**Considering** A Laptop

Scrubbin_Bubbles · 06-01-2007, 07:39 PM

I was thinking about getting a laptop. I was thinking about a 15.4 Gateway NX570 Series with 2GB. Does anyone here have any hands on experience with this laptop? I plan on doing a dual boot of Ubuntu and Windows Vista Home.

I'm going to be mainly using this for music, Internet, and Ubuntu.

Now, this is just a considered purchase and nothing is certain yet. But if you were planning on purchasing this model laptop would you up the ram to 2GB or keep it at the standard 1GB?

AGAIN this is a purchase I'm CONSIDERING

hans5849 · 06-01-2007, 08:41 PM

how much, i watched the deals section here and got my insprion 6400 w/ Core 2 Duo T5300, 1GB 533 ddr, GeForce Go 7300, 160 GIG sata, & the intel wireless adapter for 785.51 shipped and taxed (tax being 57.51).

Miller · 06-04-2007, 08:46 PM

wait... are you considering this?

get 2gb of ram with vista

tex · 06-04-2007, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scrubbin_Bubbles

I was thinking about getting a laptop. I was thinking about a 15.4 Gateway NX570 Series with 2GB. Does anyone here have any hands on experience with this laptop? I plan on doing a dual boot of Ubuntu and Windows Vista Home.

I'm going to be mainly using this for music, Internet, and Ubuntu.

Now, this is just a considered purchase and nothing is certain yet. But if you were planning on purchasing this model laptop would you up the ram to 2GB or keep it at the standard 1GB?

AGAIN this is a purchase I'm CONSIDERING

1 GB of ram.

Wait a minute, you're going to be "using this for Ubuntu." I don't get it. Like to play around with, or are you planning on actually using it?

~~Electric_Head~~ · 06-04-2007, 11:32 PM

I recently picked up a Dell E1505, Core 2 Duo 1.86Ghz, 1gb DDR2, ATI X1400, 120gb, BlueTooth 2.0ERI, Intel Wifi a/b/g, WSXGA+, 9-cell battery for $850 shipped to my door from the deals section.

Currently running Arch 0.8. Gnome + Beryl if I'm not running on battery, Fluxbox when I'm on the move though. Beryl is a hog, I only get about 3-4 hours on battery compared to 7-8 if I use fluxbox alone.

How much $$ do one of those lappy's run? If you are running vista, go 2gb for sure, Linux you won't need it though.

-Sevendust- · 06-05-2007, 12:11 AM

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tex · 06-05-2007, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electric_Head

I recently picked up a Dell E1505, Core 2 Duo 1.86Ghz, 1gb DDR2, ATI X1400, 120gb, BlueTooth 2.0ERI, Intel Wifi a/b/g, WSXGA+, 9-cell battery for $850 shipped to my door from the deals section.

Currently running Arch 0.8. Gnome + Beryl if I'm not running on battery, Fluxbox when I'm on the move though. Beryl is a hog, I only get about 3-4 hours on battery compared to 7-8 if I use fluxbox alone.

How much $$ do one of those lappy's run? If you are running vista, go 2gb for sure, Linux you won't need it though.

good call on arch, thats what I run on my main box (its getting annoying how often shit breaks nowadays though)

jake · 06-05-2007, 07:37 AM

If your running vista I would get 2g ram for sure.

Lord Kain · 06-05-2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by -Sevendust-

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Cause UBUNTU works very well on a Mac eh?

MaesterB · 06-05-2007, 09:14 AM

I love my notebook. I can only really play StarCraft on it, but I can remote in to home from anywhere, listen to my music, etc..

Of course, it's a company provided notebook (ThinkPad R40). It's a 14" screen, 1GB ram, Celeron 2Ghz.

I've thought about buying my own notebook because it's just so cool to pick-up my computer, go anywhere, and feel like I'm at home.

~~Electric_Head~~ · 06-05-2007, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tex

good call on arch, thats what I run on my main box (its getting annoying how often shit breaks nowadays though)

You mentioning it is actually how I found out about the distro maybe 6 months ago. After using Slackware and Gentoo for the last few years I decided to give something different a try. So far so good, setup was quicker than Gentoo for sure.

MSP · 06-05-2007, 05:34 PM

2GB of ram, or you'll just end up upgrading it anyway.

But you'll love it. I brought home a laptop from work to use as a "proof of concept" to see if I'd use it, and ended up finding that I used it more than I had even imagined.

Consider a MacBook though, no joke. I love mine, and I was the biggest Mac critic that ever was.

ThatHideousStrength · 06-05-2007, 05:57 PM

Every laptop I used Vista on runs like ass with 2 gbs of ram. Make sure to get a 7200 RPM hard drive if you plan on using Vista otherwise your gonna be in hard drive thrashing heaven.

jake · 06-05-2007, 06:28 PM

My roommate's macbook just died 2 months after her waranty was up.

MSP · 06-05-2007, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jake

My roommate's macbook just died 2 months after her waranty was up.

That sucks. And one reason why I'm considering the extended warranty. I have that happen to Dells at work all the time.

ThatHideousStrength · 06-05-2007, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jake

My roommate's macbook just died 2 months after her waranty was up.

Shit happens. Xbox 360's die a week after they're used too!

tex · 06-05-2007, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Electric_Head

You mentioning it is actually how I found out about the distro maybe 6 months ago. After using Slackware and Gentoo for the last few years I decided to give something different a try. So far so good, setup was quicker than Gentoo for sure.

Haha, I do miss the endless compiling and tweaking though. I got the p4 'B' model right when it came out, that thing was a beast at compiling, thats why I tried gentoo actually =p

Quote:

Cause UBUNTU works very well on a Mac eh?

Uh...why wouldn't it?

gB dAvId x · 06-07-2007, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tex

Haha, I do miss the endless compiling and tweaking though. I got the p4 'B' model right when it came out, that thing was a beast at compiling, thats why I tried gentoo actually =p

Uh...why wouldn't it?

Yeah cause OS X does have a unix back end.......

WoodButcher · 06-08-2007, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThatHideousStrength

Shit happens. Xbox 360's die a week after they're used too!

Yep, my kid's made it 8 days, poor kid, just got online with it, at least they pay postage.

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