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AnemuS
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Post subject: Laptop (hehe another topic) :)  Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:07 am |
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Hey ! yeah i know getting boring, its like a wallpaper threads now :p Well since so many people decided to buy laptop, am too very interested to get one :0 always wanted one but couldnt buy... anyways i want to set up the XP sp2-3, and most of them come with vista installed .. i was in a computer shop , the seller told me that most laps require vista right now to run good, as the drivers no longer made for XP, for me it sounds like he is trying to make me pay more, but whatever... I want to know if Gigabyte laptops are good , or should i just go for HP or DELL whish seems to be the leaders now? Here is the comp ive choosen it summs on about 1k-1.3k US dollars... Specs: gigabyte W566n 160GB HD 2GB 667mhz DDR2 Core2Duo 1.86ghz t2390 nvidia 8400gs 256mb (64bit bus) >,< well and much things included... (for me its good enough, cause i do not want a super gaming machine or whatever, more like just want to have one  ) well to make the question simple Worth getting gigabyte at all? if not what is the problem with them?
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:21 am |
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:14 pm |
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Isn't gigabyte a motherboard company? As for the laptop it looks decent, I have a similar setup with 3 gigs of ram and 250gb hard drive, with the gfx card with 128mb dedicated (however I can share more, so the max is something stupid like 1280mb). I only played 900 for mine though. Take a look at this, its gone back up in price: http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-Artist-D ... B0014A73XC
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XemnasXD
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:21 pm |
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anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....
maybe im just insane here
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:23 pm |
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XemnasXD wrote: anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....
maybe im just insane here I wantz a yo yo, you have any suggestions?
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:26 pm |
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StealMySoda wrote: XemnasXD wrote: anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....
maybe im just insane here I wantz a yo yo, you have any suggestions? personally i feel that you can't go wrong with a Duncan. Its just classic in design and function and always made of quality whether your doing it for fun or you want to do tricks.
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:01 pm |
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cpinney wrote: much cool laptops, with good price although i just wont be able to buy them yet, my credit card works only inside my country  StealMySoda wrote: Isn't gigabyte a motherboard company? As for the laptop it looks decent, I have a similar setup with 3 gigs of ram and 250gb hard drive, with the gfx card with 128mb dedicated (however I can share more, so the max is something stupid like 1280mb). I only played 900 for mine though. Take a look at this, its gone back up in price: http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-Artist-D ... B0014A73XCi wish i could find sucha lap in here, design is just a win Thats why im asking, my self never even heard about gigabyte laptops, was just wondering maybe something is wrong... as for the GFX card well basically sharing more memory into gfx wont really help i think. there is another option to get x3100 intel build in card, which for me sounds like a total crap , i mean ive never even heard about intel gfx cards and after reading all the reviews about it i just cannot let my self buy it  XemnasXD wrote: anyone else hate these trends where one guy opens a topic and suddenly a dozen ppl need the same thing and make new topics for it....i mean, couldn't they read the combined post of all the other topics to figure out whats good or not....
maybe im just insane here Yes you are right, but if i could find an answer in the other topics i wouldnt start this one, i did read all of them its just that there is nothing about this company , and usually people suggest getting HP, which is here comming with vista preinstalled.. so still can i reinstall XPsp2 on the laptops and will they really lack the drivers later on?
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:37 pm |
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The difference between the performance between a 128 and a 256 would be very little anyway. I was just trying to reiterate that fact.
BTW, Where do you live?
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:44 pm |
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Mmmmmmmmmmacbook.
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:14 pm |
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StealMySoda wrote: The difference between the performance between a 128 and a 256 would be very little anyway. I was just trying to reiterate that fact.
BTW, Where do you live? Yes the difference is not really big, at least for the mobile cards most of them use only 64-128bit bus, so its just pointless to have more than 256mb memory, but in fact some games can actually take more memory if you are able to allocate it, so having this option is not completely useless  I live in Israel btw
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:43 pm |
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Pfft Dell is so bad, people only buy it because its mainstream
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AnemuS
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:53 pm |
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CrimsonNuker wrote: Pfft Dell is so bad, people only buy it because its mainstream hey but we are talking about gigabyte but oh well won't mind knowing what not to buy anyways :p
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:45 pm |
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AnemuS wrote: cpinney wrote: much cool laptops, with good price although i just wont be able to buy them yet, my credit card works only inside my country oh xD should have looked at your location eh 
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:57 pm |
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Well ive picked the comp i want, it will be from gigabyte , after reading about it in internet , seems like a very good notebook and a good reviews/responses about it. W566N T8100 2.1ghz 2gb 800mhz DDR2 250gb HD nvidia 8400gs 256mb 64bit (well it does play few games, more than enough i guess.) 15.4" TFT LCD 1280-800* 2,7kg weigh +i can install good old windows XP on it, im not a fan of vista and some stuff that probably included in any other laps +since i have 34$ on my paypal xD i want to order one of those  im desperate whether get the silver(first one on the left) or the red in center any thoughts?
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:48 pm |
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be a bad ass and get the american flag.
even tho your not an american.
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:51 pm |
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Seems like a nice laptop, don't get any skins, you'll look stupid lol, just slap on a sticker or something
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AnemuS
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:24 pm |
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yeah i guess ill pass those skins, decided ill better spend the money on hosting for my site
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XemnasXD
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:27 pm |
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the skins looked terrible anyway
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Post subject: Re: Laptop (hehe another topic) :) Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:07 am |
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Hey guys ive at least bought the laptop, very very happy with it ) Anyways just wanted to ask few things, as im a very driver nub* i dont know what video drivers to download, i went to the nvidia site, and downloaded latest 175.19 drivers, but im afraid to install them yet, my video card is 8400m gs , is it compatible with these drivers , or do they fit the notebooks at all... Sorry i really have no clue on what to install.. nvm , found by myself 
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