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I was just thinking about some of the best movie endings of all time. Some recent ones i really liked were the first ironman ("the truth is... I AM ironman"), inception (is he still in a dream??), and of course dumb and dumber ("my friend is a little slow... the town is back THAT way!")
any others you can think of???
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Ending of Some Kind Of Wonderful - call me a nostalgic romantic cheese ball :o)
K: "You knew you were going to get these."
W: "I hoped - I didn't know."
K: "You knew."
# 1- I hate vista
#2- why is every comment in this not about the topic?
#3- although no one else seems to think so i loved the ending to "the village" i wasn't expecting it at all!
#2 - i think this is a glitch where new stories overwrite old ones and steal their comments.
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I just ordered my new notebook and it just arrived!!
Here are the specs and the best part I got all of it for just $1,075!!
ThinkPad R61 Discrete 8918
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T9300 (2.5GHz 800MHz 6MBL2)
Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Professional
Screen: 15.4" WSXGA+,Camera,BT
Video Card: nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, PC Card/ PCIe
Memory: 2 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)
Pointing Device: UltraNav (TrackPoint and TouchPad) with Finger Print Reader
Hard Drive: 160GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
optical Drive: DVD Recordable 8x Max Ultrabay Enhanced
Wirless Card: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (supporting Centrino Pro)
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth PAN
After I mess around with it a bit I will let you know how it is! The best part about it, is that it came with XP!! Not that crashy Vista!!
I can't believe you chose XP over Vista.
I can always install Vista afterwards... plus I dont have to worry about the drag that comes along Vista
seriously, you need Vista 64bit. If you have a Home Premium Vista license, I'll loan you my CD. Vista 64bit = 4 GB of RAM = the hotness
also, did you get a graphics card with dedicated onboard RAM? HIGHLY important. Can't tell if you got that or not. My HP DV2000t says it's go a NVideo GeForce Go 7200 with 128MB RAM, turns out there's only 32MB of RAM onboard the card, it steals the rest, which is kinda wack but better than nothing.
I dont know if the graphics card has dedicated onboard RAM. How do I find that out?
it would have been an option when you ordered the laptop. sorry man.
Well here are the specs on the graphics card:
Product: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M
Memory Size: 128/256 MB
Memory Interface: 64-bit
Bus Interface: PCI Express x16
Display Connectors: VGA, DVI, LVDS, HDTV, HDMI
Max. Displays per Board: 2
Max. Digital Display Support: 1600 x 1200
Max. Analog Display Support: 2048 x 1536
When you have 4GB of RAM (or even 2), is 96MB really even a big deal? Or is it just a ton slower?
i'll argue that it matters for games. For instance, the other day, I wanted to check out Portal. (i'm not really into first person games but it sounded like an interesting concept.) I checked "can you run it"'s website, and it said i couldn't b/c i didn't have a 128MB graphics card, only a 32MB.
so ... yes.
if i was going to buy a laptop i'd buy a macbook
I'm still not convinced into buying it as 'my one and only.' Mac serves a purpose, but I think I'd only buy one if I the cash to spare after getting a Windows based. For music composition and recording, and doing graphics... yes, MAC might be my best bet (for graphics anyway... and music wise.. they look cooler on stage - whether not they work better with music or not... I don't really know) (So, the dream would be to have laptops of both ilk) Overall, I think I just have to go again with Windows-based since I'm only really barely ready to get one laptop. At the moment, I have a IBM Thinkpad on my eBay watchlist, as of Friday and ends today. Don't know if I'm gonna bid or not... but on the watchlist anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140204068442&_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching
BRAND NEW LENOVO IBM THINKPAD T60 CORE2DUO T7200 4GB RAM 2,000 MHz 160GB HD
Windows Vista Business
15" Screen
CD-RW/DVD Combo
Let me know what you think
And how much I should stop my bidding at, so I don't overpay should there be a bidding war - 28 bids made on it so far - so there's definitely already heated competition.
I think I've only lost like 2 ebay auctions tho, in my life.
Well, I missed bidding. I've had a rough week (between work and someone hitting me yesterday causing a 3 car accident on my way to work just a few weeks after I had a deer crash) and overslept... actually woke up in time to bid but totally forgot about the auction, so kept going back to sleep. So, I'll hafta wait for a similar auction now. The closing bid was $1,001.00 ...is that a good price?
i'm going to say "no". you could definitely find a laptop from anywhere else with 1 GB of RAM, and buy the 4 GB of RAM yourself from Kingston.com and just install it (that would take 2 seconds).
Ian mentioned before (and he's correct) that Vista will see a max of 3.2 GB of RAM anyway. So I wouldn't stress too much about getting 4 GB of RAM at this point, 2 should be sufficient.
I'd also look for a laptop with a DVD Writer (this one didn't have it), SD card slot built in (if you have a digital camera or Treo, this is a must), and video memory (which this laptop did have).
u can put windows on a mac. just my opinion, i would never buy another pc
yeah, my buddy warren just showed me that. he put XP on his mac lappy. i'm jealous.
look at you... and you fought me on the mac laptop thing at the college...
yeah for students! macs are expensive. give the students the crap they deserve! give ME a mac!!
it depends. you can find a LOT of cheap laptops out there (best buy, walmart) but in my opinion, the thing that makes/breaks a laptop is dedicated video card RAM (not found in laptops from best buy, walmart).
I got a build-to-order from HP almost a year ago with 128MB dedicated video RAM, 2 GB RAM, 1.8 ghz, around $999. It's got a 14 inch screen, which is a little small for my liking, but it's light, which I love. It's an HP DV2000t (There's a DV2000v I'd get if I did it again - it's an AMD instead of Intel)
I just found out recently that the laptop I got does NOT support more than 2 GB of RAM - it's a motherboard related issue. which SUCKS. that means I'll most likely get rid of it in a couple of years (maybe less). make sure any laptop you buy can support more than 2GB (check this VERY carefully, a lot are stuck at 2 GB)
If you get a laptop with 1 GB of RAM, just check out Kingston.com - they make RAM for all the larger companies, and it's super cheap.
What's wrong with 2GB of RAM? That's plenty.
yeah man, 3 years ago 512MB was plenty. I buy machines with plans to buy more RAM in the future ... not a new machine.
Also - Vista is a RAM hog.
why use vista though?
Vista is pretty nice, I've been using it for about 8 months. It's not a very compelling upgrade over XP, but there are a few nice things thrown in here and there. Overall, it's definitely better than XP, in my experience.
Vista runs great with 2GB, though.
If you want to use any more than 3GB of RAM, you have to go with 64-bit Vista or XP, which is a bit of a crapshoot at this point.
i say Vista runs merely "OK" with 2GB. I'm not like, impressed by the speed. It works normally - the equivalent of XP with 1GB, I think. I also use Readyboost (2GB on an SD card) which probably helps a little.
i'm aware of the limitations of Vista with more than 3.2GB, but I still think that should be my choice, not the motherboard's choice. If 2 years from now I feel like buying Vista 64-bit for $200, and 4GB of RAM for $100, I've saved money rather than buying a new laptop.
i see where you're coming from. but i'd just rather have a new laptop at that point.
yeah me too. it's more a question of "can i cost justify this to the wife". heh. she sees the UPS person bringing me so much crap, that i have to have it sent to work sometimes.
HAHA, nice
you know what i found out? that if you have Vista 32bit, and you want 64bit, to upgrade is free, provided you upgrade to the same version (ie, home premium 32 bit to home premium 64 bit). I definitely plan on doing this - I was due for a system wipe anyway, and then I can set up Ubuntu to dual boot. This way, next year, if I decide I want to get 4GB of RAM rather than buy a new laptop, I totally can.
The best part of this upgrade? You use the "Upgrade Anytime" CD that came with your computer. hilarious.
very nice. free is always good.
I got a free copy of Vista Ultimate 32 and 64 from MS for participating in a survey thing! Just came in the mail. Awesome.
I gotta post on my results on installing Vista 64bit. Worked like a champ, install was extremely smooth.
Installed Ubuntu (as part of a dual boot), which works well. I haven't gotten too much of a chance to use Ubuntu, but I did struggle with the "dual display" issue - I have a 17inch LCD hooked up to my laptop, and use both simultaneously. In Ubuntu - that doesn't work.
To dual boot Ubuntu, I used a program called "Wubi", which makes it SO easy my grandmother could do it. You install Wubi, it asks you a couple of questions, and then it downloads and installs Ubuntu for you. No partitioning, no resizing of drives - it does it all automatically, and configures the bootloader. When you are tired of Ubuntu and want to remove the whole thing (including the dual boot configuration) you just remove the program from "Add/remove programs" in Vista.
The only problem I encountered was that the first time I tried to install Wubi, it somehow got hung up on the Ubuntu install and kept rebooting my computer. No problem. I booted back into windows, uninstalled Wubi, rebooted, then re-installed Wubi. This time Ubuntu worked perfectly, but now I had two "Ubuntu" choices in my dual boot setup (ok now it was 3 boot setup). So I used a program called EasyBCD to fix it - which was VERY easy.
So now things are good, just gotta find some time to spend with Ubuntu. I have heard that there are programs to use wifi syncing with an iPod Touch over Ubuntu - that would be sweet to get going.
Very helpful. My laptop when I bought it was a $2500 laptop and I got it for $2000. Very awesome at the time.. But, I can't do something that massive again at this time with other expenses and trying to save more money. I also don't want the cheapest laptop 'cause I know there's no point to it.. if it runs cheaply as well. So, you provided helpful information. The thing that confuses me the most is the brands, as has always been my case. What brands are most reliable? Then, next after brands... what models?
my vote is for HP first, Acer 2nd (although I've never seen an Acer with dedicated video RAM). I'd buy a Dell, but never found a deal that worked for me.
interestingly ... there's one kind of Dell (I think the D430 or something) that has a dock with two VGA ports ... multiple monitors are hot
we have HP's at work, and they are always breaking. IBMs are a nice balance between sturdiness, and perfrmance. i really like the lenovo think pad r61. i have no experience with dells, but i have always heard that they suck.
anyway, if you are looking for the most "reliable" laptop, you have to go with mac. they are the best. no viruses, sturdy, fast, and they are so sexy looking.
Apple MacBook
Ideally, but the cost of those is more than I wanna spend right now.
one of the nerds at work informed me if you go online to apple.com, go to the refurbished mac's, you can get one for half priced. he said that they are brand new. that apple is always redesigning etc and it can be the smallest of small things that changed so they take all the old stuff out and sell "refurbished" to make room for the brand new. majority of the peeps at work purchased their macs that way.
anyway those were words from a nerd not me. lol
that MacBook Air is sweet if you don't need a DVD drive/burner, you like looking at a 13 inch screen, and you have $1800 to spend ... (seriously who has $1800?)
Exactly. If I had cash I didn't no what to do with... I'd buy a Macbook (in addition to a PC haha)
Lenovo Thinkpad R61
that's what have, an 661. they are pretty nice.
I have a Dell Precision laptop. Works nicely.