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| Thread ID: 103559 | 2009-09-28 00:41:00 | Which notebook | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 814642 | 2009-09-28 20:54:00 | Yeah fair call Blam/Chill - but my experience is that while all those simple things like word processing/e-mail/internet aren't that taxing in isolation, when the user does all of them at the same time, and doesn't know that much about keeping the PC running sweet (and thinks Norton is a good A/V!!), the extra clock cycles and RAM do come in handy! I usually recommend people spend $1300+ on a lappy, as anything under that usually implies something has been compromised to reach a price point. $1700 or so seems to be the sweet spot for price/quality IMHO. Very subjective topic though, so always keen to have more input from everyone! :D |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 814643 | 2009-09-28 21:18:00 | True, which is why being a decent friend you'll give them the PC setup and running something like Avast etc ;) Again though, it's not usually the CPU that runs at max 24/7 when infected with spyware / malware, but rather the HDD speed (defrag much?), and again, RAM ... swapping absolutely *kills* a systems speed, regardless of CPU. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 814644 | 2009-09-28 21:33:00 | x2. I recently upgraded my faithful old Tosh A100 from a 60GB 5400RPM drive to a 320GB Seagate 7200RPM. I cannot believe the difference having the quicker drive had made. It quite literally blew me away, I was expecting a change but nowhere near as good as it was. I will never put a drive slower than 7200RPM into a lappy I own again. :D Not really saying it's worth upgrading a new drive, but if you are ever upgrading or replacing a drive, get a quicker one. It's so worth it! :thumbs: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 814645 | 2009-09-28 23:23:00 | As a matter of curiosity, how much RAM did it have? Thanks. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 814646 | 2009-09-28 23:38:00 | As a matter of curiosity, how much RAM did it have? Thanks. My Tosh? 2.5GB, running XP. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 814647 | 2009-09-29 00:35:00 | Alas for the poor battery - you have got a good tester for it, Speed rules, more is better. (Did I say that?) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 814648 | 2009-09-29 00:41:00 | Yea, yes you did. :p The new drive uses 0.03% more power and runs 1.3 degrees hotter. A small price to pay I think. :banana |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 814649 | 2009-09-29 01:51:00 | You'd need to ask, some models do, some don't. It can also depend on how old they are. It's not too bad, what a TV manufacturer would call *HD Ready*. :D Most 16" lappys will run on that res or similar. Just found this (event.asus.com) on the Asus site - both the models I asked about appear to be eligible, but they want $US21.99 for the privilege! :eek: I did an upgrade request last week (on a PC from Playtech) and it didn't cost a brass razoo! :annoyed: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 814650 | 2009-09-29 03:18:00 | Yea, for some machines its free, others its a fee.. But, IMO its a small price to pay for a better looking OS that doesn't crash *as* often:p Out of interest, does your mate have any specific requirements in terms of screen size, weight etc? |
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