Recent content by GunXpatriot

Hmm... Instead of getting a current mobile APU.... I think I'll wait for Carizzo. Gonna have to be some kind of performance bump for the integrated graphics, I'm sure. Hopefully by the end of this year, they'll release something for Carizzo... I guess it's negligible for me right now. But then...

So I have an old Gateway M-1624 with an AMD Turion 64x2 TL-60... It's old, but the laptop in general, still works fine. Through research, this laptop CPU shares a socket with many other CPU's in the Turion 64x2 series. I was looking to buy a 64x2 TL-68 and replace the existing CPU. But there...

So a couple weeks ago, I ended up buying an Asus X205. It's not very powerful, but it does most of what I need to do just fine, and it gets EPIC battery life. But of course, it can't do everything. It's lacking in some areas. For example, older games tend to run fine. Great, in fact. But try...

So in a few months, I'll be going away for a while, and my old laptop won't cut it. Dead battery, crap performance, just overall not great... So I've been looking at these "budget" offerings from HP and Asus, and for the money, they seem pretty good. I don't care about a ton of performance...

Jaguar, that does seem like a good option. I might look into it more. And that sucks, considering the potential of an APU on a 13"... I mean, everything is on the processor, no extra chip. You'd think that'd make a decently powerful one an instant win in that class, but no one seems to have...

Um, it'll mostly be fine, 'cause I'd basically be using it for editing on the go. Just when I need to. And game console video capture. Yeah, I've seen a couple of HP models with AMD chips, so I'll start there... Actually, now that I'm looking more, there doesn't seem to be any decently...

bump? :)

Honestly, 720p on a laptop is A-OK with me. Considering I find 1080p to be fine on a 24" monitor, 720p on a 13-ish" monitor shouldn't be a problem. My old laptop is 15.4" and at 720p, it still looks quite good. As far as gaming goes, I wasn't expecting much anyway, so for when I would ACTUALLY...

So for a long time, my primary laptop had been an old Gateway M-1624. And quite frankly, it sucks. Well, it was good when I got it, but the years are certainly catching up to it. I'm finally looking to upgrade, preferably to a laptop in the 13" range. Small enough to be portable, and big enough...

So for a while now, I've had a slight Ebay addiction. Not that I compulsively buy, but when I really want something, I may bid without truly wanting it 100%. I usually figure that out before I win the auction. When I do though, I'm a good payer... I have a bunch of computers around here. I've...

Sweet, I'll give it a go tomorrow, if I get around to it. Thanks!

So I'm looking to get into programming, and python seems to be a simpler place to start. I'm trying to decide between several books on Amazon. This one: http://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Edit-Introduction-ProgrammingSeries/dp/1590282418/ref=zg_bs_285856_3/178-7236656-1055346 Many...

Well... You can check these instructions for putting your laptop into "active cooling" mode. I guess it just gives your system cooling priority, without lowering performance to cool. Has it's upsides and downsides, I suppose... Another thing I notice, is that with my laptop that I just did a...