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Aphex

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buying a laptop
« on: November 26, 2006 07:39 pm CST »
so i think im going to be buying a laptop. ive been looking around online but thought i might ask here as well.

i need at least 100gigs of storage, a gig of ram and a wireless card. those are a must. i also need a decent video card. im looking to spend anywhere from 600-1500, but can go up to 2k if needed. i do photography for a living and need to be able to store tons of photos and software to edit it. also something that will at least be able to play tribes.

thanks to anyone who has any advice. :) i dont know much about laptops and someone here probably knows more than me.
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2006 07:48 pm CST »
Do you have a phone number?  I can direct you to a gateway dealer that can probably save you some money.
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2006 05:10 am CST »
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Do you have a phone number?  I can direct you to a gateway dealer that can probably save you some money.

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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2006 09:22 am CST »
http://system76.com/ is a linux computer vendor.  Their laptops are pretty affordable.  Loaded with Ubuntu Edgy 6.10.  All of them are capable of XGL/AIGLX/Beryl.
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« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2006 02:30 pm CST »
Linux isn't really something that people should be presented with.  It's something they need to find, if it is to be successfully adopted.
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2006 04:55 pm CST »
well i used to have a linux system. but im just looking for something simple. net surfing, photo editing ect.
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2006 11:17 pm CST »
I suggested linux since I knew aphex had experience in it.  Oh, and let me tell you maam, it has improved A LOT in a year.

Firefox
Abiword / openoffice
The Gimp or Picasa for photo editing
XGL/compiz/AIGLX -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw78IIEbzHs
Automatix to easily set up all codecs, install WINE, and other programs
Play tribes in just a couple of steps using wine
Stable and very very very little risk of viruses


And hey, if you arent happy (how could you not?), install windows over it or set up a dual boot with windows.  But you'd feel really, really bad if you did.
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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2006 10:14 am CST »
i never really liked gimp. i dont know. i just never felt the same to me.

ill probably just end up buying some crappy dell. haha.
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2006 11:46 am CST »
If you still need windows apps you can still use them perfectly. As long as they are not games.

http://http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

I am running ubuntu and installed vmware server.  Loaded up windows xp in it and it runs fast.  Not 100% but 90+% speed.   Best of all vmware server is totally free.   I am assuming you are familar with what a virtual machine is.
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2006 02:37 pm CST »
VMs are easy enough to learn to use even if not.
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