Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-19 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : shuteye via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

Good choice  I'd say any dell model should work for you, though the new small XPS's are really nice. If you're buying a laptop though, I'd suggest getting a more expensive one that is future proof where specs are concerned. That way, you can stick with the same one for 3 or more years without having to upgrade, regardless of what new processor intensive features arive with future windows updates etc.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : zub0 via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

thanks for all the suggestions. seems currently i am leaning towards the dell laptops. which would be a few good ones if anyone can help with that, thanks again:)

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-18 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : shuteye via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

If you live in any country with a microsoft store and want a windows laptop, I highly recommend getting your laptop there. They have excellent warranty coverage (on par with apple care and somewhat beyond because they give you free "replacements" for things like liquid damage) on a similar pricepoint as Apple. I got a 13 inch dell inspiron from the MS store, later upgraded it from 500gb ssd hd hybred to a 250 gb ssd when they went on sale and wasn't even charged for the upgrade. Also, Microsoft's laptops are "signature edition" which means they don't come with any of the manufacturer's bloatware.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : enes via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

hi,Toshiba has a utility called system settings that allows you to change some bios settings within windows.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : jack via Audiogames-reflector


  


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Just a note, to solve the right control key problem, use sharp keys. For example, you can remap the right windows key to the right ctrl key. No one really needs a right windows anyway, because it doesn't matter which windows key you use. In fact, my old dell laptop didn't even have a right windows key,. so it's no great loss. And yes, admittedly sometimes, the bloatware is useful. Sometimes! If the software is accessible, and it doesn't get in the way of the computer, then go for it. For example, Toshiba machines have a boot priority utility that's actually pretty nice, where Lenovo has some spyware/security risk thing. And Apple doesn't always! spy on you. They check on the beta users more than the normal release users, that's to be expected. Most of the data collected through the computer is just diagnostics reporting. The betas collect other stats, but it's all anonymous unless you're doing betas.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : enes via Audiogames-reflector


  


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hi,Some suggestions.  Get at least an I5. it really does make a difference.  Get a discrete graphics card, even a crappy one because intigrated graphics suck up your ram. If you want to do serious computing like  file compression at ultra, incoding/decoding etc, you should get a I7 (not the U rated versions which  sacrifice performance for battery life). Infact, you should avoid the U versions of the I5 and I7 if you want performance.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : joshknnd1982 via Audiogames-reflector


  


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I use a refurbished hp elitebook 6930p laptop that i upgraded from windows7 to windows10 and i replaced the hard drive with a 250gig solid state drive and i added 4 more gigs of ram. works great. on newegg you can get lots of good refurbished machines laptops for $170 or so with 4gigs of ram.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : aaron77 via Audiogames-reflector


  


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Actually, you can easily enable right mouse button clicking in trackpad settings.  As to laptop advice, I would be the worst person to ask about this, lol.  I always have the worst luck possible when getting a new windows laptop.  I always discover a really annoying hardware or software issue that because I am me, only exists on that specific machine.  It's one of the main reasons I got a mac.  Everyone's hardware is exactly the same so issues are more likely to be shared between users.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : defender via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

I really can't agree with many of the things said here, some are decent suggestions, like using a Macbook as a Windows box, but that has it's own problems as well, even under Bootcamp; mainly, that there is no right control key, which is a problem in games that let you use both to complete actions more quickly, E.G. Pipe and Pipe2, the recently revamped version of Superliam, and others, or have different uses for each one.  There is also an issue with the grave accent key, where it's function is randomly switched to that of the apostrophe key within other programs; however this isn't really such a big deal, even if it does slow down drawing of your field kit a bit in Swamp. What is a big deal though, is that you can't do a right click with the touch pad, only a left click, which is an issue in RTR and Swamp, too very popular titles in the au
 dio games world that are made considerably better with the use of a mouse; and while there is a way to set up the ability to do one by holding down function and clicking, it isn't the same as being able to quickly transition between them, or use both at the same time in the case of Swamp.  This means that you need to invest in an external mouse, which is often rather awkward when paired with a laptop, or you can just deal with the far slower keyboard, which, in the case of Swamp, requires radically modifying your keyconfig.ini file.Still, if you can find satisfactory workarounds for those issues, than yes, I would also highly recommend a Macbook as long as you can afford it, my vote goes to the macbook Pro 13 inch without Retna Display, with an I5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD with Apple Care; because the newer Macs are very hard to repair with everything either glued or soldered in place, come with a deficiency of ports with the only option for expansion bei
 ng a series of extremely overpriced accessories, and have no useful user access to speak of.  But a computer like that, with high quality components, a sturdy one piece protective aluminum shell, and one of the best diagnose and repair services in the business, should last you long enough to where you would have had to buy two or three mid range, 550 to 750 dollar laptops in the same amount of time, probably ten or more years as long as you aren't super ruff on it.You also get another entire operating system to mess around with, one that is very stable, intuitive, VI accessible, and fast, along with a talking recovery partition to help you out if something goes wrong, and a host of other useful built in tools.Apple does spy on you though, all the time, just like every huge company will if given a chance, why wouldn't they, the opportunity is simply too good to pass up, and the benefits of having all that raw data to predict market trends with far outweigh 
 the criticisms and mistrust, as long as people don't actually care enough to stop buying.On the laptop brands and minimum processor frequency statements, I'm sorry to say that I can't disagree more, even if I do agree about the security risks of Windows 10, the 4GB minimum RAM on full featured 64 bit operating systems, and the importants of finding an accessible keyboard.  Dell is the only brand listed that I would second there, but HP, even though it's gotten far, far better over the last 4 years, still has quality control issues and weird gaps in it's price point scheme; still, customer service apparently isn't bad lately, replacement accessories aren't too hard to find, and the computers them selves are mostly okay, with some notable exceptions cropping up every year without fail.Acer is an innovative company with very good value for money on paper, but also uses cheap, easily breakable external and internal components, a
 nd has suffered for years with horrible customer service and legendarily lax quality control, so unless your in the market for an ultra cheap but still usable 11.6 and smaller media oriented netbook that you should never bump around, I would steer clear of them.So at this juncture I would give the top spots to Dell, Lenovo, and Asus, especially for this price point, with HP being a close runner up.As to the 3.0 GHZ minimum, that's just not true, every new iteration of Windows has a smaller footprint than the last, especially from Vista onward, and therefore requires less powerful hardware, that and clock rate is only one small factor of a CPU's efficiency, and hasn't been the main consideration since the 2010s, this is why so many laptops are now shipping with 2.0 to 2.5GHZ processors, in both dual and quad core configurations; anything greater is most likely  either a pointlessly expensive overkill or for specific, power hungry applications, such as 
 mass video conversion, real time large format graphics editing, or gaming on the latest titles at a high frame rate, all of which could be served better by a desktop with dedicated monitor setup at two thirds the price.Also, on the question

Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : defender via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

I really can't agree with many of the things said here, some are decent suggestions, like using a Macbook as a Windows box, but that has it's own problems as well, even under Bootcamp; mainly, that there is no right control key, which is a problem in games that let you use both to complete actions more quickly, E.G. Pipe and Pipe2, the recently revamped version of Superliam, and others, or have different uses for each one.  There is also an issue with the grave accent key, where it's function is randomly switched to that of the apostrophe key within other programs; however this isn't really such a big deal, even if it does slow down drawing of your field kit a bit in Swamp. What is a big deal though, is that you can't do a right click with the touch pad, only a left click, which is an issue in RTR and Swamp, too very popular titles in the au
 dio games world that are made considerably better with the use of a mouse; and while there is a way to set up the ability to do one by holding down function and clicking, it isn't the same as being able to quickly transition between them, or use both at the same time in the case of Swamp.  This means that you need to invest in an external mouse, which is often rather awkward when paired with a laptop, or you can just deal with the far slower keyboard, which, in the case of Swamp, requires radically modifying your keyconfig.ini file.Still, if you can find satisfactory workarounds for those issues, than yes, I would also highly recommend a Macbook as long as you can afford it, my vote goes to the macbook Pro 13 inch without Retna Display, with an I5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD with Apple Care; because the newer Macs are very hard to repair with everything either glued or soldered in place, come with a deficiency of ports with the only option for expansion bei
 ng a series of extremely overpriced accessories, and no user access to speak of.  But a computer like that, with high quality components and a one piece protective aluminum shell, should last you long enough to where you would have had to buy two or three mid range, 500 to 700 dollar laptops in the same amount of time, probably ten or more years as long as you aren't super ruff on it.You also get another entire operating system to mess around with, one that is very stable, intuitive, VI accessible, and fast, along with a talking recovery partition to help you out if something goes wrong, and a host of other useful built in tools.Apple does spy on you though, all the time, just like every huge company will if given a chance, why wouldn't they, the opportunity is simply too good to pass up, and the benefits of having all that raw data to predict market trends with far outweigh the criticisms and mistrust, as long as people don't actually care enough to 
 stop buying.On the laptop brands and minimum processor frequency statements, I'm sorry to say that I can't disagree more, even if I do agree about the security risks of Windows 10, the 4GB minimum RAM on full featured 64 bit operating systems, and the importants of finding an accessible keyboard.  Dell is the only brand listed that I would second there, but HP, even though it's gotten far, far better over the last 4 years, still has quality control issues and weird gaps in it's price point scheme; still, customer service apparently isn't bad lately, replacement accessories aren't too hard to find, and the computers them selves are mostly okay, with some notable exceptions cropping up every year without fail.Acer is an innovative company with very good value for money on paper, but also uses cheap, easily breakable external and internal components, and has suffered for years with horrible customer service and legendarily lax quali
 ty control, so unless your in the market for an ultra cheap but still usable 11.6 and smaller media oriented netbook that you should never bump around, I would steer clear of them.So at this juncture I would give the top spots to Dell, Lenovo, and Asus, especially for this price point, with HP being a close runner up.As to the 3.0 GHZ minimum, that's just not true, every new iteration of Windows has a smaller footprint than the last, especially from Vista onward, and therefore requires less powerful hardware, that and clock rate is only one small factor of a CPU's efficiency, and hasn't been the main consideration since the 2010s, this is why so many laptops are now shipping with 2.0 to 2.5GHZ processors, in both dual and quad core configurations; anything greater is most likely  either a pointlessly expensive overkill or for specific, power hungry applications, such as mass video conversion, real time large format graphics editing, or gaming on the l
 atest titles at a high frame rate, all of which could be served better by a desktop with dedicated monitor setup at two thirds the price.Also, on the question of bloatware, the perceived impact of which has been blown way out of proportion lately

Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-17 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : defender via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

I really can't agree with many of the things said here, some are decent suggestions, like using a Macbook as a Windows box, but that has it's own problems as well, even under Bootcamp; mainly, that there is no right control key, which is a problem in games that let you use both to complete actions more quickly, E.G. Pipe and Pipe2, the recently revamped version of Superliam, and others, or have different uses for each one.  There is also an issue with the grave accent key, where it's function is randomly switched to that of the apostrophe key within other programs; however this isn't really such a big deal, even if it does slow down drawing of your field kit a bit in Swamp. What is a big deal though, is that you can't do a right click with the touch pad, only a left click, which is an issue in RTR and Swamp, too very popular titles in the au
 dio games world that are made considerably better with the use of a mouse; and while there is a way to set up the ability to do one by holding down function and clicking, it isn't the same as being able to quickly transition between them, or use both at the same time in the case of Swamp.  This means that you need to invest in an external mouse, which is often rather awkward when paired with a laptop, or you can just deal with the far slower keyboard, which, in the case of Swamp, requires radically modifying your keyconfig.ini file.Still, if you can find satisfactory workarounds for those issues, than yes, I would also highly recommend a Macbook if you can afford one, my vote goes to the macbook Pro 13 inch without Retna Display, with an I5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD with Apple Care; because the newer Macs are very hard to repair with everything either glued or soldered in place, and no user access to speak of.  A computer like that, with high quality
  components and a one piece protective aluminum shell, should last you long enough to where you would have had to buy two or three mid range, 500 to 700 dollar laptops in the same amount of time, probably ten or more years as long as you aren't super ruff on it.You also get another entire operating system to mess around with, one that is very stable, intuitive, VI accessible, and fast, along with a talking recovery partition to help you out if something goes wrong, and a host of other useful built in tools.Apple does spy on you though, all the time, just like every huge company will if given a chance, why wouldn't they, the opportunity is simply too good to pass up, and the benefits of having all that raw data to predict market trends with far outweigh the criticisms and mistrust, as long as people don't actually care enough to stop buying.On the laptop brands and minimum processor frequency statements, I'm sorry to say that I can't 
 disagree more, even if I do agree about the security risks of Windows 10, the 4GB minimum RAM on full featured 64 bit operating systems, and the importants of finding an accessible keyboard.  Dell is the only brand listed that I would second there, but HP, even though it's gotten far, far better over the last 4 years, still has quality control issues and weird gaps in it's price point scheme; still, customer service apparently isn't bad lately, replacement accessories aren't too hard to find, and the computers them selves are mostly okay, with some notable exceptions cropping up every year without fail.Acer is an innovative company with very good value for money on paper, but also uses cheap, easily breakable external and internal components, and has suffered for years with horrible customer service and legendarily lax quality control, so unless your in the market for an ultra cheap but still usable 11.6 and smaller media oriented netbook that you shou
 ld never bump around, I would steer clear of them.So at this juncture I would give the top spots to Dell, Lenovo, and Asus, especially for this price point, with HP being a close runner up.As to the 3.0 GHZ minimum, that's just not true, every new iteration of Windows has a smaller footprint than the last, especially from Vista onward, and therefore requires less powerful hardware, that and clock rate is only one small factor of a CPU's efficiency, and hasn't been the main consideration since the 2010s, this is why so many laptops are now shipping with 2.0 to 2.5GHZ processors, in both dual and quad core configurations; anything greater is most likely  either a pointlessly expensive overkill or for specific, power hungry applications, such as mass video conversion, real time large format graphics editing, or gaming on the latest titles at a high frame rate, all of which could be served better by a desktop with dedicated monitor setup at two thirds the
  price.Also, on the question of bloatware, the perceived impact of which has been blown way out of proportion lately, it's just not that big of a deal for most users unless it's truly enormous, just stop it from launching at startup and your good

Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-16 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : defender via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

I really can't agree with much of the other things said here, some are decent suggestions, like using a Macbook as a Windows box, but that has it's own problems as well, even under Bootcamp; mainly, that there is no right control key, which is a problem in games that let you use both to complete actions more quickly, E.G. Pipe and Pipe2, the recently revamped version of Superliam, and others, or have different uses for each one.  There is also an issue with the grave accent key, where it's function is randomly switched to that of the apostrophe key within other programs; however this isn't really such a big deal, even if it does slow down drawing of your field kit a bit in Swamp.What is a big deal though, is that you can't do a right click with the touch pad, only a left click, which is an issue in RTR and Swamp, too very big titles in the audio games world that are made considerably better with the use of a mouse; and while there is a way to se
 t up the ability to make one by holding down function and clicking, it isn't the same as being able to quickly transition between them, or use both at the same time in the case of Swamp.  This means that you need to invest in an external mouse, which is often rather awkward when paired with a laptop, or you can just use the far slower keyboard, which, in the case of Swamp, requires radically modifying your keyconfig.ini file.Still, if you can find satisfactory workarounds for those issues, than yes, I would also highly recommend a Macbook if you can afford one, my vote goes to the macbook Pro 13 inch without Retna Display, with an I5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD with Apple Care; because the newer Macs are very hard to repair with everything either glued or soldered in place, and no user access to speak of.  A computer like that, with high quality components and a one piece protective aluminum shell, should last you long enough to where you would have ha
 d to buy two or three mid range, 500 to 700 dollar laptops in the same amount of time, probably ten or more years as long as you aren't super ruff on it.You also get another entire operating system to mess around with, one that is very stable, intuitive, VI accessible, and fast, along with a talking recovery partition to help you out if something goes wrong, and a host of other useful built in tools.On the laptop brands and minimum processor frequency statements, I'm sorry to say that I can't disagree more, even if I do agree about the security risks of Windows 10, the 4GB minimum RAM on full featured 64 bit operating systems, and the importants of finding an accessible keyboard.  Dell is the only brand listed that I would second there, but HP, even though it's gotten far, far better over the last 4 years, still has quality control issues and weird gaps in it's price point scheme; still, customer service apparently isn't bad late
 ly, replacement accessories aren't too hard to find, and the computers them selves are mostly okay, with some notable exceptions.Acer is an innovative company with very good value for money on paper, but also uses cheap, easily breakable external and internal components, and has suffered for years with horrible customer service and legendarily lax quality control, so unless your in the market for an ultra cheap but still usable 11.6 and smaller media oriented netbook that you should never bump around, I would steer clear of them.So at this juncture I would give the top spots to Dell, Lenovo, and Asus, especially for this price point, with HP being a close runner up.As to the 3.0 GHZ minimum, that's just not true, every new iteration of Windows has a smaller footprint than the last, especially from Vista onward, and therefore requires less powerful hardware, that and clock rate is only one small factor of a CPU's efficiency, and hasn't been the m
 ain consideration since the 2010s, this is why so many laptops are now shipping with 2.0 to 2.5GHZ processors, in both dual and quad core configurations; anything greater is most likely  either a pointlessly expensive overkill or for specific, power hungry applications, such as mass video conversion, real time large format graphics editing, or gaming on the latest titles at a high frame rate, all of which could be served better by a desktop with dedicated monitor setup at two thirds the price.Also, on the question of bloatware, the perceived impact of which has been blown way out of proportion lately, it's just not that big of a deal for most users unless it's truly enormous, just stop it from launching at startup and your good to go, then remove it fully at a later date if you really think you need the extra 50 to 300MB of space, which to be fare, you sometimes do, in which case you can usually get away with using a good uninstallation program such as re
 vo uninstaller, or other similar solutions. Honestly though, the buildup of temporary files from the normal everyday use of the system is probably

Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-16 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : jack via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

Afrim, keep in mind that windows 8.1 \has the spyware too. Besides, I suggested a mac because every, and I mean every, windows box   comes with bloatware. Your options would be to get a windows box then reinstall stock windows, off of either a full retail image or a talking windows preinstallation. Or get a mac, and run windows in either a vm or stand-alone in bootcamp.

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would recommend anything from HP, dell or acer, since these are the most regarded computer companies that produce good laptops. If you will need to write too much, make sure the keyboard is accessible, because there are actually computers whose keyboards feel like touch keyboard where you cannot make out where are the letters and where are the numbers.Also, since windows is a very hectic operating system, make sure you buy a computer that has at least 3-4  GB ram and 3 or higher GHZ processor. You could try a laptop built-in with windows 8.1 because it is a faster windows than windows 7, and windows 10 has some privacy issues, not that they are issues but I should tell you that windows 10 tracks everything you do on your computer, all your activity, from documents to apps and media.Cheers.

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-14 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : jack via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

I actually use a macbook pro 2015 13inch. It has a 2.7ghz intel core i5, and 8gb ram. Couldn't afford to get anything above 128gb hd space though, but along with it we have a seagate backup plus slim 1tb hard drive. A mac is generally a better windows box than most ones out there. And thanks to intel, a mac is really just another pc, but taken a whole new level forward. You can run windows on it using bootcamp, or use vmware fusion. Though I'd personally recommend getting at least a 256gb hd, then you won't have to do what I do and run windows virtual machines off an external drive.

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 0.75MB/768KB of L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.
 If you also think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good id
 ea to find an accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.Watch for the little things too, for instance, a laptop with anything around these specs should never way more than 6 pounds, or have less than 2 USB 3.0 ports, the battery should last at least 5 hours, and anything with a screen over 16 inches is going to be too big to fit into most laptop bags or backpacks; a 2K or 4K display is u
 nneeded, especially for someone with a visual impairment, so go for a 1920 by 1200 or lower resolution.It's always good to look at user reviews on the sites that most people use to buy electronics through, to get the real story, just make sure to ignore any 1 out of 5 star reviews unless you see a trend... You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. Good places to buy would be "Newegg", "bestbuy", "Amazon", and "Tigerdirect"; since I don't 
 know where you live and what local stores you can pick from, those are all international.In terms of specific laptops, my vote goes to the Dell XPS line, but that certainly isn't the only good choice, so don't take my word for it!

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 0.75MB/768KB of L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.
 If you also think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good id
 ea to find an accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.Watch for the little things too, for instance, a laptop with anything around these specs should never way more than 6 pounds, or have less than 2 USB 3.0 ports, the battery should last at least 5 hours, and anything with a screen over 16 inches is going to be too big to fit into most laptop bags or backpacks; a 2K or 4K display is u
 nneeded, especially for someone with a visual impairment, so go for a 1920 by 1200 or lower resolution.It's always good to look at user reviews on the sites that most people use to buy electronics through, to get the real story, just make sure to ignore any 1 out of 5 star reviews unless you see a trend... You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. Good places to buy would be "Newegg", "bestbuy", "Amazon", and "Tigerdirect"; since I don't 
 know where you live and what local stores you can pick from, those are all international.In terms of specific laptops, my vote goes to the Dell XPS13, but that certainly isn't the only good choice, so don't take my word for it!

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 0.75MB/768KB of L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.
 If you also think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good id
 ea to find an accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.Watch for the little things too, for instance, a laptop with anything around these specs should never way more than 6 pounds, or have less than 2 USB 3.0 ports, the battery should last at least 5 hours, and anything with a screen over 16 inches is going to be too big to fit into most laptop bags or backpacks; a 2K or 4K display is unneeded
 , especially for someone with a visual impairment, so go for a 1920 by 1200 or lower resolution.It's always good to look at user reviews on the sites that most people use to buy electronics through, to get the real story, just make sure to ignore any 1 out of 5 star reviews unless you see a trend... You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. Good places to buy would be "Newegg", "bestbuy", "Amazon", and "Tigerdirect"; since I don't know wh
 ere you live and what local stores you can pick from, those are all international.In terms of specific laptops, my vote goes to the Dell XPS13, but that certainly isn't the only good choice, so don't take my word for it!

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 0.75MB/768KB of L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.
 If you also think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good id
 ea to find an accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.Watch for the little things too, for instance, a laptop with anything around these specs should never way more than 6 pounds, or have less than 2 USB 3.0 ports, the battery should last at least 5 hours, and anything with a screen over 16 inches is going to be too big to fit into most laptop bags or backpacks; a 2K or 4K display is unneeded
 , especially for someone with a visual impairment, so go for a 1920 by 1200 or lower resolution.It's always good to look at user reviews on the sites that most people use to buy electronics through, to get the real story, just make sure to ignore any 1 out of 5 star reviews unless you see a trend... You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. Good places to buy would be "Newegg", "bestbuy", "Amazon", and "Tigerdirect"; since I don't know wh
 ere you live and what local stores you can pick from, those are all international.

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 0.75MB/768KB of L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.
 If you also think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good id
 ea to find an accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.Watch for the little things too, for instance, a laptop with anything around these specs should never way more than 6 pounds, or have less than 2 USB 3.0 ports, the battery should last at least 5 hours, and anything with a screen over 16 inches is going to be too big to fit into most laptop bags or backpacks.It's always good to 
 look at user reviews on the sites that most people use to buy electronics through, to get the real story, just make sure to ignore any 1 out of 5 star reviews unless you see a trend... You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. Good places to buy would be "Newegg", "bestbuy", "Amazon", and "Tigerdirect"; since I don't know where you live and what local stores you can pick from, those are all international.

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 0.75MB/768KB of L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.
 If you also think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good id
 ea to find an accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, CNET, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. 

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 1MB L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.If you also 
 think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good idea to find a
 n accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, CNET, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. 

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 1MB L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.If you also 
 think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever dedicated card you may get, it has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good idea to fi
 nd an accessible program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, CNET, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. 

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Re: looking into a laptop

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Re: looking into a laptop

I would get something with 6 to 8GB of RAM, as well as a third or forth generation, (Ivy Bridge or Hazwell) I5 or greater processor; if it's fifth or sixth generation, (Broadwell or Skylake) than you can probably get away with an I3 or greater; if your going with AMD instead of Intel, than make sure it's an A8 or A10 APU (5000 series or later). The processor model it's self doesn't matter as much, just make sure that what ever you get is either a dual core with hyper threading or a quad core, and isn't super old, like 2010 or later; shooting for above 2 GHZ is also a good idea, as well, and having at least 1MB L2 or L3 cash per core is vital.You can easily look up information about your model of processor by looking for it on Google, and adding the word "Arc" if it's Intel, otherwise, if it's an AMD, try "Notebookcheck".  You can also compare two processors down to the tiniest detail using CPUBoss.If you also 
 think that you might decide to play some mainstream games down the road, think about getting a dedicated graphics card, like an Nvidia GTX 7000 series or above, or an AMD Radion R7 or above, since it helps the processor allot even if you don't have sight.  Also make sure that what ever card you get, it has at least 2GB of DDR5 or 4GB of DDR3 memory.A solid state drive is a really good idea as well, and will speed up the computer considerably, both audio games and code don't take up allot of room, so anything that's 120/128GB or higher will work just fine.If you can't afford one, or you just can't find a computer you like with one, than at least try to get an SSHD, a regular hard drive with a miniature SSD embedded within it, which will speed it up a bit, though not as much as a regular SSD.The reason I suggest this much RAM and a processor with a minimum of 4 threads, is because it would be a really good idea to find an accessib
 le program for virtualizing Windows XP along side your normal OS and that takes extra power; not only because many good audio games still only work on XP, but also because it would be easy to test code compatibility with a program like that, since you should additionally be able to use Linux as well!If you want good sound, do your research on the specific laptop model, trustedreviews, CNET, Tom's Hardware, laptopmag, and Anandtech are all good sights for finding information like that... However it's generally understood that Dell and Asus have the best sound on mid range laptops from what I've read.You should try not to pay more than 800 USD for a laptop like the one I outlined above, unless you spring for a dedicated GPU, in which case that number goes up to 950 USD.  But going above by like, 50 bucks isn't a problem at all, just don't pay, god forbid, say, 1200, otherwise your getting ripped off. 

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Re: looking into a laptop

2016-02-14 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : leibylucwgamer via Audiogames-reflector


  


Re: looking into a laptop

Well, audio games don't require heavy-dut processing power like the games sighted people would play.  I would suggest anything from Lenovo to HP.  As far as processing power, dual-core I5 processors are more than good enough if you're talking about just audio games.Best Regards,Luke

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looking into a laptop

2016-02-14 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : zub0 via Audiogames-reflector


  


looking into a laptop

hello alli currently use a school laptop, so i have been missing out on most audio gamesyet i have looked through the list of games and i am itching to try someso i have been looking into laptops, as i will be majoring into computer science anyway.so my question is, those who play audio games and workwhat laptops do you use, and which are recommended, thanks any help is appreciated.

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