The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Larks2242 251]

8161.

My older blackberry had some of those.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

8162

I find it easy to play games like that on my laptop, the controls are easy and I don't look at my keyboard while I type, so that may help?

[RipRap 4,400]

8163

Same here, I find the laptop easier.

[airman15 4,111]

8164

Using a desktop- thinking of switching to a laptop.

[The Avatar 1,089]

8165

Consider that carefully. Unless you want to pay a lot of money for a high-powered, multi-core, super-ultra-graphics card-infused laptop, I'd suggest sticking to a desktop for gaming, assuming that's what you want it for.

I have an Asus Intel i3 Core CPU, Windows 7, 2.20 GHz, with 4 GB of RAM, and an integrated graphics card (as most laptops have), and games that my computer can handle have to be played with low/medium graphics settings, and they still lag sometimes.

[Duke87 1,070]

(8166)

I have a laptop for portability. I can lounge in whatever position I want on my couch with it, and take it anywhere. Rather than be stuck at a desk and unable to easily move it.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

8167

I have an aging gaming rig at my mother's house, a university loned laptop, and a Dell laptop at my father's place. My friend recently fixed up Dad's laptop. My dad also has an old iPad original/1, which I am typing from.

[The Avatar 1,089]

8168

I like laptops because of their portability. I mostly keep this laptop sitting at a table, but when my family travels, I like being able to take it with me. I wish that high-quality gaming laptops were less expensive, though. I'd love to have an Alienware laptop.

[airman15 4,111]

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^Exactly the reasons why I want a laptop. And for the question of paying a truckload of money for a laptop that handles games, there is a decent one priced for $250 that i'm trying to get. When I do get it, I will talk to my cousin who not only taught himself everything about computers, but has also built a few of 'em.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

8170

What type of laptop is better? Mac or windows?

I have a macbook now, works great but I'm wanting a new PC desktop.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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I've only used a Mac twice in the last 20 years, so I really can't tell you. Oh it's supposed to be easier and blah blah blah, but whatever. If you're used to Windows, Mac is a pain in the butt to learn how to use. It's not any more or less intuitive than Windows, so don't listen to anyone who tries to feed you that. Hm, re-reading my sentences, that sounds impressively negative. Sorry, Mac fans, I'm still trying to work past my own prejudices and become a more reasonable person. I have a long, LONG way to go.

[Duke87 1,070]

(8172)

I won't rant about why here, but I despise Apple as a company and refuse to give them my money or use any of their products.

Also, how the hell do you find a good laptop for $250? I paid about $1800 for mine. Though, that includes the price of Windows, MS Office, and three years worth of internet security. Just the hardware might have been more like $1000.

[The Avatar 1,089]

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I will say one thing only, regarding Macs: you can't do much with a potato.

But really, in my opinion, Macs are meant for art-sy people who use their computer/laptop to create art, compose music, make/edit photos/videos, business, etc. Other than that, they have no advantage over Windows. Windows is meant for the average computer user, gamers, and people who don't like potatoes.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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But I LOVE potatoes!

[airman15 4,111]

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Great, now i'm hungry again.

And how do I find a decent laptop at $250? When it's located at a computer repair shop and the ones who happen to be selling it had to slash the price because they couldn't get a sale. At least that's my theory..

  Edited June 18, 2012 by usfighter15  

[Charlie_Zane 963]

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A $250 laptop? I've seen a few in JB HI-Fi, but they're half the size of my macbook, tiny tiny screen.

I think Apple products are great! I used to only have PCs in my house, but now there's 2 macs, they aren't that hard to use, It took my within the first week to understand how to use it. I did get it through school, so it came with all Adobe and Microsoft programs, like photoshop and word.

[Duke87 1,070]

(8177)

What do potatoes have to do with anything?

[The Avatar 1,089]

8177

Macs are potatoes.

[airman15 4,111]

8178

I've used both Mac and PC before, but I prefer PC because I use it to play games and modd them too. I don't like macs because of A) the way they arrange their files and B) Safari is marginally better than Internet Explorer (I use Chrome)

[Charlie_Zane 963]

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I mod and play a lot of games on my mac, minecraft and whatnot.

[Duke87 1,070]

(8181)

I have no idea what Macs have to do with potatoes, but whatever.

  Edited June 19, 2012 by Duke87  

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

8182

There's like a typhoon or whatever blowing around outside. It's not any different from the ones last year.

EDIT: Sniped!

EDIT II: NUMBER CHECK!

  Edited June 19, 2012 by NMUSpidey  

[Charlie_Zane 963]

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On another note, there was just an earthquake (5.2 magnitude) in Melbourne an hour ago! Shook my house, but nothing fell down.

  Edited June 19, 2012 by City_Master  

[The Avatar 1,089]

8184

Oh noes! Were any other structures damaged?

[Larks2242 251]

8185.

Wow, this thread is starting to speed up.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

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There was no major damage reading from the latest news, but half the supermarket shelves are now on the floors and some ceilings have caved in, but only in a few places.

[Duke87 1,070]

(8187)

Is it normal to just shrug off typhoons as nothing in Japan? Last year the threat of a hurricane hitting Connecticut was causing a bit of panic. And then afterwards our power was out for a week. But then, it's very easy for storms to knock trees down in the northeastern US since the soil is very rocky.

[The Avatar 1,089]

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The only serious weather conditions we have here are extreme heat (which we take as normal weather) and the occasional dust storm. We also have flash floods, which are common during monsoon season; but based upon the scant amount of rain we've had both this year and last year - even with monsoon season already here - I'm sure flash floods are not considered that much of a threat.

I hope we get some good rain storms soon.

[Charlie_Zane 963]

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Well, we get storms all the time. Cyclones aren't as big as the ones in Japan, but they still do serious damage. (Cyclone Tracey)

Weather is crazy, yesterday it was 20 degrees C, today it was 11 and tomorrow it might even snow in some places! I've never seen snow at all. :|

[airman15 4,111]

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We don't get storms often, usually winter rain ad sometimes thunderstorms but nothing too serious. During summer, though we get extremely hot weather which could cause drought.