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Question: Which Laptop should I choose?
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge - 0 (0%)
Macbook (Late 2009) - 0 (0%)
Lenovo ThinkPad T410 - 7 (100%)
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« on: 27 May, 2010, 03:43:48 »
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LENOVO THINKPAD EDGE
Intel SU7300 Core 2
4GB memory
320GB 7200 RPM
Built-in web cam
8 hour battery
3.8 pounds
13.3” Screen
No Optical Drive
Accidental Damage Protection

MACBOOK
2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB DDR3 memory
250GB 5400 RPM
Built-in web cam
7 hour battery
4.7 pounds
13” Screen
Integrated Optical Drive
Applecare Protection

LENOVO THINKPAD T410
Intel Core i3-330M
4 GB memory
320GB 7200 RPM
Built-in web cam
8.3 hour battery
5.3 pounds
14.1” Screen
Integrated Optical Drive
Accidental Damage Protection

I can get these for free from the college... What should I get?
I'm planning to use them mostly for gaming and surfing web Smiley
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Spoiler for funny life mathematics:
1. ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
2. OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
3. SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
4. GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
5. HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
6. LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
7. PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
8. DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

Girls = Time * Money (Girls are a combination of time and money)
Time = Money (Time is money)
Girls = Money squared (So, girls are money squared)
Money = sqrt(Evil) (Money is also the root of all evil)
Girls = sqrt(Evil) squared (So, girls are the root of all evil squared)
Girls = Evil (Thus, girls are evil)
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« Reply #1 on: 27 May, 2010, 03:50:38 »
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somehow the 3rd one seems better to me. Also if you are mostly gonna use WIndows at school I would recommend against a mac computer since those usually offer less for their value and have lower compatibility with stuff such as calc softwares.
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« Reply #2 on: 27 May, 2010, 05:20:46 »
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yeah I was thinking more toward the Lenovo T410... It has biggest screen and pretty good graphics and speed... It was just a bit ugly (most of lenovo's laptops are) Tongue
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Spoiler for funny life mathematics:
1. ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
2. OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
3. SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
4. GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
5. HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
6. LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
7. PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
8. DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

Girls = Time * Money (Girls are a combination of time and money)
Time = Money (Time is money)
Girls = Money squared (So, girls are money squared)
Money = sqrt(Evil) (Money is also the root of all evil)
Girls = sqrt(Evil) squared (So, girls are the root of all evil squared)
Girls = Evil (Thus, girls are evil)
*Girls=Evil credit goes to Compynerd255*
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« Reply #3 on: 27 May, 2010, 05:25:22 »
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I generally don't care about ugliness, unless it's pink Tongue. As they say, it's more the inside that's important, not the outside Cheesy

I would wait until other people give their opinions, though. I do not know if the 3rd laptop processor is better than the two first x.x
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« Reply #4 on: 27 May, 2010, 08:18:41 »
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Quote from: jsj795 on 27 May, 2010, 03:43:48
LENOVO THINKPAD EDGE
Intel SU7300 Core 2
4GB memory
320GB 7200 RPM
Built-in web cam
8 hour battery
3.8 pounds
13.3” Screen
No Optical Drive
Accidental Damage Protection

MACBOOK
2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB DDR3 memory
250GB 5400 RPM
Built-in web cam
7 hour battery
4.7 pounds
13” Screen
Integrated Optical Drive
Applecare Protection

LENOVO THINKPAD T410
Intel Core i3-330M
4 GB memory
320GB 7200 RPM
Built-in web cam
8.3 hour battery
5.3 pounds
14.1” Screen
Integrated Optical Drive
Accidental Damage Protection

I can get these for free from the college... What should I get?
I'm planning to use them mostly for gaming and surfing web Smiley
the lenovo 410 looks pretty nice, I'd go for that one in terms of all around features. If you already own a pc of some sort though, I might go for the mac. They're supposed to be pretty nice and it'd be fun to be able to play with one for free (they are fairly pricey).
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« Reply #5 on: 27 May, 2010, 13:45:08 »
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IIRC the series of processors i3, i5, and i7 are Intel's newest line. Yeah, I'm gonna agree with everyone else and say the 410. But, again, depending on how badly you need certain software, if you like them, you could try the mac. I am personally more partial to PCs, but that's just me. Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: 27 May, 2010, 17:30:45 »
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Do you have any information about the pricing? That would be the deal-breaker for me, since a couple of these have similar specs.
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Quote from: jsj795 on 27 May, 2010, 03:43:48
I can get these for free from the college...

Even though steam is coming to Mac, it is not enough if you want gaming on a laptop.
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« Reply #8 on: 27 May, 2010, 20:40:09 »
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I heard macs aren't very good for gaming purpose. Something about graphics card or other stuff I think. However, I often heard macs were very good for multimedia dev, such as video editing
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« Reply #9 on: 28 May, 2010, 04:52:36 »
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I don't really like the first one, since it doesn't have optical drive (which means I have to buy the hardware to run the thing or something that can abstract and run the ISO image) and that's a hassle...

Quote from: Art_of_camelot on 27 May, 2010, 08:18:41
the lenovo 410 looks pretty nice, I'd go for that one in terms of all around features. If you already own a pc of some sort though, I might go for the mac. They're supposed to be pretty nice and it'd be fun to be able to play with one for free (they are fairly pricey).
No, I don't own any pc of my own...

btw, another alternative is:
My friend wants a mac because he does the video editing and stuff.
He has a toshiba (with 15' screen and numpad so it's pretty big) with windows 7.
I'm not too sure about the specifics because he doesn't know exactly what model it is...
So what he suggested is that I get the mac and trade with him. I'm going over to his house tomorrow so I'll try to get the specifics. I know that he bought it fairly recent (around 5 months max) and the only problem Toshiba has is that the DVD driver is not working. He said if I'm going to trade mac with his, he'll fix the driver problem before he gives his Toshiba to me. Hopefully it will be a good deal
(btw, his laptop was only $500, because it was on special sale or something like that... But that kind of worries me, because the laptop from the college are all around $1000, so I might be getting a bad end of the deal)
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Spoiler for funny life mathematics:
1. ROMANCE MATHEMATICS
Smart man + smart woman = romance
Smart man + dumb woman = affair
Dumb man + smart woman = marriage
Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy
2. OFFICE ARITHMETIC
Smart boss + smart employee = profit
Smart boss + dumb employee = production
Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion
Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime
3. SHOPPING MATH
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
4. GENERAL EQUATIONS & STATISTICS
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
5. HAPPINESS
To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
6. LONGEVITY
Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.
7. PROPENSITY TO CHANGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.
8. DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

Girls = Time * Money (Girls are a combination of time and money)
Time = Money (Time is money)
Girls = Money squared (So, girls are money squared)
Money = sqrt(Evil) (Money is also the root of all evil)
Girls = sqrt(Evil) squared (So, girls are the root of all evil squared)
Girls = Evil (Thus, girls are evil)
*Girls=Evil credit goes to Compynerd255*
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« Reply #10 on: 28 May, 2010, 04:55:31 »
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it would be nice if you got an even better laptop. Just be careful, though, in case.
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« Reply #11 on: 28 May, 2010, 06:04:25 »
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Quote from: jsj795 on 28 May, 2010, 04:52:36
I don't really like the first one, since it doesn't have optical drive (which means I have to buy the hardware to run the thing or something that can abstract and run the ISO image) and that's a hassle...

Quote from: Art_of_camelot on 27 May, 2010, 08:18:41
the lenovo 410 looks pretty nice, I'd go for that one in terms of all around features. If you already own a pc of some sort though, I might go for the mac. They're supposed to be pretty nice and it'd be fun to be able to play with one for free (they are fairly pricey).
No, I don't own any pc of my own...

btw, another alternative is:
My friend wants a mac because he does the video editing and stuff.
He has a toshiba (with 15' screen and numpad so it's pretty big) with windows 7.
I'm not too sure about the specifics because he doesn't know exactly what model it is...
So what he suggested is that I get the mac and trade with him. I'm going over to his house tomorrow so I'll try to get the specifics. I know that he bought it fairly recent (around 5 months max) and the only problem Toshiba has is that the DVD driver is not working. He said if I'm going to trade mac with his, he'll fix the driver problem before he gives his Toshiba to me. Hopefully it will be a good deal
(btw, his laptop was only $500, because it was on special sale or something like that... But that kind of worries me, because the laptop from the college are all around $1000, so I might be getting a bad end of the deal)
Yea, that doesn't sound like the greatest idea in the world to me. I think you'd be best off going with one of the brand new ones the college is offering you. That lenovo 410 really is looking to be your best option.
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