Recent content by graceling

Thank you so much Munchbot! Now I actually know something about hard drives, haha.

I don't actually know what I want to major in yet, so I don't know if I will run into software issues. My college has stated that there might be assignments that require Windows only software, but that they could be completed in the computer labs. Ultrabooks are lovely, but I think I will...

Thank you! My sister goes through PCs like crazy. She literally replaces her computer every 2-3 years, so that experience is what I'm going off of. My family seems to think I'm the tech-y one, but I actually don't know too much about computers. How big do you think the hard drive should be...

I know this topic inspires flame wars, but I really just want some advice without flames, if at all possible. I'm starting college in the fall, and I need to get a laptop. It would really be more for general use (YouTube, the odd Facebook game, 30 tabs open at once), than for gaming or editing...