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Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYTEEN AND QLOOF!

Happy birthday! In other news Toony is finally gone.

Toony left the forum?

OondiLalaLoopy wrote:Toony left the forum?

I think he was banned.

garirry wrote:

OondiLalaLoopy wrote:Toony left the forum?

I think he was banned.

It was banned.

100 posts!

YAY YAY YUPEE YEY YO!!!!!+95*!

500 POSTS!!!

As of now, I became a RAINBOW MASTER!

garirry wrote:500 POSTS!!!

As of now, I became a RAINBOW MASTER!

Good job!!!

I'm going to get a gaming laptop in 4 months...if I get a 4.0 GPA
...yay?

boh123321 wrote:I'm going to get a gaming laptop in 4 months...if I get a 4.0 GPA
...yay?

Good luck!

Also, I am a professional at computer selection, if you need to choose one, just tell me.

garirry wrote:

boh123321 wrote:I'm going to get a gaming laptop in 4 months...if I get a 4.0 GPA
...yay?

Good luck!

Also, I am a professional at computer selection, if you need to choose one, just tell me.

What kind of computer should i get for heavily modded minecraft and other 3d games such as Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2 (on full settings)

boh123321 wrote:What kind of computer should i get for heavily modded minecraft and other 3d games such as Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2 (on full settings)

I need the answer to a few more questions:
-How much are you ready to pay for?
-Any particular specifications for computer? (screen size, etc.)
-What country do you live in? Availability is different in certain countries.

Other than that, I am looking through some laptops checking benchmarks and stuff. So far, have found a few that could be good.

garirry wrote:

boh123321 wrote:What kind of computer should i get for heavily modded minecraft and other 3d games such as Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2 (on full settings)

I need the answer to a few more questions:
-How much are you ready to pay for?
-Any particular specifications for computer? (screen size, etc.)
-What country do you live in? Availability is different in certain countries.

Other than that, I am looking through some laptops checking benchmarks and stuff. So far, have found a few that could be good.

1. Can pay around 600-700$

2. Only specification is 15 inch screen, maybe high quality (if it doesn't cost too much). I don't care for touchscreen.

3. I live in the United States.

Do you have anybody that are eligible for educational discounts? Can you build your own PC instead? (Much cheaper)

tyteen4a03 wrote:Do you have anybody that are eligible for educational discounts? Can you build your own PC instead? (Much cheaper)

You can build your own laptop
I thought you could only build desktops.

And no, I don't think anyone is eligible for discounts. Unless high school counts?

boh123321 wrote:

tyteen4a03 wrote:Do you have anybody that are eligible for educational discounts? Can you build your own PC instead? (Much cheaper)

You can build your own laptop
I thought you could only build desktops.

And no, I don't think anyone is eligible for discounts. Unless high school counts?

Well, you CAN build a laptop, but it's practically useless, it doesn't let you save much money and doesn't give you enough options. As tyteen said, building a desktop computer is much cheaper than buying one, and even buying one new costs less than a laptop. So, if you think you're only going to play at home and never carry it with you, then this is the computer for you.

As for discounts, I think it only applies to university students, maybe college, but not high school.

Main problem with desktop is that it is impossible to move around when you need it to move. Occasionally some event pops up which requires me to move the computer for some reason, and moving desktops is a real pain.

boh123321 wrote:Main problem with desktop is that it is impossible to move around when you need it to move. Occasionally some event pops up which requires me to move the computer for some reason, and moving desktops is a real pain.

Oh, I see. Well, I've found this so far. Gonna search more tomorrow, right now, my mind isn't functioning that late at night.

garirry wrote:

boh123321 wrote:Main problem with desktop is that it is impossible to move around when you need it to move. Occasionally some event pops up which requires me to move the computer for some reason, and moving desktops is a real pain.

Oh, I see. Well, I've found this so far. Gonna search more tomorrow, right now, my mind isn't functioning that late at night.

That looks nice! And the best part, it isn't labeled as a gaming laptop so my parents can't protest to it being designed for games

boh123321 wrote:

garirry wrote:

boh123321 wrote:Main problem with desktop is that it is impossible to move around when you need it to move. Occasionally some event pops up which requires me to move the computer for some reason, and moving desktops is a real pain.

Oh, I see. Well, I've found this so far. Gonna search more tomorrow, right now, my mind isn't functioning that late at night.

That looks nice! And the best part, it isn't labeled as a gaming laptop so my parents can't protest to it being designed for games

Yeah, I don't like these computers like the Alienware stuff that look too "gamer". All those flashy lights around the computer, and it's way too thick. Me personally, I'm not much into heavy gaming, I'm a Mac user.

garirry wrote:

boh123321 wrote:

garirry wrote:

boh123321 wrote:Main problem with desktop is that it is impossible to move around when you need it to move. Occasionally some event pops up which requires me to move the computer for some reason, and moving desktops is a real pain.

Oh, I see. Well, I've found this so far. Gonna search more tomorrow, right now, my mind isn't functioning that late at night.

That looks nice! And the best part, it isn't labeled as a gaming laptop so my parents can't protest to it being designed for games

Yeah, I don't like these computers like the Alienware stuff that look too "gamer". All those flashy lights around the computer, and it's way too thick. Me personally, I'm not much into heavy gaming, I'm a Mac user.

I accept that Apple is the superior company to every other, but I can not for the life of me get used to the software. Plus, their laptops are somewhat expensive, even though they are excellent.

I was used pretty quickly to the software, it's a little different than Windows, but not to much. The only problem is that it is not compatible with all apps. I need to run certain games in a virtualization software, which is annoying.

POST FOUR HUNDRED!!!!

FINALLY!

boh123321 wrote:POST FOUR HUNDRED!!!!

FINALLY!

CONGRATULATIONS!

A question to garirry:
Can a Mac run windows programs in any way? Is there an emulator or something that can let me do so? If so, then I just might get a MacBook Pro.

There's WINE, but it's prone to errors, from what I've heard. Whether or not an Apple computer is worth the price tag depends on what you're going to do with it.

boh123321 wrote:A question to garirry:
Can a Mac run windows programs in any way? Is there an emulator or something that can let me do so? If so, then I just might get a MacBook Pro.

Sure. There are two ways to do it:
1.Install Windows on a secondary partition. The + is that your Windows programs will take full advantage of your computer's specs. The - is that you have to sacrifice a part of the hard drive for your Windows and that you have to restart your computer if you want to switch OSes.
2.Install Windows using a virtualization program. There are three major programs to do this. VirtualBox is free, but isn't very good. VMWare Fusion costs 60$, and is nice. Parallels Desktop is 80$, and is great. The + is that you can install any system whatsoever without having to risk erasing your hard drive, restarting your computer, etc. The - is that the Windows apps will not take full advantage of your computer's specs, so even if you got a decent MacBook Pro, you can't run overly heavy software, such as Vegas Pro.

Me personally, I use the second option, since I don't use heavy programs on my Windows and I would like to have direct access to both systems without too much effort.

Cool!

For Apple, you can install Windows or use Parallels to run Windows program seamlessly with Macs (but it's not cheap).

Dell's build quality is questionable. Avoid.