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Re: New Computer
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:35 am
by Mark
Well, I finally scrimped and saved enough for a new laptop. Brand I never heard of though. An Acer Aspire. Brand new out of the box for $500 with all the little stuff I wanted. I'm happy.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:47 am
by kostmayer
Mark wrote:Well, I finally scrimped and saved enough for a new laptop. Brand I never heard of though. An Acer Aspire. Brand new out of the box for $500 with all the little stuff I wanted. I'm happy.
I got one of those, they're a decent brand.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 12:44 pm
by Nickswitz
Yeah, I have an Acer Aspire, not the best, but it works for what it has.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:19 pm
by Reliant121
I have an Acer Aspire 5542. Love it, although not the greatest gaming machine its ideal for almost everything else.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:21 pm
by Tyyr
Acer tends to make decent laptops and netbooks. They're not out there cranking out top of the line premium gaming rigs but what they do make are generally solid computers.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:14 pm
by Mark
Right on then. Didn't plan on using the laptop for gaming, so much as DITLing, facebook, hulu, and so forth. Well, porn too
Re: New Computer
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:38 pm
by Tyyr
Laptops for gaming just never made much sense to me. Sure it'd be nice to be able to be able to game on the road but it's like trying to run big spread sheets on your mobile phone. Sure you might be able to, but that doesn't make it a good idea.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 4:48 pm
by stitch626
Just don't get an Acer laptop from 6 years ago... their CPU's tended to explode.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:34 pm
by Tsukiyumi
stitch626 wrote:Just don't get an Acer laptop from 6 years ago... their CPU's tended to explode.
And, now we know what brand Starfleet uses.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:32 am
by Mark
Um, explode?
Re: New Computer
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 5:56 pm
by stitch626
The old ones had a problem where the CPU would blow off of the motherboard and parts would violently exit the keyboard.
The new ones are much safer (nothing has happened yet).
Re: New Computer
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:06 am
by Mark
Yeah, I can see how that would be a problem. I wonder if this thing could adaquately play any of my older games like Starwars Battlefronts or Star Trek DS9 "The Fallen", or the always awesome Diablo 2.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:55 pm
by Tyyr
I dunno about battlefront but Diablo almost certainly.
Re: New Computer
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:26 pm
by Mikey
stitch626 wrote:The old ones had a problem where the CPU would blow off of the motherboard and parts would violently exit the keyboard.
The new ones are much safer (nothing has happened yet).
I was wondering when they were going to stop installing that self-destruct mechanism on laptops...
... or at least make it less random.