i remember having a northwood celeron @ 2.8ghz... it ALWAYS lagged in windows xp not matter what I did, reinstalling windows, optimising, or even adding 1GB of ram. I comtemplated suicide after using the damn machine for more than 5 minutes
On Oct 28, 9:06 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > lol, sure..^^ > yeah, touch screens do have its pleasurable effects, i also do love it, > despite the glossy screens and oily hands sometimes...lol...i still like > touch...but for work or heavy usage such as gaming, i cant see where the > touch could fit...then again, its still ok for a game in touch screens then > those Xbox Kinect and PS3 Move...those just gay imo ..lol.. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:02 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it's like what I told you about that futuristic tech vid, > > physical keyboards are the best tactile experience, no matter how good > > touch interfaces get. I'm going to look into a couple netbook models a > > friend told me about, ones that aren't so laughable in terms of > > performance, and I'll get back to you on that. > > > On Oct 28, 8:58 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > haha, yeah, ive been thinking about tablets too, but i still prefer hard > > > keyboard, for long typing... > > > but saying that, it still a looonng way for me to have enough cash on > > buying > > > one both netbook or tablets...spend all my money on my workstation/gaming > > > desktop ^^ > > > > hmm, i may reconsider what u said about tablets, since the world now move > > > forwards with touchscreen + tabloids hybrids..lol..giving me more apps to > > > run all my works... > > > but the cons will be just one...i will not be able to work on my GMA > > driver > > > on the go ^^ and that would be bad...lol > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:49 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > God no! Laptops man :) I don't even consider laptops being real > > > > computers, much less netbooks. Maybe you should wait for tablets to > > > > drop prices a bit... > > > > > On Oct 28, 8:47 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ah yes, the cheap broadband package with free netbooks...lol, my > > > > country's > > > > > ISP just started to promote that early this year...so yeah, > > > > netbooks...but > > > > > still, if i have the chance, i do want to buy a cheap netbook (and i > > mean > > > > > very cheap i can find one) just to carry around..i seldom at home and > > > > often > > > > > got home at 2AM, so i do need a netbook, laptop are too expensive for > > > > > general working device on the go ^^..lol, speaking of which, it's > > almost > > > > 4 > > > > > AM here...i need to get some sleep...see u guys later ^^ > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:42 AM, tribaljet <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > It's not an app, it's just manually adding shaders to the whole > > game. > > > > > > Many schools have special deals of lower priced computers, that > > > > > > sometimes come with some sort of light mobile broadband deal. I got > > > > > > mine like that, and it was quite cheap. > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 8:04 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > lol, 450$ is somewhat still expensive for students... > > > > > > > > for comparison, a laptop , mainstream cost around RM2000+ here.. > > > > > > > > a software that change the game's looks? cool ^^ what's the app > > name? > > > > > > maybe > > > > > > > i can test it out too .. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:42 AM, tribaljet < > > [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, yes! Finally :) it's because the cpu is directed to the > > wrong > > > > > > > > market, it was always meant to be a truly mobile thing. And > > about > > > > the > > > > > > > > low prices, we are seeing laptops costing less than 450$, which > > can > > > > > > > > play most games, even if at low settings because of the newer > > intel > > > > > > > > igps. > > > > > > > > > Btw Angelic, I found a little piece of software that can custom > > the > > > > > > > > way our games look, and it is something I think can be > > implemented > > > > on > > > > > > > > the CP hussam is developing, I'll need to test it a bit, but > > you > > > > might > > > > > > > > be interested. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 7:28 pm, AngelicTears <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Atom cant be compare to its big brother CPUs..Atom is the > > very > > > > low > > > > > > end > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > is capable only for simple processing, not workstation and > > heavy > > > > > > > > gaming... > > > > > > > > > that said, intel made Atom to the wrong market group, imo > > Atom > > > > should > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > optimize for mobile usage such as tablets and phones..oh > > wait, > > > > what > > > > > > am i > > > > > > > > > saying, intel never had their products management at the > > right > > > > > > track... > > > > > > > > > > not to mention most hardware companies like Intel will push > > > > companies > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > make their product price high by making their CPU price > > > > high...when > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > truth is most Low Voltage i3 cost the same as Atom D4xx > > > > > > > > > series...lol...that's just to make Atom mainstream and cover > > > > their > > > > > > > > mistakes > > > > > > > > > on making the product at the first place... > > > > > > > > > > @tribaljet > > > > > > > > > lol, yeah, most ppl do hate netbooks, no surprise their bro, > > i > > > > > > respect ur > > > > > > > > > opinion, but i do often look both good and bad of a certain > > > > > > products...so > > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > my opinion , if companies like acer (known for their Acer > > One, > > > > > > Timeline > > > > > > > > > series and etc) and Dell (Dell mini and etc) wont reduce > > their > > > > > > > > lightweight > > > > > > > > > laptops to a lower price, then netbooks still will be top > > selling > > > > to > > > > > > low > > > > > > > > end > > > > > > > > > customer.... > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:08 AM, tribaljet < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It's always a performance indicator when certain hardware > > > > devices > > > > > > > > > > aren't used for more serious IT market segments, and if I > > > > recall > > > > > > > > > > correctly, atoms and neos are not to be used on even the > > lowest > > > > > > > > > > workstation computers. And what core 2 duos are slower than > > > > atoms? > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > > > > > guessing you're talking about those new dual core atoms > > that > > > > > > haven't > > > > > > > > > > been shipped to most of the world yet, cpus that I don't > > > > believe to > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > > faster than any c2d, but I'm curious to know. > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 5:50 pm, Koolguy007 < > > [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It still beat my old Pentium 4 2.5 GHz gaming rig into > > the > > > > ground > > > > > > > > (and > > > > > > > > > > > yes I know its way obsolete). The new Atom processors are > > > > > > starting to > > > > > > > > > > > bypass some of the low end Core 2 Duos. They still aren't > > > > power > > > > > > > > houses > > > > > > > > > > > though I will agree. My friend has a 14 inch laptop that > > he > > > > got > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > > > $300, and it ran WoW at about the same speed as it did on > > my > > > > > > netbook. > > > > > > > > > > > His is a Centrino based system with Ati graphics. I don't > > > > believe > > > > > > his > > > > > > > > > > > was optimized though. It just depends on what you want to > > do > > > > and > > > > > > > > where > > > > > > > > > > > you want to do it. Plus if this thing had enough power to > > > > play > > > > > > fun > > > > > > > > > > > games then my homework would never get done lol. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 12:17 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree that everyone has their own opinion on the > > matter. > > > > I'm > > > > > > just > > > > > > > > > > > > saying that you have laptops that cost as little as a > > > > netbook, > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > > > outperform it in basically every way. If netbooks had > > > > proper > > > > > > cpus, > > > > > > > > any > > > > > > > > > > > > pentium dual core or low voltage core duo would > > suffice, I > > > > > > wouldn't > > > > > > > > be > > > > > > > > > > > > so against it. And do keep in mind that such cpus are > > quite > > > > > > cheap > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > > > manufacture. Oh, and optical drives are quite important > > for > > > > me, > > > > > > > > that's > > > > > > > > > > > > why I wouldn't get a "gaming" netbook, even if I had > > the > > > > money. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 5:11 pm, Koolguy007 < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. I believe > > the > > > > > > prices > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > > > > laptops would still be high even if netbooks never > > came > > > > into > > > > > > > > > > > > > existence. I'm glad they did as it allowed me to have > > a > > > > cheap > > > > > > > > > > reliable > > > > > > > > > > > > > laptop for college. About the only game I ever play > > is > > > > Dwarf > > > > > > > > Fortress > > > > > > > > > > > > > which is a cpu stressing application, but the only > > thing > > > > that > > > > > > > > brought > > > > > > > > > > > > > it to its knees was the "hidden fun stuff". To each > > his > > > > own > > > > > > > > opinion > > > > > > > > > > > > > though. I like mine and I believe it was money well > > > > spent. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 11:16 am, tribaljet < > > [email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > About the physical harm resistance, there's a big > > > > > > difference > > > > > > > > > > between > > > > > > > > > > > > > > solid state components and moving parts. netbooks > > are a > > > > > > grudge > > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > > > > > > computing in general, not to mention they're > > another > > > > excuse > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > > > > > having lower prices laptops, since there is a new > > > > segment > > > > > > > > called > > > > > > > > > > > > > > netbooks. They should have never have become tiny > > > > laptops, > > > > > > they > > > > > > > > > > should > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have arm, nvidia or some soc powering the thing, > > and > > > > limit > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > > > > > purpose they were made for > > ... > > read more » -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
