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    Need college laptop around $1000 give or take a few hundred

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    Need college laptop around $1000 give or take a few hundred

    well I went with the force 1656, but thank you so much for your help!
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    Need college laptop around $1000 give or take a few hundred

    Hey, so I have been doing some research and I found this http://www.xoticpc.com/force-1656id1-built-msi1656id1-p-2661.html?wconfigure=yes I made it 4 gigs ram 500 gig 7200 rpm intel ultimate n6300 network card and a 9 cell battery with windows 7 64 bit for $1350 which is a bit over my budget...
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    Need college laptop around $1000 give or take a few hundred

    Ok well, I've been comparing the two of those laptops intensely and I think I'm going to go with the Sony Vaio. I'm wondering though, if adding a dedicated graphics card to replace the media accelerator(integrated im guessing?) will severely affect the battery life. If it wont, that extra $50...
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    Need college laptop around $1000 give or take a few hundred

    That laptop looks nice, but I was wondering if upgrading to a dedicated graphics card would hurt the battery life? 3.5 max on conservative mode is a bit short for my liking. Also, I would like to change my original specifications. 17" is way too big for the portable laptop im looking for, 15.5"...
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    Need college laptop around $1000 give or take a few hundred

    1_What is your budget? 800-1200ish 2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? I'd like something around 17" nothing too specific 3_What screen resolution do you want? I'd like a really high res, glossy screen maybe? glossy screens look pretty cool 4_Do you need a portable...
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    Only one speaker works!

    Hello everyone, I have an asus p5k mobo with an onboard realtek soundcard. I decided I wanted to replace it with a more powerful sound card and stereo system, so i got both. I purchased a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121014 and a...