, leave it.
Xperia X10 Mini Pro with CM9 by paul-xxx
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Yes I know, got one myself. Asus K53SV-SX838V. It got an I7 2670QM 2.2Ghz, 8GB Ram, Nvidia GT 540M 1GB, 640GB HDD.
But well you got look for yourself, Asus K53 is the serie I have, they have them in several options, I got the better option. This one should fill your needs for sure.
sent you a PM.
I've always been partial to Toshiba. Never had any hardware related problems with them.
Here.
I have an HP, and although they aren't that reliable, their performance is outstanding, especially the dv7 series. Go for one of these, Toshibas are also extremely durable and reliable.
OK. Thanks for your help. I was just searching for ideas.
usaff22 said:
Here.
I have an HP, and although they aren't that reliable, their performance is outstanding, especially the dv7 series. Go for one of these, Toshibas are also extremely durable and reliable.
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I haz TWO of those. (HP)
Core i7 2.5GHz processor
8GB RAM
2GB RADEON Graphics (switchable)
17.3in HD screen
Win 7 HP
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cubieboard - Next best Android device coming soon only $49 and puts my phone to shame

Yes you heard correct!
Check this out peoples. I was blown away at the specs of this thing. And really even if it was half of what they claim I am still very impressed especially with the price tag! Who's in?
Read more..
Soooooo who wants a cheap device?
Oh yeah and a GOOOOD cheap device? $49 Duel core.....1GHz AllWinner A10 Cortex A8 ARM processor, Mali 400 graphics, and 1GB of DDR3 RAM, HDMI 1080p output is part of the package as well, as are 100M Ethernet, 4GB Nand Flash, two USB hosts, one MMC slot, an IR sensor, and a SATA port. Can duel boot both Android and Linux, and allows for Android TV!!!
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...more_tiny_sub100_linux_pcs_join_the_fray.html
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If its legitly that cheap i might buy a few for my grandparents and maybe even as x mas gifts for some of my younger family members
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What nice man.for Christmas
droid razr
miui v4
the apples slicer lol
wouldn't this be breaking the rules because it is advertising?
gsrubi preparation
Good Stuff for that price.
This means the new era of PCs
Definitely gonna buy this. :laugh:
Jarmezrocks said:
Yes you heard correct!
Check this out peoples. I was blown away at the specs of this thing. And really even if it was half of what they claim I am still very impressed especially with the price tag! Who's in?
Read more..
Soooooo who wants a cheap device?
Oh yeah and a GOOOOD cheap device? $49 Duel core.....1GHz AllWinner A10 Cortex A8 ARM processor, Mali 400 graphics, and 1GB of DDR3 RAM, HDMI 1080p output is part of the package as well, as are 100M Ethernet, 4GB Nand Flash, two USB hosts, one MMC slot, an IR sensor, and a SATA port. Can duel boot both Android and Linux, and allows for Android TV!!!
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscent...more_tiny_sub100_linux_pcs_join_the_fray.html
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I'm assuming you don't mean dual core cpu? The a8 is single core unlike the mali gpu but still looks very good value.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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This reminds me of the viewsonic gtablet I got for free, rooted it with hc and then gave away for free. It had decent hardware for how old it was, but weighed enough to kill someone if you needed to use it for self defense purposes
It wasn't "the hot thing" on the market though, so custom roms for it were rare because it'd be like putting a custom paint job on a Kia... fail.
If people buy these things and there is support in the dev community out there it could be good, but I keep hearing this voice in my head thats saying "you get what you pay for".
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Seems interesting, but may be too good to be true (especially the price)
If the price is legitimately that low, no hesitation purchase from me
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wrong section
You post this in the member found deals section

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