I need help choosing a new computer

rangerfan · #1 09-26-2005, 09:47 AM

I should have my new laptop tomorrow. I bought an Asus Z70Va (refresh). It's the perfect combination of power in a small form factor at a great price.

Most laptops nowadays are only made by a few different companies. Asus makes tons of laptops and they are then sold to other companies, like ABS, who throws on their own logo and resells it. You can get an Asus from lots of online resellers, either preconfigured, or in the 'whitebook' Built On Asus platform. You can add the CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, Optical Drive, Wireless Card and OS on your own, or you can buy it totally preconfigured. You get a warranty on the keyboard, screen, motherboard and chasis, which in a notebook is really all you need since you can replace virtually all of the rest by yourself.

I got my machine decked out to the nines:

2.13 ghz Pentium M
2 GBs Ram
128 mb Radeon X700 gpu
Wireless B/A/G w/ Internal Bluetooth
100 gb hd
DVD/RW

The machine tops the scales at 5.6 pounds, and it has a 15.4" screen. The case is awesome. Just read the reviews and you'll be sold too.

I bought it here.

Check out Notebookforums for more info than you would ever need on every laptop out there!

LeMansX5 · #2 09-26-2005, 05:13 PM

Saw these ads by Sun's aimed at Dell servers

http://www.sun.com/emrkt/rejected/index.html

X5RO · #3 09-27-2005, 07:14 AM

I am currently looking to get a new laptop. I currently have a dell from 2001. I think the quality of the current dells have gone down. The new dells just seem too frail. I am looking to get a thinkpad. Several of my friends have them and I really like them. You can get a student discount on their website.

How about if you get a thinkpad and a IMAC? I looked at getting a powerbook. However, there are several programs that I cannot run on MAC. If you run virtual pc on a mac you better have enough power and hard drive to run both. If you run virtual pc and windows XP on a mac, you can have the same problems (viruses) as running a PC.

For school, I recommend a pc.

Quicksilver · #4 09-27-2005, 11:19 PM

X5RO regarding your statement "If you run virtual pc and windows XP on a mac, you can have the same problems (viruses) as running a PC".

For school, I recommend a pc.[/QUOTE]The truth is. When you run a virtual machine in Virtual PC for Mac, the operating system that is installed on the virtual machine may be vulnerable to attacks by Windows-based viruses if the virtual machine is configured to connect to the Internet directly through Virtual Switch networking. In Virtual Switch networking mode, the Windows operating system directly connects to the Internet. As a result, it may be vulnerable to attacks from Windows-based viruses and other malicious programs.

If the Windows operating system is connecting to the Internet by using Shared Networking, it is in fact connecting through the Macintosh operating system and the Macintosh networking connections. This type of connection can help protect your operating system from network-based virus attacks.

However, your computer may still be vulnerable to virus attacks through e-mail messages. Microsoft recommends that you use an antivirus program to scan all your incoming e-mail messages.

For more information about viruses and what you can do to help protect Windows from them, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre.../virus/alerts/ (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tre.../virus/alerts/)

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp