Seriously, I did my hardcore competitive gaming on this system for two years until I finally couldn't install new games any more. We're talking CAL League stuff here. If you get a new HP laptop, it's going to last you for at least a year for top-end stuff. They build them really well.
I stray away from Dell for laptops because I've never owned one that DIDN'T have an air-flow issue. Of course, I've never owned an XPS and those are gorgeous laptops, but aside from those, I'd say no.
@Silver: I shut off all HP services. I don't know what you're having issues with. Maybe we need to talk? The only one I keep on is the Wireless Assistant... wifi signal boost is nice.
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Originally Posted by 2009 TFF Awards nominations
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Originally Posted by Andromeda
I thought I was going to be able to play with Loco and then I remembered he doesn't game. He just turns on the game for an hour and then forgets about it for two months only to remember that he bought it.
Originally Posted by Rowan
Che's not a girl. Not good enough explanation. Please elaborate.
@Silver: I shut off all HP services. I don't know what you're having issues with. Maybe we need to talk? The only one I keep on is the Wireless Assistant... wifi signal boost is nice.
I had some preinstalled with no option for removal and in some cases, no options in the HP control panel for turning things off. There's also some things like a fingerprint reader utility reader that I could turn off, but I've noticed it somehow randomly turns itself back on at some point in future leading to much annoyance.
In all honesty, I could probably just buy a new copy of Windows XP or Vista and download the drivers straight off the net MINUS the other shite they include, but I don't feel I should fork out that kind of money for something that'll just keep me from being annoyed half the time. No joke, the first thing that made me raise an eyebrow with this machine was looking at the processes before I added or customised anything. There were upwards of 60.
The one thing I do like about this laptop is that I got it really cheap via a business and it has a good quality screen and graphics card. Handles all my fave PC games, which isn't saying much as I tend to stick with consoles these days for most of my gaming needs. We're talking FFVIII, Fallout 1+2, Grandia 2 and at times the gorgeous Beyond Good and Evil. After that, not much.
Seriously? I was JUST talking to a coworker and she said the EXACT OPPOSITE. That's what's tricky about making these kind of decisions, there's always that whole "They used to be good but now they're not." fluctuation in models or vice versa.
Originally Posted by 2009 TFF Awards nominations
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