I need a recommendation for a new laptop.

ashaik · 2012-05-26T22:31:28.603946+00:00

You should reconsider this decision. Laptops are just not well suited for gaming so you'd be better served with a desktop. I know that it would be great to be able to take your gaming machine with you where-ever you go. But for me, the trade-offs don't make this a good choice.

Gaming systems require high performance processing, high bandwidth memory, and high performance graphics. Using any currently available technology, devices with qualities consume lots of power and generate lots of heat. A desktop has the room and airflow to dissipate this heat but laptops, which are built to be small and portable, do not.

Yes, gaming laptops are available for sale. But anything with high performance will be expensive. Even worse, it will be very expensive to repair; and it likely will need repair. Heat generated by modern games needs a large chassis with multiple fans to keep the electronics cool. If you game on a laptop for lengthy sessions, your computer components are very prone to failure.

Desktop use standardized components. You can easily replace a power supply, processor, motherboard, video-card, and most other components with standard parts that are available from many suppliers. By contrast, all laptops use proprietary parts that are available only from the OEM. (Typically only the hard drive and memory are standardized and available from numerous suppliers). This means they're hard to get, and expensive.

Mugglebones · 1 day

A broom? Are you kidding me? The correct tool for this task is this.

ibankai · 1 day

Q: What's the difference between a cactus and a Porsche?

A: A cactus has the prick on the outside.

maxwellhill · 1 day

On reading this story, my first impulse is to seek punishment for the accuser. I hope she goes to prison and rots there.

But after some reflection, I'm more concerned that the large number of cases of wrongful conviction haven't caused every state to reconsider their Rules of Evidence and the legal standards required to convict someone of a crime.

When someone is sent to prison, or worse, for a crime they didn't commit, there needs to be an independent inquiry of the facts and circumstances that lead to the error and a process to prevent future occurrences.

The real victim (the guy who was wrongly imprisoned) lost his supposedly constitutionally protected rights. Society has an obligation to prevent the mistake from recurring. He is also due compensation from the state, and from the bitch that lied to imprison him.

abitofspatch · 2 days

No but I did once see a cool, "Bort", license plate in a souvenir shop.

lonseidman · 2 days

Mediaboom in Guilford does some amazing web sites, with incredible 3D animation.

Nottoosure2 · 4 days

I think it helps to separate God/religion from 'organized religion'.

It's healthy to want to know about other religions and cultures. Read religious texts from other faiths or, at least read about them. But I'd try to stay away from modern religious organizations and leaders. They are selling a product; often one that's far removed from the original.

whynotusername · 6 days

Read this fascinating, but disturbing, comparison between voting machines and Las Vegas slot machines.

DiscountPonies · 7 days

I'd go to Stew Leonards in Norwalk. In some respects they've declined, but the meat is still very good.

If you want to offer something a bit different, try this. Steve's market in Norwalk on Main street, just north of Hoyt St. Get some Tzatziki sauce, kalamata olives, and pita bread. Marinate chicken cubes overnight in olive oil, lemon juice and garlic. At you B-B-Que, just grill the chicken on skewers and serve with the pita bread, olives, lettuce and tomatos.

The Tzatziki at Steve's is incredible, so if you're in Norwalk, don't substitute any other source.

BTW, I have nothing to do with Steve's and I don't live in Norwalk any more. But every summer, I drive the 90 minutes to Norwalk to pick up my summer grilling supplies from them.

whynotusername · 7 days

Do you really believe that we should surrender our privacy rights, in the name of a problem that does not exist?

MoveToDenmark · 7 days

Not for lots of species. This planet has never tried to support nearly seven billion people before. Even if our species survives, we're about due for a major die off.

Whatever the cause -- disease, famine, war, water scarcity, pollution, natural disaster, etc. -- history is filled with major population-correcting events.

coffeestork · 7 days

Broadview Espresso on Broadview, just north of The Danforth. I don't live in Hogtown any more but any time I'm back, I go to B.E. every day!!

My_Big_Fat_Titties · 10 days

Fair enough. Let's call it, even.

fisherob · 10 days

He may have even cum, and gone, at the same time.

CleanBaldy · 11 days

Yes, we should make all drunk guys hop on one foot while standing on a wet, slippery surface. What could possibly go wrong?

betterdustinthewind · 12 days

Yes. The switch with the little LCD display built-in is made by NKK Corp. You can create an image with a bitmap editor and send out to the switch and then, if desired, to the big board.

roo-ster · 13 days

Save the roofies for later. I think she's a sure thing tonight.

W0RSTCASE0NTARI0 · 14 days

When I see one, I think, "Oh cool -- an organ donor".

MikeTheRedditor · 14 days

I see no reason to obscure the license plate. The driver is almost certainly immune to shame, but I say, put his selfishness on display for all to see. Perhaps someone whose respect he covets, will object.

neurotransmission · 14 days

Perhaps this really came from the Republican Party. They could be trying to entice you to promote their cause with neighbors who contributed to the other guy. Or show you that other neighbors gave more, so you should too.

I don't know either way, but I do know that political mailings are often not when they, at first, seem to be.

iamnotfromtexas90 · 15 days

I suggest that it's not that "more people care", but that the increasing ubiquity of low cost video recording equipment has made graphic displays of police violence so commonplace that they hard hard to ignore.

Without video evidence, most people assumed that anyone the police assaulted 'deserved' it. But now, every day some new video comes out showing cops beating and even killing people for little or no reason.

Video is a game-changer. Police organizations around the world risk losing the popular support that they've always enjoyed. They need to train their cops to assume that they are ALWAYS being video recorded. As they like to say to others; if they're not doing anything wrong, they shouldn't mind.

OferZak · 15 days

You can't get the channel. But the delicious sauce is available from Amazon.com.

NewLeaves · 15 days

What are some good things about Mitt Romney?

He's never gonna be president. That's a very good thing.

roland12 · 16 days

Can't the heat just escape through the series of tubes?

chumunculus · 16 days

My Uncle Phil also has numerous interesting and thought-provoking views on many topics. But no-one cares what he says or thinks either.

roo-ster

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