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Wed 10th February

I'm rocking out an i5 at the moment FitzBilleh Smilie

All Lynnfield cpu's are 2.5G plus 4-core processors and fairly chunky L2 and L3 caches.
Also:

ddddddddd - 22:10 - 81.102.143.137

does anyone know anything about the new Intel chips (the i-series, i3, i5, i7) and how they compare to the Dual Core and Core-2 processors?

phil - 21:48 - 86.26.1.209

so i'm quite tempted to get a Dell studio as then I can get this cover

not sure i can justify the extra £90 for it though FitzBilleh Smilie

phil - 20:37 - 86.26.1.209

Tue 9th February

Laptops are still pretty much unupgradeable sadly... At the moment I would say Dell are giving some of the best offers around (all the adware that comes on them really subsidises the price), though they do have several annoying proprietry things (chargers is the one that jumps to mind). Suse got a 17" widescreen one for about £600 about 6 months ago, it runs pretty nicely (even though its Vista) and decent spec (dual core ~3Ghz, 4Gb ram, ~7hr battery).

The best route for decent hardware and compatibility is get a mac and put windows 7 on it... Mac hardware is great but the software is such a pain...

"We Were Exploding Anyway" - Epic title!

cr42yr1ch - 18:55 - 86.30.178.178

fairy snuff. can you buy easily upgradable laptops with affordable change-in change-out components? tbh I don't know much about laptops.

ddddddd - 18:14 - 81.102.143.137

even so, I can't really afford it - it's a non-starter

phil - 13:42 - 193.82.52.4

It's not the looks that I'd recommend it on. I just think they hold their value and performance better over time - i.e. I reckon it will outperform any windows laptop you buy after four years

ddddd - 12:43 - 131.111.185.38

I thought you might, but it's not worth the money- I'd rather it was functional than just looked pretty

phil - 09:01 - 86.26.1.209

I might actually recommend a Mac...

ddddddd - 08:37 - 81.102.143.137

Mon 8th February

Guys, can anyone recommend a good laptop/laptop brand/place to get a good deal? Mine's pretty much foobarred, I reformatted last week and that seemed to make it worse, it's been failing POST all weekend and when it has switched on, the display has been foobarred. Anyway, I'd like something that I can use for and will get me through the PhD, so atleast the next 4 yrs. Any advice?

phil - 23:20 - 86.26.1.209

I like fireflies, I think it's a good track, not convinced by the rest of the album though. They've defo taken OS and made it a bit
more mainstream- I can understand why Lex & Spud aren't so keen.

Phil - 23:16 - 86.26.1.209

live album FitzBilleh Smilie

New album - We Were Exploding Anyway - out in Spring...

ddddddddd - 21:38 - 81.102.143.137

Ooo some 65dos stuff on spotify now!

Alex - 17:57 - 195.112.2.127

Sat 6th February

Ah, owl city! I heard fireflies on the radio (but didn't hear the artist)and it bugged me for ages what it reminded me of...

They do sound like a vanilla postal service, popped up a bit...

cr42yr1ch - 18:06 - 86.30.178.178

lol

cr42yr1ch - 17:56 - 86.30.178.178

Mostly; I still have a couple of tubs of wax - that stuff lasts forever - but the gel went in under a year.
Decision tree on whether to buy an iPad

dddddd - 10:47 - 81.102.143.137

I was using my hair gel today and realised its probably the same one I had in first year or even sixth form. It made me remember - spud did you ever get around to using that pile of shockwaves that tom got for you?

Alex - 10:42 - 81.102.136.102

Fri 5th February

But the owl city vocalist sounds so much more whiney to me.

It just doesn't feel like anything new in 6-7 years except a good marketing campaign.

Alex - 17:20 - 62.3.245.46

got you.

next to Marty Zalega!

ddddd - 13:24 - 131.111.185.38

looks like John lennon. I'll get on it!

And @Lex, I guess I'd say a slightly poorer version of the Postal Service, except that it's *so* similar it's hard to criticise without being hypocritical/a fanboy.

If PS had released a couple more albums then I'd slate Owl City for sure, but you can grow tired of listening to Give Up over and over and over...

dddd - 13:21 - 131.111.185.38

Can't find it, blurry at the bottom FitzBilleh Smilie