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Laptop for University

by erhiancheong Jun 4, 2009 4:27AM PDT

Hey everyone! Im looking to buy a new laptop for University next year. I think it has boiled down to between two choices. The sony:

Sony FW390 CTO
Intel

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Dell XPS
by Renegade Knight Jun 4, 2009 4:51AM PDT

Well now, My Dell XPS is about to have to go in for a warranty issue with the enter key. My Dell Lattitute (or was it Dimension?) business model had 3 problems before Dell refused to honor the warranty on the 4th. It sit's as a paperweight to remind me why I don't like Dell equipment anymore.

My Dell desktop died young. The ports started failing until finally it was unusable. I've never before had a desktop just give up the ghost like that.

Time in the shop is time lost for doing school work.

I'm more than happy to say, "Give the Sony a shot".

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WOW!
by erhiancheong Jun 4, 2009 5:16AM PDT

HAHA, i just read this... wow, I think my Dell Die-hard friend would have a seizure. You make a compelling arguement.

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between those two, the Dell
by JonTitor Jun 4, 2009 12:44PM PDT

the RGBLED screen is better than anything any other laptop has
but there are some rumors of an upgrade to the GPU coming up

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RGBLED?
by erhiancheong Jun 4, 2009 5:37PM PDT

yeah, what is the RGBLED LCD? What is special about it?

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Two of the many links ...
by Kees Bakker Jun 4, 2009 5:49PM PDT

when I googled RGBLED

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=298012
http://www.rgbled.org/

LCD = liquid crystal display
LED = light emitting diode

What I read; 'The RGBLED screen is going to be much more expensive and is tailored more toward photoshop or video editing professionals." From your post I don't read if you are going to study to become one or that photographing is just a hobby of a prospective law student. For your law study you certainly wouldn't need it.


Kees

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AHH...
by erhiancheong Jun 4, 2009 6:39PM PDT

Well... I am passionate about photgraphy and graphic design (which is my minor) so it might be worth it. Im just curious, where did you pick up that I was aiming to become a law student? I never mentioned that, but you hit it right on...

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Just a guess.
by Kees Bakker Jun 4, 2009 6:50PM PDT

I could have chosen physics or psychology just as well.

Kees

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check this out
by JonTitor Jun 5, 2009 9:50AM PDT
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