2009-09-28, 09:14 PM
Ok, I am highly considering in forgoing the rest of my highschool year and going straight to a community college. With that said I will no doubt need a laptop. The laptop this is being written on, as I found out today is...
OUTDATED, OBSOLETE, AND pomegranateTY.
The battery is exhausted (lasts 15 min, charges for 2 hours), 1 fan isnt working, and both the ram and cpu have been exposed to hundreds of overheatings (due to fan which broke early and or me actually using the laptop on lap so the fan would have no source of air) and 3 1/2 years of use, key board missing the cover for M key, sound not working (I can only listen through headphones) and the light for the CD reader no longer works. Oh and it crashes and rather often. Not to mention that for the price (1000) of which this laptop was originally bought I can get something with nearly twice the specs.
With that said I am looking for either a netbook or ultra portable (12 inch screen or LESS, 10 inch preffered) that will... LAST LONG (six hours minimum).
My specs are not supposed to be high however I would like to confirm if 1.6 ghz and 1 gb ram would do the following (since this pomegranatety laptop CAN and is 1.8ghz and 800mb ram):
Basic Programs:
At most I would probably be using fire fox with several tabs open along with maybe 2-3 instances of MS word and maybe an instances of other microsoft office programs. However thats at most usually I have maybe firefox with two tabs open and maybe one other basic program.
Internet:
I demand that the wireless card run b/g/n .
Gaming:
At worst I would run Warcraft three dota with minimum settings (but then again Im pretty sure that a netbook would run GBA emulator games (advance wars) rune scape and other minimalist games (minesweeper solitaire chess).... Then again college is not a place for games, and I have a powerhouse at home to play games (though other people do share it )
With that said, is a netbook good for those or should I be looking for an ultra portable? And would regular classes ask for anything more than the specs of a notebook?
Oh, and if you can, share what you use/used for a college laptop and if it did the things it required you to do.
After doing my own research, netbooks like Toshiba NB205
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834114666
and MSI wind
http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productp...d=7&id=123
Appear to match what I am looking for (Portability and Long-ass battery life)
OUTDATED, OBSOLETE, AND pomegranateTY.
The battery is exhausted (lasts 15 min, charges for 2 hours), 1 fan isnt working, and both the ram and cpu have been exposed to hundreds of overheatings (due to fan which broke early and or me actually using the laptop on lap so the fan would have no source of air) and 3 1/2 years of use, key board missing the cover for M key, sound not working (I can only listen through headphones) and the light for the CD reader no longer works. Oh and it crashes and rather often. Not to mention that for the price (1000) of which this laptop was originally bought I can get something with nearly twice the specs.
With that said I am looking for either a netbook or ultra portable (12 inch screen or LESS, 10 inch preffered) that will... LAST LONG (six hours minimum).
My specs are not supposed to be high however I would like to confirm if 1.6 ghz and 1 gb ram would do the following (since this pomegranatety laptop CAN and is 1.8ghz and 800mb ram):
Basic Programs:
At most I would probably be using fire fox with several tabs open along with maybe 2-3 instances of MS word and maybe an instances of other microsoft office programs. However thats at most usually I have maybe firefox with two tabs open and maybe one other basic program.
Internet:
I demand that the wireless card run b/g/n .
Gaming:
At worst I would run Warcraft three dota with minimum settings (but then again Im pretty sure that a netbook would run GBA emulator games (advance wars) rune scape and other minimalist games (minesweeper solitaire chess).... Then again college is not a place for games, and I have a powerhouse at home to play games (though other people do share it )
With that said, is a netbook good for those or should I be looking for an ultra portable? And would regular classes ask for anything more than the specs of a notebook?
Oh, and if you can, share what you use/used for a college laptop and if it did the things it required you to do.
After doing my own research, netbooks like Toshiba NB205
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6834114666
and MSI wind
http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productp...d=7&id=123
Appear to match what I am looking for (Portability and Long-ass battery life)