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Offline Tyler

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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2008, 11:06:12 PM »
Yes! She looked skanky in them huh? :shades:


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Wow I'm screwed up in the head. Not as much as Gil though.  :lol:

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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2008, 11:12:10 PM »
Wow I'm screwed up in the head. Not as much as Gil though.  :lol:
Is that a compliment or .... :thinking: :lol:
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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2008, 11:12:53 PM »
Wow I'm screwed up in the head. Not as much as Gil though.  :lol:
Is that a compliment or .... :thinking: :lol:

I think that's one of those comments that you take whichever way you want.  :lol: :P

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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2008, 11:15:16 PM »
I'll just take that as a compliment then. :thrilled:
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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #34 on: June 06, 2008, 07:28:53 AM »
Don't buy a Dell, the batteries suck.  Mine completely quit 16 months in.

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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #35 on: June 06, 2008, 02:08:36 PM »
I have an HP laptop (a dv6000z) and while it is a decent laptop, I've had various problems with is. First off, it gets insanely warm; I've actually burnt myself with it a few times. And the overheating lead to the next two problems. I got the laptop last July, and in January, the wireless stopped working. Then in April, the graphics adapter died. I later learned both were due to overheating. Luckily, HP fixed the problem for free, but I was without the laptop for a few weeks.

I also have a Dell laptop (an Inspiron 1525), and I like it a lot more than the HP. It runs much cooler than the HP; I attribute that to the Core 2 Duo in the Dell, which runs inherently cooler than the Turion 64 X2, which was in my HP. Also, both laptops are 15.4" models, and I find the Dell slightly lighter than the HP.
Cool, didn't know you got a new laptop. B) Could you post the full specs, and pictures if possible?

Also, my Dell laptop (Inspiron 1501) has an AMD processor, and it does get very hot like your HP did. It's nearly impossible to use it on my lap unless I have my chill mat underneath it. :pinch: But overall it's a good laptop, and I hopefully won't have to encounter the problems you had with your HP. :ninja:

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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #36 on: June 06, 2008, 03:44:07 PM »
What? He got it last June/July or something, right?
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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #37 on: June 06, 2008, 03:45:09 PM »
What? He got it last June/July or something, right?
I was talking about the Dell, not the HP (the HP is the one he got last July). ;)

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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #38 on: June 06, 2008, 03:47:01 PM »
Whoops. :pinch: :oops:
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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #39 on: June 06, 2008, 05:15:45 PM »
Here's the HP one I've been considering: http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=394073&pCatg=5680


Wow, that's a deal - a whole extra gig of RAM for the same or less than the price I paid.
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Re: I'm such a dope...
« Reply #40 on: June 08, 2008, 10:38:04 PM »
I have an HP dv9815 that I just got the day before Memorial Day. Everything's nice so far except for the fact that the mousepad driver doesn't allow you to middle click by pressing the left and right buttons simultaneously. I was actually going to buy a cheaper Toshiba, but I found out that Toshiba and Sony don't even offer scrolling on their mousepads, and that's a must, so I went with this HP, my second choice.

Also, it's a 17" widescreen, so there's a numberpad on the right side of the keyboard; it's all well and good, but I'm a bit disturbed by the right-hand "shift" key only being the size of a regular key on the keyboard with the Up arrow just to the right of it. All too often I mess up while typing and hit either the up arrow or the backslash key just to its left. I really hope I get used to it eventually.

BTW, It has a 200GB HD and 3 GB of memory. It was either $949 or $999; I can't remember which.

Can you elaborate a bit more on your purchase, if you don't mind? What processor does it have? Does it use 64-bit Vista? If so, how is that? Thanks!