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Help me decide on a laptop.

I want a 14-15" laptop for design and development. Willing to drop at most $2500. Right now I'm keying in on the 15" Macbook Pro (2.2 Ghz, 4GB but 8GB with $80-100 aftermarket RAM, 1680x1050 antiglare).
I want to know what the best 14"-15" high end Windows laptops are right now. I think the build of the Macbook is second to none but a 1080p display and better specs may just make me skip the Macbook if the build and batterylife are decent enough.

Are you getting the 1gb video card?
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Yeah. Looked into the dell XPS 15z... looked so perfect but no quad core... Had a HP Envy 15 before but they seemed to have dropped it for the Sub par 14... where are the beast Windows laptops?
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Hmm there are always the alienware m14x And m15x, don't know if you like those but they can be a real beast is you spec them out right. And with your budget I don't that's too big of a deal
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i would go for a toshiba satellite. they do ship out with quad cores and decent graphics cards, and the top notch harman/kardon speakers never fail to impress

The macs are well built but didnt ifixit find too much thermal paste
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For that amount of dosh get any Intel core i7
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[Q] CPU Bottlenecking my GPU

OK so I'm building my first rig and I've heard of the cpu almost 'restricting' my gpu. Also post any ideas or thoughts on my build as I would love to know. (I'm a beginner when it comes to hardware)
Asus GTS 450 1GB Silent Direct CU $154.70
AMD Athlon II X2 260 @ 3.2
Asrock 880GMH AM3
Western Digital 500Gb SATA
Adata 4GB XPG Gaming DDR3 4GB @ 1600MHZ
Huntkey GreenPower 550w
It is a budget build and I couldn't find the appropriate section for PC's.
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Lol, I think that's because xda it's a forum for phones. But I dabble in computers.
At first glance I would say you were combining old tech (amd athalon 2) with newer tech (mobo and ram) so I would definitely say your rig is being limited by your CPU. I'm not 100% familiar with amd since I'm more of an Intel guy, but I'll do some research for you.
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GGWC808 said:
Lol, I think that's because xda it's a forum for phones. But I dabble in computers.
At first glance I would say you were combining old tech (amd athalon 2) with newer tech (mobo and ram) so I would definitely say your rig is being limited by your CPU. I'm not 100% familiar with amd since I'm more of an Intel guy, but I'll do some research for you.
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Thanks yeah the athlon is getting quite old yet overclocking to 3.7ghz would help but I don't think it would help enough. I might have to look more at the Phenom lineup
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scoffyburito said:
OK so I'm building my first rig and I've heard of the cpu almost 'restricting' my gpu. Also post any ideas or thoughts on my build as I would love to know. (I'm a beginner when it comes to hardware)
Asus GTS 450 1GB Silent Direct CU $154.70
AMD Athlon II X2 260 @ 3.2
Asrock 880GMH AM3
Western Digital 500Gb SATA
Adata 4GB XPG Gaming DDR3 4GB @ 1600MHZ
Huntkey GreenPower 550w
It is a budget build and I couldn't find the appropriate section for PC's.
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I did a conversion for you us people and I'm looking a a build for around $470 USD
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Some other thoughts:
You motherboard has 4 memory slots for DDR3 ram that operate only in dual channel mode. DDR3 ram is meant to be operated in triple channel mode. Meaning shots gave to be in multiples of 3. So your MOBO is restricting your ram.
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GGWC808 said:
Some other thoughts:
You motherboard has 4 memory slots for DDR3 ram that operate only in dual channel mode. DDR3 ram is meant to be operated in triple channel mode. Meaning shots gave to be in multiples of 3. So your MOBO is restricting your ram.
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Right OK I will have a look at that
I don't really think I need triple-channel either though.
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My Last Xperia X8 Question

I will buy Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S..And i want your opinion..Good phone?
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yes

Cpu freq?
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google it and use appropriate titles for you thread. atleast do it in arc s forum

http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_arc_s-4134.php

:thumbup:
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My dad actually bought it recently, so I had a chance to play with it a bit. It's a great phone, and it has a great camera.
Only problems I heard you might have with it is that the plastic around the camera tends to crack. Also, I've read somewhere that RAM might be problematic at times. No trouble so far with the unit I tried, though. Compared to some other phones and their problems, however, I'd say you have nothing to worry about

Don't forget to leave a farewell message @nikosgreece:thumbup:
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NikosGREECE said:
I will buy Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S..And i want your opinion..Good phone?
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Awesome phone, i saw some antutu scores of it... 7800+ whit 1900Mhz :thumbup:
Cheers
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in my opinion "XPERIA P" I absolutely better
1ghz dual core cpu(equals to 2ghz single core processor)
Sony withe magic technology
Sony bravia technology
Perfect design (arc is better in design I think)
Multi touch, up to 4 fingers!
16 gb internal memory
No sdcard but u can attach USB flash disk
Higher resolution
Mali-400 gpu(4 cores)
8 MP cam
1080p @30 fps video recording (awesome quality)
Gets jellybean, but arc won't
I think "p" is around 2 times faster than "arcs"
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_p-4436.php
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jay-z-s said:
in my opinion "XPERIA P" I absolutely better
1ghz dual core cpu(equals to 2ghz single core processor)
Sony withe magic technology
Sony bravia technology
Perfect design (arc is better in design I think)
Multi touch, up to 4 fingers!
16 gb internal memory
No sdcard but u can attach USB flash disk
Higher resolution
Mali-400 gpu(4 cores)
8 MP cam
1080p @30 fps video recording (awesome quality)
Gets jellybean, but arc won't
I think "p" is around 2 times faster than "arcs"
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_p-4436.php
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The characteristics of that phone are golden. But however, look at the battery. Only 1305 mAh. In comparison, our Xperia X8 has 1200 mAh. Taking into account the heavy OS it has, immense amounts of RAM, a monster CPU, and a large screen, I'd say the battery couldn't even last half a day with normal use. I think it isn't even user-removable.
Don't get me wrong, on other things I think the phone is a masterpiece, but you would need about 50% more battery power to handle all that. Reviews on the net seem to concur. Powering a battle tank with an AA battery would be a perfect analogy.

xWhiskey said:
The characteristics of that phone are golden. But however, look at the battery. Only 1305 mAh. In comparison, our Xperia X8 has 1200 mAh. Taking into account the heavy OS it has, immense amounts of RAM, a monster CPU, and a large screen, I'd say the battery couldn't even last half a day with normal use. I think it isn't even user-removable.
Don't get me wrong, on other things I think the phone is a masterpiece, but you would need about 50% more battery power to handle all that. Reviews on the net seem to concur. Powering a battle tank with an AA battery would be a perfect analogy.
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I agree but I think it's the problem of all android phones, u may need a portable charging system! LOL
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jay-z-s said:
I agree but I think it's the problem of all android phones, u may need a portable charging system! LOL
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Agreed!
Fus ro daaah! -> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1900mAh-E...SONY-ERICSSON-XPERIA-ARC-S-KYNO-/320766164807

UNFORTUNATELY I WILL NOT BUY XPERIA ARC S BUT I MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE MY X8 BETTER
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Oh no......
I mean yes good...
Its good that you are still with us...
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Oh no......
I mean yes good...
Its good that you are still with us...
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really?

You know...
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If you can afford it buy the Xperia S or the Xperia SL. Super phones but costly. They are worthy opponents even to iPhones and Galaxy S3

LG Nexus 5

I know leaks are silly most of the time, but has anyone seen the N5 leaks?
The specs are kinda sweet. 2.3GHz quadcore, 1080p, 5.2 in, 3GB RAM and such.
Probably still no microSD. They would sell a lot more N4 with microSD.
Most of them I don't want or need. But as the N4 is not that expensive, I might trade up. How about you guys?
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I still think its not coming until fall.
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Just a rumour, may not be true
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Maybe WiFi will be fixed by then
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Lol, it mentioned 4k video recording at 30fps.
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i think these rumours are just partially true. i dont think google will release a phone with 5.2" for now, im not even sure it will be 5". just look at the htc one, 4.7" and full hd, i think that would be perfect.
3gb ram... sounds weird. i think theyre gonna stick with 2 gigs. never seen my n4 run above 1.2 in usage.
2.3ghz cpu = snapdragon 800. might be true, although they might go with tegra4. either way, its gonna pack a lot of power.
no microsd slot is reasonable, just give me the opportunity to have at least 32 gigs of storage, and im gonna be fine.
the biggest hit with the n5 will be key lime pie imo. the hardware is waay ahead of the software if we're talking about android.
we need sw optimizations, and for the love of god, do something with the battery! the most annoying thing of any smartphone is that it must be charged every day if used normally.
im really interested in motos x phone, it should - like moto usually does - deliver decent battery life with good hardware and if the rumours are true, it will have vanilla android = its a win for me.

These are all rumors, wait for more reliable info, closed.
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Lol 3GB Ram.

These threads are getting out of hand here. Use some common sense people.
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subxero123 said:
These are all rumors, wait for more reliable info, closed.
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Is there no fun in these articles?, we don`t cure cancer here. Just people who are intersted in improving and tweaking their phones and intersted in what`s to come

I don't care about these specs. But have you seen this design ??/ Totaly sick !

Nope it's not the next nexus. 3gb ram? There wasn't even 2gb ram on high end phones until last month.

leventccc said:
Nope it's not the next nexus. 3gb ram? There wasn't even 2gb ram on high end phones until last month.
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U.S. versions of the SGS3 have 2GB RAM. They were released in what, June or July of 2012?

2.5Gb or 4Gb RAM is more likely than 3 and hopefully DDR3.

I thought the rumor for KLP and allegedly up the newer Linux kernels use way less RAM then ICS/JB...why the need for more than 2gb then?
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I'm not buying a 5 inch phone too big, 4.9 maybe
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illgodson said:
I thought the rumor for KLP and allegedly up the newer Linux kernels use way less RAM then ICS/JB...why the need for more than 2gb then?
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I was thinking the same thing. A mobile device using even 2GB RAM is a bit ridiculous. Jit compiling and Java in general are such resource hogs. Oh well.

Who says nexus five will be built by LG? (thread title)
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Yeah just seems like overkill, or perhaps KLP and up will gobble up more RAM than we thought?
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illgodson said:
Yeah just seems like overkill, or perhaps KLP and up will gobble up more RAM than we thought?
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The main issue I see is that you have a ton of basement coders with no real training or experience releasing apps onto the Play Store loaded with inefficient and just poor code. That, I think, will be the main issue causing the "need" for more resources.
Shall we get into why quad and octa core CPU's in a phone are ridiculous with multi threading being in the state it's in or leave it alone?

I'll sneak in here among the hail of bullets Samsung is receiving to shoot my praise.

I haven't used a Samsung device in over a year (S2). I've been using the HTC One since last April. A great phone, I've been satisfied with it now than any other so far. However I'm looking for a change now, and the S5 looks perfect. I am super excited to get it!
My biggest gripes with the One was the non-removable battery firstly, and lack of water/dust proofing. Everything else about it is awesome. I'm glad the S5 can take care of those issues for me.

The removable battery is the ONLY thing that would make me consider S5 over the rest. But honestly, if you're on an S4 already, I see absolutely no reason to upgrade.
I've owned the S1, S2, S3, and S4, and each iteration brought big enough leaps that warranted a year over year upgrade (better GPS, bigger screen + higher resolution, significantly faster, etc). Unless you're on a Galaxy device older than an S4, there really is nothing new here.

cmd512 said:
The removable battery is the ONLY thing that would make me consider S5 over the rest. But honestly, if you're on an S4 already, I see absolutely no reason to upgrade.
I've owned the S1, S2, S3, and S4, and each iteration brought big enough leaps that warranted a year over year upgrade (better GPS, bigger screen + higher resolution, significantly faster, etc). Unless you're on a Galaxy device older than an S4, there really is nothing new here.
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There is the redone TouchWiz that I'm excited about. I didn't like how it was before
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cmd512 said:
The removable battery is the ONLY thing that would make me consider S5 over the rest. But honestly, if you're on an S4 already, I see absolutely no reason to upgrade.
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Are you absolutely certain about that ?

Gillion said:
Are you absolutely certain about that ?
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About the battery being removable?

Gillion said:
Are you absolutely certain about that ?
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Yes.
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cmd512 said:
Yes.
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I am absolutely positive that it is removable

sensationfan623 said:
I am absolutely positive that it is removable
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It seems to be removable
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It's removable

Everybody is expecting miracles but let's remember one fact: iPhone 4,4s,5,5s all use the same design. And we are talking about 4 years of development,right? I think Samsung has offered a step forward with S5 from 3 points of view: best processor at the time, ip67, and ( o dp really hope) the best camera in a smarphone. I just hoped for 3 gb of ram and minimum 32 Gb internal.
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calinormy said:
Everybody is expecting miracles but let's remember one fact: iPhone 4,4s,5,5s all use the same design. And we are talking about 4 years of development,right? I think Samsung has offered a step forward with S5 from 3 points of view: best processor at the time, ip67, and ( o dp really hope) the best camera in a smarphone. I just hoped for 3 gb of ram and minimum 32 Gb internal.
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It seems that they didn't focus so much on specs this time round
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calinormy said:
Everybody is expecting miracles but let's remember one fact: iPhone 4,4s,5,5s all use the same design. And we are talking about 4 years of development,right? I think Samsung has offered a step forward with S5 from 3 points of view: best processor at the time, ip67, and ( o dp really hope) the best camera in a smarphone. I just hoped for 3 gb of ram and minimum 32 Gb internal.
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I heard that there will be 32gb options as well as 16gb
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And the note 3 with 64 and the s4 with 32...I never seen one in stores...
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calinormy said:
And the note 3 with 64 and the s4 with 32...I never seen one in stores...
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At least there is the SD card slot
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