Recent content by Arp Laszlo

I'd rather the hard drive be good out of the box - they're not going to be swapping anything out themselves so the prebuilt option is the one I'll recommend. The 15" Asus ROG looks great - hard to argue with the 16gb ram. That'll help with having a standard hd (albeit 7200rpm). Glad I asked...

I'm the family geek & advising on my nephew's laptop for college. Obviously most laptops are fine for educational purposes but there will be gaming involved. I don't game much so it's unclear to me how good a graphics card he'll need without breaking the bank. He did mention a game called...

My son tells me that he experienced a BSOD and couldn't boot his laptop. When I checked it out, there were these EFI boot errors: **** Windows Boot Management boot failed Checking media [Fail] EFI Network 0 for IPv6 (B8-88-E3-91-96-B20 boot failed Checking Media [Fail] EFI Network 0 for IPv4...

I've built desktops for myself in the past, so yes, the thought has been had. My son wants the mobility to go play with friends so this would need to be a laptop. I'll admit though that I'm not inclined to DIY much these days (parenthood = lack of free time = need for convenience). I'm...

I'm looking to replace a Lenovo T400 that has a AMD M82XT Hybrid 256mb gpu, a Core2Duo 9400 & 8gb ram. It's definitely long in the tooth and we've had a recent spate of BSODs so the time is nigh. My 10yo has started gaming in the past year - mostly Minecraft & Terraria but more intensive stuff...