HP or Asus which should i get?

[la321]

Are asus laptops good? i'm trying to figure out which laptop to get http://www.sears.com/asus-15.6inch-k55n-rin4-notebook-pc-w-amd/p-00332956000P?prdNo=10&blockNo=10&blockType=G10 or http://www.sears.com/hp-envy-6-1014nr-15.6inch-led-sleekbook-pc/p-00333212000P?prdNo=5&blockNo=5&blockType=G5

 

[la321]

nope i don't do much gaming

 

[Maxx_Power]

nope i don't do much gaming

OKay, then that computer is fine. If you want to spend a few bucks extra, look for a i5-3xxx series processor on basically the same models, a bit more performance.

 

[la321]

i just bought the lenovo v570 i had an old dell inspiron b130 when i click both the left and right buttons at the same time i could scroll with my touchpad and open separate tabs when i doubled clicked on something in firefox i culd click on a link and it would open in a new tab how do i enable this on my lenovo?

 

[Maxx_Power]

i just bought the lenovo v570 i had an old dell inspiron b130 when i click both the left and right buttons at the same time i could scroll with my touchpad and open separate tabs when i doubled clicked on something in firefox i culd click on a link and it would open in a new tab how do i enable this on my lenovo?

You may have to dig up the software for trackpad controls. Poke around and see if you can find that, it should allow you some limited options to program the trackpad. You can also go "ctrl+click on link" to open in a new tab.

 

[la321]

thank you maxx i don't know what kind of software but ctrl+click works

 

[la321]

I uploaded a video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_SZQq80bU this is the only video i can't watch all other videos play anyone know why? it plays for other people as well

 

[la321]

it plays on my desktop but not on my laptop

 

[Maxx_Power]

it plays on my desktop but not on my laptop

Perhaps check to make sure your Flash is updated and your video driver is updated as well ? Some video drivers attempt to use the GPU to accelerate Flash decoding, but doesn't support all resolutions, is my guess...

 

[la321]

flash player is up to date and just updated my graphics card it still won't play

 

[seriousgamer]

Lol, yet another of the same. I haven't heard of anyone who owned an HP/Compaq who DIDN'T despise it after getting a more reliable model/brand.

Couldn't agree more. Im on my Compaq now and BOY this thing is louder than a car's engine when doing some multi tasking
Also my school just purchased some I5 $700 HP Probooks and those things are horrible. The touchpad does not respond at all i had to click 8 times today.

 

[Maxx_Power]

flash player is up to date and just updated my graphics card it still won't play

First thing I'd do is to download a decent codec pack to make sure that what your problem is not related to codecs. Try the k-lite codec pack:

http://codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

Then/and check in the flash player's control panel, and uncheck the use hardware acceleration option. You may also access this option by loading up a flash video in the browser, and the bottom tray of buttons will have a settings button some where.

 

[la321]

downloaded the codec and hardware acceleration was already unchecked still can't view some youtube videos on laptop

 

[Maxx_Power]

downloaded the codec and hardware acceleration was already unchecked still can't view some youtube videos on laptop

Is this with just a certain browser ? I know that for some versions of the Flash plugin and firefox, the two doesn't play well together, like this:

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/flash-113-doesnt-load-video-firefox

COULD be a software issue like this. If you have another browser, try that (for example, chrome).

 

[la321]

thank you max it was fixed by uninstalling then reinstalling flash player

 

[Maxx_Power]

thank you max it was fixed by uninstalling then reinstalling flash player

Good to hear! Cheers.

 

[la321]

When i'm watching live streams on justin.tv the channels freeze i don't have this problem on my desktop i'm using firefox and this is my speedtest on wireless http://www.speedtest.net/result/2226748256.png

 

[Maxx_Power]

When i'm watching live streams on justin.tv the channels freeze i don't have this problem on my desktop i'm using firefox and this is my speedtest on wireless http://www.speedtest.net/result/2226748256.png

Check your wireless signal strength. This may have to do with your distance to the router.

 

[cats_Paw]

Definitly asus beats HP when it comes to quality. However the company did lose a lot in terms reliability (due to selling fixed laptops as new) in the last year.
They are still better than HP thou.
There is little more to say about this, asus simply ahs a better internal layout build than HP.

 

[la321]

Check your wireless signal strength. This may have to do with your distance to the router.

my signal strength is 4-5 bars even when i'm in my room here is a video of the problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T99tiXMqsDM

 

[Maxx_Power]

my signal strength is 4-5 bars even when i'm in my room here is a video of the problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T99tiXMqsDM

It seems possibly that the laptop isn't getting enough bandwidth to the internet. The streamed video is constantly re-buffering (possibly). Your internet speed is high, but possibly the connection to the servers at justin.tv is slow for some reason.

Try it on a ethernet cable instead of wireless and see if the problem goes away. Try toggling HD/non-HD formats for your flash videos (if you have that option) and see if it helps.