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I have a toshiba which gets a lot of use. its been on many tuning trips and has never let me down. the battery life is great especially considering the large screen. wait for tosibato have a sale and you can get a great deal. they even have an outlet store online for some bargains.
the one downside is that cstom configs take a while however from what you descrbed I think you can find something off the shelf the will make you happy.
the one downside is that cstom configs take a while however from what you descrbed I think you can find something off the shelf the will make you happy.
I have to aggree Turco, I have had 2 HP's and nothing but "bad" luck with them. I just figured it was the way I treated the computer, let's face it, it didn't live it's life on a desk or in a padded computer bag.
But I aggree that the macs are a bit over prices, to me. And one of the places I have looked in the past 10 minutes and in the past was best buy, they have some good stuff for a under a grand. Just not sure what I should do with my hard drive. It's 7 months old with about 80-90 gigs of stuff on it that I don't want to lose.
and again, I'm kind of intimidated my Vista, I have XP and I like it...I don't know if I want to go to vista.
But I aggree that the macs are a bit over prices, to me. And one of the places I have looked in the past 10 minutes and in the past was best buy, they have some good stuff for a under a grand. Just not sure what I should do with my hard drive. It's 7 months old with about 80-90 gigs of stuff on it that I don't want to lose.
and again, I'm kind of intimidated my Vista, I have XP and I like it...I don't know if I want to go to vista.
I have had 3 toshiba laptops. The newest one I got senior year of HIGH SCHOOL, so almost 7 years ago. It still works incredibly well, even after one of my roommates spilled coffee on it and i sent it to toshiba who fixed it for free. Smelled like hazelnut for 6 months. The battery is shot but that is mainly because i never exercised it.
i noticed that my battery on my past two lap tops where pretty useless after way less than a year. by exercise it to you mean let it run on the battery and then recharge it regularly? I do have a bad habbit of just leaving it plugged in.
I'm going to look for some Toshibias. See what I can find. I was also thinking about how some laptops come with dual hard drives, maybe I could put my 160 in a 2nd hard drive slot. A thought, don't know if it's logical.
I'm going to look for some Toshibias. See what I can find. I was also thinking about how some laptops come with dual hard drives, maybe I could put my 160 in a 2nd hard drive slot. A thought, don't know if it's logical.
from what i have been learning about Li-on it likes to be drained to 20% of capacity and recharged to 80% of capacity. Anything more or less will ruin the life of the battery which i can personally attest to on devices i have used.
talk about a pain having to get it down to 20 then unplug again at 80. I use my laptop like a portable regualar computer. Lol.
Oh well, we will see what happens this go round.
Oh well, we will see what happens this go round.
most batteries have a chip that regulates charge so when it says it is fully charges it is only at 80% and shuts off at 20%. Like i said, MOST batteries, which i refuse to include any phone battery since i know i cant get those to last more than 8 months.
Woot, getting out early again. I will talk to you guys later. Paul or Dave, I'll be around Marlboro tonight if you wanna chill maybe, would be cool to chill instead of going to sit at home....if not no biggie.
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i got tons done today... but i finished my biggest project and i have no desire to start something new. plus my head feels like im in the middle of a giant ringing bell.
timz did u mean this sat or next sat earlier? i already cant wait
timz did u mean this sat or next sat earlier? i already cant wait
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