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Building one is best, but you should support your fellow Poly-tubbies.
The only real reason you want another company building your machine is tech support. In addition, some companies will ensure that all your drivers and what not are working before you get your machine.
I always build mine.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Nah, I don't have the time to build one. I was thinking about getting Dell. What are the Pros and Cons of the Dell?Comment
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Pros: Kaak.
Cons: Everything else.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Get a friend to build one for you. If I'd ever stoop to an X86 machine I'd build one. Buying one is a waste of money.Only feebs vote.Comment
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If you want discount on IBM things...let me know.
I have access to the employee purchase programs for IBM, Apple, and American car companies (
), and can hook you up with some discounts.
That said, even with a discount both IBM and Apple stuff are expensive compared to others. Except Alienware...though IBMs and Apples aren't gaming machines.
IBM quality and support are exceptional though.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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For a gaming computer, what then?Comment
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Build your own, get a friend to build one for you, get one from a local shop, or maybe Dell."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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I might be looking at a IBM laptop (what do you think of the X31?).
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GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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The X-series is good, provided you don't need a CD-ROM or lots of storage..."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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well, it will merely be my mobile solution
my main machine will of course have lots of storage (and CD-Rom stuff)
one thing, how do you reinstall stuff if there is no CD?
JMJon Miller-
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GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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Network installs are possible usually.
Ideally you have a docking station with a CD-RW/DVD-ROM and more ports n' stuff. The X-series is designed for ultra-mobility for corporate use mostly.
We use it at work because the whole campus is wireless, and everything is on the network. Not much is local, and you never need disc drives.
Docking stations cost more, though. Don't ask me how much, never bothered checking.
For standard uses, the T-series is optimal. Thin, light (but thicker and heavier than the X-series), but longer battery life, faster performance, and disc drives."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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Well, I want it for use for areas where there is wireless everywhere. I want it to be really light. I don't care about storage/games/etc because I will have other machines for that. What I want to use it for is writing stuff, texing stuff, mathematicing stuff, (maybe programing stuff), internet surfing, etc...
So performance is not a big issue (anything long I would run on another machine, complicated games I would run on another machine). Longer battery life is good. And I dislike using Discs of any type, but consider CDs to be a neccesary issue.
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GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.Comment
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Go for the T-series.
1" thick, 5.5lbs, 7 hours battery life, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, integrated wireless..."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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I'm typing this on my T40 that I've had for over a year.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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