Comments | fatomelette: Do you own a laptop?

fatomelette

Do you own a laptop?

Feb 02, 2008 20:20

I want to buy one so tell me about yours. Why does it rock/suck? Does it have burner? What did you name it?I want a macbook partly because I want software that can edit Quicktime files but mainly because I spent too much time on the apple website ( Read more... )

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garethness February 2 2008, 10:01:47 UTC

hai, i've been the lucky owner of 2 laptops. The first one i bought was an acer, i bought it because i was naively looking just at specs (this is back in 05). i got a 17" widescreen laptop weighing 4-5kg with a pentium 4 processor 3ghz (no centrino or mobile edition). I could make toast on the exhaust fan. It was bloody powerful, but with a battery life of 30 minutes, it wasnt exactly mobile, or fun to carry around ( ... )

fatomelette February 3 2008, 12:28:09 UTC

Wow thanks, that's really comprehensive! Guess I was lucky for a 'self-confessed technophiliac' to find this post, though I'm curious about how you came across it.

garethness February 4 2008, 04:25:25 UTC

i stumbled across your post via 'explore lj' under the tech heading one morning :P

laptop lilian_cho February 2 2008, 18:04:51 UTC

Unless you can't live without it, do NOT get a burner for your laptop. It'll just shorten the laptop's lifespan ( ... )

Re: laptop lilian_cho February 2 2008, 18:06:24 UTC

Oh yeah...basically the more powerful your laptop is (and the more battery life, etc.), the heavier it's going to be. You just need to figure out what you prize more.

I just brought my laptop everywhere with me in a backpack (a sidebag/laptop bag would strain one shoulder too much)

Re: laptop fatomelette February 3 2008, 13:17:45 UTC

Actually I've found that one shoulder bags are better. I put it on the bony edge of my shoulder so I don't strain my shoulder. And if it gets too much I can just tuck it under my arm to take the weight off. I think that's the most useful thing I've learnt in my 13 years of schooling, that and how to function with no/little sleep.

Re: laptop lilian_cho February 3 2008, 18:02:08 UTC

Hm, for me when one-shoulder bags get too heavy I hug it to my chest.

Back in my home country I used to have a driver that carry my schoolbag for me D:
(I didn't ask, he automatically does it. He also opens and closes car doors for me. The man gets an A++ for currying favors lol X-D)

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green_typhoon February 3 2008, 00:51:31 UTC

Errr I don't have a lap top, but my dad might buy me one when he goes to dubai. *sigh* blessed cheap electronics. Didn't the link I sent you work for ouran?

fatomelette February 3 2008, 13:29:57 UTC

Oh yeah, sorry I forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me.