A new computer is in the works!

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In the form of a Netbook. It's kind of time to retire this Dell after so many years, so I am hoping by August 1st when I look at my local Best Buy that they have something in the $249 range because thats my absolute maximum that I will pay, plus a little more for tax. I'm also keeping our environment in mind as well by reducing energy used while computing.

Posted on Sat Jul 23 19:07:12 PDT 2011

x2wolverine wrote: In the form of a Netbook. It's kind of time to retire this Dell after so many years, so I am hoping by August 1st when I look at my local Best Buy that they have something in the $249 range because thats my absolute maximum that I will pay, plus a little more for tax. I'm also keeping our environment in mind as well by reducing energy used while computing.

Hi x2wolverine. Didn't you just buy a big screen for your Dell? Isn't a netbook kind of the minimum you can have to get a game to run? Are you sure you want to do this? Just wondering.

I paid about $1,300 for my laptop (went to the U.S. to pick it up) and got all kinds of bells and whistles to turn it into a gamer computer which seems to have paid off considering when people complain about a game not running on their computer, they've so far run fine on mine. Just some thoughts. I know you're smart about computers, so you will make a good decision.

Posted on Sun Jul 24 00:55:45 PDT 2011

Hey Jason, I thought you worked for BB? What are you going to do with your new monitor? give ya $20 for it LOL.

Posted on Sun Jul 24 08:45:31 PDT 2011

Obviously I left some details out. I can hookup a monitor and keyboard and mouse to the new Netbook and use the netbook at home as a desktop and a laptop on the go.

Some of you are not up to date with technology or what things are compatible with so I will give you the rundown about netbooks.

They used to be hardly for anything except basic things. However, as technology increased so did the screen sizes. The memory used in Netbooks were only DDR2 at the time which was kind of slow for the Atom processor. Thew Atom processors out there demand full speed along with similar memory performance, so they now have DDR3 ram in there. And Netbooks when hooked up to a monitor are very handy and useful because you can use it as two computers in one. If you don't have an external monitor (monitor in basic terms) then you are limited to the amount of games you can play on a Netbook because its maximum resolution is only 1024x600

Posted on Mon Jul 25 19:22:16 PDT 2011

IndyRuss wrote: Hey Jason, I thought you worked for BB? What are you going to do with your new monitor? give ya $20 for it LOL.

Sorry Russ - you must be envious or jealous of my trip to Vegas in 2010 with Best Buy

I don't work for them nor will I sell you the monitor for $20. And NO I don't have to lighten up, you always tortured me on the other forums which you were banned from.

Posted on Mon Jul 25 19:24:06 PDT 2011

To x2wolverine re your post on Monday, July 25:
Thanks for the explanation. Sometimes I feel like techno-speak is a new language.The tablets that are coming out, with separate sync-able keyboards and other features, make it even more confusing. I am using a fairly basic PC with Windows 7, and have relatively few problems playing games. My daughter has a Netbook she uses for grad school, but she plays games on her laptop, largely because of streaming issues. Is there a way around that?

Posted on Tue Jul 26 06:36:32 PDT 2011

x2wolverine--You're talking about Best Buy. Maybe you can answer this question. I bought my laptop at Best Buy, and when they configured it, they added a Best Buy Software Installer. Do I need this? I have never purposely used it, but I'm wondering if it does anything in the background that I don't know about, or if it's just an extra piece of junk on my computer that I can uninstall. Do you know? Thanks.

Posted on Wed Jul 27 02:32:26 PDT 2011

x2wolverine wrote:

IndyRuss wrote: Hey Jason, I thought you worked for BB? What are you going to do with your new monitor? give ya $20 for it LOL.

Sorry Russ - you must be envious or jealous of my trip to Vegas in 2010 with Best Buy

I don't work for them nor will I sell you the monitor for $20. And NO I don't have to lighten up, you always tortured me on the other forums which you were banned from.

Jason, oh Jason, so I tortured you huh? was it like water boarding? Or did I pull your finger nails out? I could of swore you said you worked at BB oh well no biggy. You need not get your panties in a bunch. Frankly I was just asking a question and if this tortures you than maybe you should put on your big boy pants and grow up a bit. Ok then I'll give you $$21.50 for your monitor, but you have to pay shipping.

Posted on Wed Jul 27 10:37:57 PDT 2011

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Posted on Wed Jul 27 11:15:11 PDT 2011

yusef wrote: x2wolverine--You're talking about Best Buy. Maybe you can answer this question. I bought my laptop at Best Buy, and when they configured it, they added a Best Buy Software Installer. Do I need this? I have never purposely used it, but I'm wondering if it does anything in the background that I don't know about, or if it's just an extra piece of junk on my computer that I can uninstall. Do you know? Thanks.

The Best Buy PC app is bloatware in my opinion and does nothing then allow you to digitally purchase select software titles to your PC without having to go to the store for it. You can remove it from the control panel.

Posted on Thu Jul 28 09:45:41 PDT 2011

x2wolverine wrote:
The Best Buy PC app is bloatware in my opinion and does nothing then allow you to digitally purchase select software titles to your PC without having to go to the store for it. You can remove it from the control panel.

Thanks, x2woverine. I uninstalled it from my computer.

Posted on Thu Jul 28 18:33:52 PDT 2011