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the only positive thing is that its portable. nothing else.
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I still like my desktop better, but I think that saying their performance is limited (while true) is sort of misleading. I haven't run into a recently released PC game that I can't run at full graphics settings yet.
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Tricia's lappy has an i3 (not great I know), 4GB DDR3, 1GB GT540M...

My desktop is a core2duo, 4GB DDR2, 768MB GTX460....

I load much faster than she does when we play the exact same game and are doing the exact same thing.

I hardly lag on the Fleet anymore now that I got my 4GB, but she still is quite choppy.

I've even had her turn off all the power-saving features in the control panel.

I think that with lappys, heat is probably the biggest factor....lots of heat-generating components in a very tight, hard to vent area.

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I used to like my destop until it fried yesterday :(

Fortunately all my homework stuff, JA stuff, sketches, and 'desktop pictures' are all backed up on my laptop. But that means no more desktop for JA, at least for a while :cry:
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What happened?

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Turquoise Dragon wrote:'desktop pictures'


LOL
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Max Rambone wrote:What happened?

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It stopped powering on. My power button lights up when it's on, but now it just flashes. Opened it up to see if I could see anything. When I try to power up, my fans start for about a second then stop. Assuming something internal got fried.

Magyk wrote:
Turquoise Dragon wrote:'desktop pictures'


LOL


Wanna see? :P :lol: 8-) The 'normal' world would classify them into two categories: cool/awesome and creepy/disturbing.
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Turquoise Dragon wrote:
Max Rambone wrote:What happened?

~archi


It stopped powering on. My power button lights up when it's on, but now it just flashes. Opened it up to see if I could see anything. When I try to power up, my fans start for about a second then stop. Assuming something internal got fried.


Had this exact same problem about a year ago. Guarantee you it's your PSU.
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Yep....when a PC dies suddenly like that...it's usually the power supply.

Cheap and easy fix....it's nice if you have another computer you can borrow one from just to make sure.

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Yeah, if you have a decent PC just get a new power supply (or test an old one in it first) instead of a brand new computer. Mine did the same thing with the fans starting to spin, all my LEDs coming on, and then immediately dying.
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