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My twice-a-decade computer shopping routine always reminds me that I'm far less savvy about this stuff than I imagine -- and I don't imagine much. The good news is that personal computer power stretched beyond my usage a few years ago: the most involved work I do is music stuff, and even my crapped-out circa-99 PC rarely gets stretched to its limits.

It's old, though, and a little janky, and definitely lagging. So I'm getting a laptop. I'm fairly content to spend around $1000 for a middle-of-the-road PC, especially when even today's cheapo stuff pretty much doubles the processing speed and memory I'm currently working with. (And even that $1000 is taking into account a good sound card.) So: who wants to point me to good sources for customizing and ordering a package? Any elements you'd recommend paying particular attention to? Why not go ahead and just do my shopping for me? I do zero PC gaming and lots of music programming/recording, and I am a total cheapskate.

― Good day, sir ... I'd like to purchase a computer., Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

Right now a few Acers (like around Travelmate 4000 series) are looking nice, though I have no idea which source for ordering a custom notebook package would be most reliable.

― Good day, sir ... I'd like to purchase a computer., Thursday, 13 October 2005 05:39 (twenty years ago)

Dude. You're getting a Dell.

― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Thursday, 13 October 2005 07:21 (twenty years ago)

Dude, I'm getting the new iMAC with the built in iSIGHT camera. HURRAH. It even has a Mighty Mouse.

― nathalie, a bum like you (stevie nixed), Thursday, 13 October 2005 07:26 (twenty years ago)

have you considering RICING up your computer

here's a guide: http://www.elcybergoth.com/main/special.jsp?page=ricing

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Thursday, 13 October 2005 07:30 (twenty years ago)

― Good day, sir ... I'd like to purchase a computer., Thursday, 13 October 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

look i RICED up my computer and it cost nothing

but now its running about 10000x faster than it was and the hot chicks dig it yo so click da link again and again until it is in your brain like a brain clot bursting at the seems with informative pus and blood

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Thursday, 13 October 2005 13:27 (twenty years ago)

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― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

i'm gonna buy a $300 notebook in an electronics store off times square and then come to ILX all "why didn't you help me"

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

nine months pass...

OK, I have a couple-years-old thinkpad running XP Pro and I finally checked the specs, it only has 128mb ram, this might account for how annoyingly slow it is. I'd simply assumed it was at least 256 all along. oops

Should I spend about $100 to upgrade to 512mb and it should run OK after that (I want to install IIS and try doing some web programming) or should I just start looking for an relatively inexpensive new desktop pc & start fresh, dell has some OK deals including a flat screen monitor which would be pretty sweet.

― dar1a g (daria g), Sunday, 23 July 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

I have about £400 to spend on a laptop so I can stop dragging my desktop PC around to DJ gigs. It's not a lot, but I'm figuring I should be able to get a good deal from somewhere. It doesn't have to have an awful lot of HD but RAM and processing power is fairly important. I'll probably need a good soundcard, but I figure I might just get an outboard one anyway. It just needs to be reliable and not mess up when I'm running music software such as Acid Pro, and hopefully Ableton, Reason and Nuendo in the future as well (though not necessarily at the same time).

Obv the reason I'm posting up here is I have no clue about buying a computer laptop whatsoever, but if anyone can recommend any good deals or models then please let me know ta!

― the next grozart, Monday, 10 November 2008 09:33 (seventeen years ago)

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