i have 4gigs of ram. But Im not sure what the deal is . I mean i never really had problems with my dell i had for 4 years. Finally needed a new one. So i bought the hp maybe its cause i have not any updates but all i use it for over here is movies and music. Cant get online with it. Reading on the apple website the new macbook looks pretty sweet. "for the starbucks hang out" lol
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Shooting mutha fuckahs in the face and gettin paid.
yea you have to update it. thats prolly your problem. I have never liked HP computers. Everyone I have run across has fallen apart inside of a year. Next go around, Get yourself a Lenovo. I've had mine for 2 years and this thing is great. Can be had for around $700 now. I payed a premium for mine cause it was brand new model at the time but no complaints. the only thing I need at this point is a biggeer hard drive.Originally Posted by Slowboy
you can make any brand work fine... the biggest problem is most people don't know what they are doing when they buy a machine....
first is hand pick the machine for the hardware: cpu, drive speed over size, ram config (max capability for motherboard), etc.... second thing that should be done is to reinstall the OS b/c every Windows OEM install has so much BS w/ it; i highly suggest reinstalling... then if you don't need the aero features of vista turn them off.
vista is a very smooth OS if you know what you are doing. it takes some getting used to b/c they did change the layout alot and added annoying parental style controls
Couldn't have put it better myself. People just go into best buy and assume that just because its on the shelf it will be fine and sometimes that is the case but most of the time its not. I always build the machine based on the machine.
I got mine with:
CD/DVD-RW
Vista
1 gig of ram
and upgraded from there. I now currently run 3 gigs and this thing is a beast. Like I said my only issue now is storage. I only put a 80 gig hard drive on here and I think after I get my D40 next year I'll spring for a 1 TB hard drive.
big key things to research before buying a windows machine:
- cpu: intel or amd, duo/dual core/x2, etc... very important differences from how much processing power to cache. best thing to do is research the models you are looking at to find out what cpu they have and then look for benchmark testing
- memory: depended upon motherboard many mother boards accept multiple memory versions ddr 2100, 2700, 3200, dual channel etc... many companies will put the lowend memory in the machine to save money. put in the highest grade memory you can and same model is also a plus.
- harddrives: what is more important speed/size? that should determine wether you want that 7200 rpm small drive vs 5400 rpm large drive; how much cache 8, 16mb, etc?
- OS: they now have different flavor vista models for end user... look up the differences and run the best for you... more features doesn't mean it is better - it just means it requires more memory
And this is where you lost me lol.
rpm = speed ; higher the number better the response
cache = memory buffer; higher cache means more temporary storage
Exactly.......a couple years ago I would never have bought a Compaq computer, but we're at the point where every brand is making computers that are perfectly reliable in the right hands. Of course each computer has designated limitations, and you still have to pay to play. But the deal I got couldn't be refused, and this thing works beautifully for what I need it to;internet, music, school.
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