Picking Up A New Computer Tomorrow
 

My old laptop's screen cracked, and the charger port is hanging on by a thread. So it's time for a new one. I have one I was trying out now, but it's uber slow. So here's the specs on the one I'm looking at.
AMD Phenom ll x2 processor
17.3 inch display
500 gb hard drive
4 gbs RAM
Blue Ray ROM that won't be going to any use
What yal think?

Re: Picking Up A New Computer Tomorrow
 

Well, I'm a Mac person myself.

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I'm not. I spent the last 5 years working on Windows computers, it's what I know and love.

Re: Picking Up A New Computer Tomorrow
 

Sorry that I can't help you on this one Matt. I'm a Mac person too.

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I might partition and use Linux.

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Blasphemers!

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Actually i was considering installing ubuntu. I really need to learn my way around linux. As a second partition of course.

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My son talks about using ubuntu. I might think about that too.

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:lol

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Why will you not ever use the Blu-ray drive?

Those specs sound fine for general use like surfing the internet, word processing ,etc.