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    Which laptop?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    $1000 isnt really enough right now. After Friday IDK there are some saying there is going to be a new much cheaper macbook, but its not definite.

    Any news of Apple coming out with the cheaper MacBook?

    I know it's only Friday, but I'm getting excited and tired of waiting..

    Which laptop?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Well the macbook starts at 1099.00  Imagine that :), dude I'm typin on a 2 year old iBook, It screams ,@1.3, just as fast as my 3200 AMD , or my 2.8 intel, and has no issues,  Look, the new os Leoprd is commin out friday, I don't have to speak for it, it speaks for itself. Stable , and fun.

                                   

    I'll look into it.

    So far Dell has the best customizing and lowest price.

    Which laptop?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Get a Mac. Everything you want to do is perfect for a Mac.

    The problem with the AMD toshiba is the AMD processor, there mobile stuff is total crap when compaied to intel, they are far slower in every way, and they are not even close in the efficiency department.

    The mac would be perfect for you. Photoshop CS3 is a dream on the Mac. As well if you get into video final cut pro is just awesome.

    You think?

    If I got a Mac I wouldn't have to mess around with getting Microsoft Office, which I would be downloading illegally anyway.

    What Mac should I get? MacBook, or MacBook Pro?

    I don't want to spend too much over $1,000

    Which laptop?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I know you want other, but allow me to make a suggestion?

    apple.com

    I've thought about it. Maybe

    So I'm getting mixed responses.

    Here's what I'll be doing:

    - No games

    - Heavy browsing

    - Photoshop / other Adobe programs

    - Word processing

    - Some video conversion

    My gut says to go for the Intel (just because I know nothing about AMD), but I just wish I could customize it and give myself the 160 gb hard drive.

    Which laptop?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    All right, I'm due for a new laptop. I've got a few choices, but I really don't want to get anything other than a Dell, Sony or Toshiba.

    I've got two Toshiba's in mind and a Sony and haven't looked at Dells yet because they're my last choice

    AMD Toshiba

    I like it because of the 160 gb hard drive which is faster than a 200 gb and I really don't need the extra 40 gb if it's going to be slower. And it's also cheaper -

    http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Toshiba-Satellite-A215-S4697-15-4-Widescreen-Laptop-Computer-A215-S4697/sem/rpsm/oid/185073/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

    Intel Toshiba

    The extra 40 gb might be useful, but do I really need 2 gig of RAM

    http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=185074#proddesc

    I guess the ultimate question between those two is processors.

    Is the AMD Turion 64 processor better or just as good as the Core 2 Duo?

    Also, Sony Vaio

    Don't like it much, but it's a thought

    http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony-VAIO-VGNNR160ES-15-4-Laptop-Computer-VGN-NR160E-S/sem/rpsm/oid/192560/catOid/-12963/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

    Anyway, most importantly, I need something to last me 3-4 years.

    Thanks, your help is appreciated.

    How can I tell which Sat I'm on. Hughes Net sucks BTW.

    in HughesNet (DIRECWAY)

    Posted

    As compared to what other satellite provider? As I remember Hughes has been leasing satellites. I'm curious as to which one is the fastest at fixing and to what type of problem, hardware or software.  :undecided:

    Where did I compare them to another satellite provider? Why do I need to compare them to another provider? This is about HughesNet and their inability to solve problems, not Wildblue's problems.

    Hughes is leasing satellites, but that doesn't mean they don't have control at all over them....

    My speed today!!!

    in DW7000 Information

    Posted

    Confirmation Needed.

    So its cool to restart my DW7000 like every 24hrs :?::?: :?:

    I distinctly remember reading somewhere that i shouldn't do that. Let me look up that link.

    :shock: :shock:

    Do you want to save power?

    If you need to, then go ahead, if you don't then I don't see the probably with keeping it on. Computers don't need to be restarted and neither does your modem unless you're having major problems. Lots of times, my modem just restarts itself after about a week. Of course a good long power cycle is good for it, but you really don't need to do it daily.

    How is your ping times?

    in HughesNet (DIRECWAY)

    Posted

    that looks pretty good for Hughesnet except for the 2399ms one

    He's on Wildblue...

    Mine:

    Pinging testmy.net [67.18.179.85] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=850ms TTL=49

    Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=764ms TTL=49

    Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=991ms TTL=49

    Reply from 67.18.179.85: bytes=32 time=911ms TTL=49

    Ping statistics for 67.18.179.85:

        Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

        Minimum = 764ms, Maximum = 991ms, Average = 879ms

    Degraded

    in HughesNet (DIRECWAY)

    Posted

    I thought I've read somewhere that there have been some problems with some of the sats lately, so it might not be a problem on your end at all. To be sure, I always wait a couple weeks for my problems to clear up (that's normally how long it takes for HugesNet) and if they don't then fix it.

    My speed today!!!

    in DW7000 Information

    Posted

    Your probably right on the bogus somewhat but I have noticed that those 2 seconds spurts are just right for loading pages when browsing but probably do nothing for file transfer. It makes my browsing really seem snappy  :smiley: and we need to look at things for what they really are and not what we think they should be.

    Page loading also varies on the amount of lag..

    My speed today!!!

    in DW7000 Information

    Posted

    That totally explains it bird fan. Thanks.  :wink2:

    I sense sarcasm. I was just saying that HughesNet is not "great" and whoever thinks these bogus speeds on here are real needs to get their head out of their ass. I've never seen my download speed when downloading a file be at 200kb/s for longer than 2 seconds.

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