Hi dark, Yeah, I've found laptops to be pretty rugged in design. My first laptop I purchased in 1998 and I used it clear up until 2004 or so when it was just too out of date to be practical any more. My next laptop was an Averitech 6200 which I recently sold to my dad, and it still works decently, but he upgraded it and now it works as good as new. A bit old as far as laptops go, but is still mostly good enough for day to day use. My current laptop is a Compaq 800 series notebook which I purchased in 2008 and I figure it will last me for a few more years yet. It runs Windows 7 just fine, and does everything I want it to do. The dvd burner died a while back, but I sent it in, got it serviced, and now it is as good as new.
Smile. On 5/3/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Well bare in mind that I grew up carting laptops around in the days when it > wasn't uncommon for a machine to have a floppy drive and cd drive as well, a > full sized keyboard and a 15 inch screen, so my deffinitions of "slim line" > are rather different to other peoples ;D. > > I'm currently using a toshiba I got in 2005. I'km not quite sure on ram etc, > but I've yet to find an application it won't run, and though it doesn't have > a dvd burner, it does have a very passable rewrite cd drive. > > In fact the only thing about it I find a pain is that it only has 32 gb of > storage space, ---- which practically means I can't keep my entire music and > audio library on it, though i have got copies of all audio games. > > I did look at net books for interests' sake as much as anything, and because > as far as past experience goes the operational life of a laptop I've found > tends to be roughly 7 years, and I am taking my laptop around to various > places, up and down the country on trains, to the Italian alps and even > crusing down the Nile in egypt. > > I suspect whatever machine I buy next will simply be smaller, just by virtue > of being smaller, but I have no intention of skimping on features. Indeed, > probably the only feature I won't bother with is a screen, sinse I generally > find below 21 inches is my limit for visible screen size, ---- though of > course I don't really need the screen for all that much anyway. > > Oh, and I hate! those mini keyboards with a pattion! I really don't think > they were made with touch typing in mind, ---- particularly not at the sort > of speed I tend to type at. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
