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Altanore

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Don't see why it wont. Got a good video card and all. What about around the house? in bed? relaxing outside? Taking it to lan parties and such?
 
b3rt_d4ni3l

b3rt_d4ni3l

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the main thing about laptop is portability as you all know (big surprised, right??) :D:D
but when you add 2gb RAM, 7900GS, 2.0GHz of processor.... you got yourself a good gaming machine minus the bulkiness of a desktop (notice i said good, not the best) so again as everyone been saying LAN party will be a good place where this laptop will shine...
it should be able to handle H2V quite well...

i suggest you should keep it... i am looking for a gaming laptop myself but i cant afford the $2000 price tag... sadness...
 
g4m3rof1337

g4m3rof1337

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OS: Windows Vista
Processor: 2 Ghz Pentium 4 class processor (or x64)
RAM: 1 GB
Hard Drive: 7 GB
Video Card: DX9 graphics card: WDDM driver, PS 2.0/32BPP, At least nVidia 6000 or ATI x700 or above
Online Multi-player: Internet connection for Games for Windows – LIVE
Drive: DVD-ROM drive
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Those are the specs I found on some Halo 2 Vista sites...

How would the laptop handle that?
With a wireless and a LAN connection?
 
Geoff

Geoff

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If those are the correct specs then your laptop should handle it well. But why do you ask about the internet connection? If your asking if it will work with a wireless/wired connection, then yes, it will.
 
g4m3rof1337

g4m3rof1337

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Should I return the laptop or build a new desktop. Upgrade is not an option.


I like the laptop, I am sure it would work well, but... they keys are to small...
It has a number pad.




So...

Return or Keep?
 
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INTELCRAZY

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Return, Build a server and a desktop, use the server for gaming but while not gaming use it for file back-up for biz's. You can make some serious money by doing that and buy another laptop.
 
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INTELCRAZY

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I am going to do some file back-ups for a few local biz's. After I get in college, I will fully open the business as a database. The setup may be difficult, to get it running right, but once you do here comes the money. I would like to get into offset processing, too.


You've just reminded me to post for tips on this and help on this
 
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lovely?

lovely?

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can you really make lots of cash by making a file backup server? how long would it take to pay off a, say, 2000$ server?
 
Geoff

Geoff

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lovely? said:
can you really make lots of cash by making a file backup server? how long would it take to pay off a, say, 2000$ server?
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Im sure it would take a long time, if it would even at all, since you also need to have an extremely fast internet connection (both upload and download), so you're probably looking at a dedicated T3 at the least.
 
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INTELCRAZY

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I had 4 biz's to start out with, all of them I do some repair work for. I asked them about a back-up server, they said they would do it. I was looking at about $250 a month. I would just measure by files and folders created and total usage. Like $10/Gigabyte per month. Hey, looks like spare cash to me. $2000 server, I would build an $800 computer and pop 4 HD's in it as needed. Once the business flourishes a bit, then you may wanna consider the $2000 server. It doesn't have to be fast, I was looking more to reliability and security. If the connection went down, since I am working with local clients, they can call me and I will bring the files to them on an external HDD.
 
Geoff

Geoff

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INTELCRAZY said:
I had 4 biz's to start out with, all of them I do some repair work for. I asked them about a back-up server, they said they would do it. I was looking at about $250 a month. I would just measure by files and folders created and total usage. Like $10/Gigabyte per month. Hey, looks like spare cash to me. $2000 server, I would build an $800 computer and pop 4 HD's in it as needed. Once the business flourishes a bit, then you may wanna consider the $2000 server. It doesn't have to be fast, I was looking more to reliability and security. If the connection went down, since I am working with local clients, they can call me and I will bring the files to them on an external HDD.
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Oh ok, well thats alot different then having an online backup storage site. No offense but im a bit surprised businesses are letting you backup their data, where you can easily view and edit stuff.
 
HumanMage

HumanMage

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This may be a moot point but are you sure you can return the laptop? I don't know your warranty or anything but I would check out to see if you could actually return it.

However with that said, I would still keep the laptop. Why is upgradeing out of the question? IMO that would be easier than building a new desktop :confused:
 
g4m3rof1337

g4m3rof1337

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Returning in still valid.
Upgrading, well cause I would have to get a new psu, gpu, ram, and case...
Just for an upgrade...
Then those parts would...be sitting literally ...

So Ill keep it working and build a new rig.
 
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INTELCRAZY

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[-0MEGA-];636553 said:
Oh ok, well thats alot different then having an online backup storage site. No offense but im a bit surprised businesses are letting you backup their data, where you can easily view and edit stuff.
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Nope I can't see the data, they are gonna be using Axcrypt on their PC's so, I won't have access to the files but, I can organize. Once again I have no password to open them.
 
Geoff

Geoff

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g4m3rof1337 said:
Returning in still valid.
Upgrading, well cause I would have to get a new psu, gpu, ram, and case...
Just for an upgrade...
Then those parts would...be sitting literally ...

So Ill keep it working and build a new rig.
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You can just upgrade the GPU and PSU you know, then get another gig of RAM later on. You dont have to do everything at once.
 
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