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OfflineShining Cosmos
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Laptop advice
    #22341037 - 10/06/15 01:07 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Im thinking about shelling out some good money to get a laptop. I'm going to need a lot of space. I plan on having a large collection of music. I'm going to need to run adobe products. And I would like to mask my ip address to download stuff anonymously. I was thinking a MacBook might be my best bet.

Any opinions/advice?


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22341067 - 10/06/15 01:18 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

MacBooks are great if you have a lot of money and you prefer MacOS. Otherwise, there's a whole slew of viable options. Lenovo is a brand that is quite popular these days (used to be the IBM Thinkpads). I personally use an Asus Zenbook, but by requirements were different from yours (portability, mostly).


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos] * 2
    #22341068 - 10/06/15 01:18 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Macbooks suck and are way too overly expsensive. If you just need space and adobe, you can get a windows laptop with 1.5 terabytes of space for less than 500 dollars.

Macbooks have like half the space(usually less) and 2-3x the price.


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    #22341081 - 10/06/15 01:24 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Re: Laptop advice [Re: sweetpea]
    #22341086 - 10/06/15 01:26 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I'm using a gaming Asus right now :grin:


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Achillita]
    #22341694 - 10/06/15 04:52 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Anyone know anything about downloading things completely anonymously?


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22377661 - 10/14/15 09:51 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

What's the budget?


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: gene9]
    #22377665 - 10/14/15 09:53 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Mid-range laptop,maybe helpful http://pc4u.org/best-laptop-under-500-dollars/


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22377941 - 10/14/15 10:55 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

Shining Cosmos said:
And I would like to mask my ip address to download stuff anonymously.
Any opinions/advice?




A VPN


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: nice1returns]
    #22380273 - 10/14/15 07:11 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

My budget may be up to 2.5-3k


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22380343 - 10/14/15 07:23 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Do you do any gaming? I mean if you want a high end laptop, most gaming laptops are gonna be the best you can get.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22380464 - 10/14/15 07:45 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

If you want a lot of (internal) storage, your best bet cost-wise is probably to add it yourself. Some laptops have two 2.5" drive bays; you could put a SSD in one for the boot drive (I recommend 250 GB minimum, more if you've got the money), and a 2 TB HDD in the other for storage. Or you could go with a mSATA SSD (assuming the computer supports it) and save a drive bay.

My laptop is a 15" Thinkpad T series that I got pretty cheap (wouldn't recommend this particular model if you want something lightweight though). It has one 2.5" drive bay and you can get a HDD caddy to replace the optical drive to add another bay (I got a cheap one from China that works fine). I have a 2.5" SSD in one bay and the original 320 GB drive in the other, but conceivably I could have gone with a mSATA SSD and had 2x2TB in the 2.5" bays.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: psi]
    #22381600 - 10/15/15 12:33 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Looking to use adobe products. Storing lots of music, movies.

No gaming.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22381608 - 10/15/15 12:35 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

avoid anything that looks thin


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #22381659 - 10/15/15 12:53 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I know I'm a noob but I was thinking MacBook :shrug:


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22381684 - 10/15/15 01:12 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Tbh macbooks aren't the best for storage or computing power. They're probably about 3x more expensive for the exact same specs if you were to just get one ran by linux or windows.

Apple stuff is generally more expensive even if it's worse than something cheaper.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22381688 - 10/15/15 01:14 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)



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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shiithead]
    #22381712 - 10/15/15 01:29 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

That laptop(and the whole list) are all really good laptops. Better than a macbook, and still pretty much half the price of some of them.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Achillita]
    #22381734 - 10/15/15 01:42 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Macs are for the birds.


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Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shiithead]
    #22381737 - 10/15/15 01:43 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I'd look for windows 7 though op. Much cheaper and a wider range of programs can be used on it if you're interested in looking to use ripped software. Also easier to navigate imho.


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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Hebrews 11:3
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shiithead]
    #22381748 - 10/15/15 01:53 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

and it contains less NSA 'spy'ware


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shiithead]
    #22381978 - 10/15/15 05:16 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Looking for a laptop with win7 bundled is going to limit your options to near zero. If it's necessary, consider it only as a replacement of the OS the laptop comes with. Personally I don't see any benefit in 7 over 8.1, but I don't use pirated software and win8.1 overall works fine for me, but YMMV.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22382291 - 10/15/15 07:44 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Another thing to consider is whether portability is actually necessary for what you need the computer for. Your money will go a lot farther with regard to both processing power and storage space if you get a desktop computer.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: psi]
    #22382824 - 10/15/15 10:45 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Portibility will be necessary.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22382896 - 10/15/15 11:01 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Just shop around, 8gb ram, 1tb, and a decent processor should be enough to suit your needs. You can buy cheap and upgrade or check out some "build your own" sites.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: hTx]
    #22568271 - 11/24/15 01:25 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Just bumping to ask another question.

I thin, I'm going to have a custom comp built by a local company. Thoughts?

Can I use a VPN through any type of computer?


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22568284 - 11/24/15 01:29 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Also want something with big-ish screen so I can watch things on it.


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22568292 - 11/24/15 01:31 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)

Quote:

Shining Cosmos said:

Can I use a VPN through any type of computer?




yup


Quote:

Shining Cosmos said:
Also want something with big-ish screen so I can watch things on it.





if you want a big screen i'd just use a separate monitor. Most laptops have seperate video ports.

i think 19" is pretty much as big as laptop screens get and they are probably expensive af. whereas you can get a 26" 1080P monitor for like 200 bucks


Edited by Adolin (11/24/15 01:31 PM)


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Re: Laptop advice [Re: Shining Cosmos]
    #22568305 - 11/24/15 01:33 PM (8 years, 2 months ago)


Edit: damit i forgot this was a laptop thread again


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