Gigabyte boards are well known for their OS X compatibility On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:14 PM, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > and dont forget dual boot is a must if u into some heavy modding ^^ Most > ASUS and Gigabyte have it... > about foxconn...i literally check my components, and also have a closer look > on my dead HD 4670 before baking it in to the oven hoping it would revive > again (lol).. seems like most of it made with foxconn parts, im not saying > the vital part, but the connectors, IO ports, and some IC is made by > foxconn..lol...put that aside, ASUS and Gigabyte are known for their quality > assurance..it's juz no gigabyte for me after the GPU (HD 4670 fails and > there's no return back policy..im still pissed at that... > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Espionage724 <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Check for UEFI support on the motherboard, it's quite nice to have the >> OS boot in a few seconds after post. >> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:01 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Agreed, no buying intel hardware directly from them. But the new intel >> > core cpu series rules over all, keep that in mind. >> > There are already cheap GDDR5 gpus, but if you want to go lower then >> > GDDR3 is an absolute minimum (GDDR3 is not the same, its better than >> > DDR3). Asus and EVGA are good gpu vendors. >> > In general Asus is a great brand, only rare laptop models from there >> > have heat issues. I also agree with Toshiba being a solid brand. So >> > far I've handled several HP's that performed perfectly to their >> > hardware specs, but I haven't used any DV4 series so far. And runaway >> > from Acer! >> > >> > On Jul 29, 5:53 pm, hussam aulaian <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> when u buy a Machine >> >> 1- dont buy intel stuff >> >> 2- the GPU should be GDDR3 and above only , dont even look at lower >> >> stuff >> >> 3- Buy ASUS stuff as THEfog said , bcuz they are the best in the >> >> Business >> >> 4- dont get near : >> >> >> >> a- Dell ( bad components used in their devices esp the Capacitors ) >> >> b- Foxconn ( one of the worst Motherboard ive seen so far) >> >> c- Fujitsu & Acer ( worst laptops i ever seen ) >> >> d- LG ( best vendor for home appliances but for sure dont buy their >> >> laptops >> >> worst warranty ever ) >> >> >> >> laptop vendors i recommend >> >> A- hp ( price and good Hardware but dont get near their DV4 models they >> >> hav >> >> heat issues ) >> >> B- Toshiba (solid laptops that can handle alot ) >> >> C- ASUS ( ofcourse) >> >> B- Alienware >> > >> > -- >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Acer TravelMate 2480 >> GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz >> HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA >> >> -- >> 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > > > -- > Laptop: > Acer Aspire > Core Duo T2300E @ 1.67GHz > Intel GMA 950 IGP > Intel 945 Chipset > 1GB RAM (512MB*2) Dual Channel DDR2 > 80GB standard PATA HDD > Win7 Ultimate 32bit / Ubuntu 10.04 > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >
-- Acer TravelMate 2480 GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
