nosko
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What do you guys think of the HP laptop vs. other BB laptops(the sony).
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Thank you for your input, but I should say I told my sister-in-law for the extra $100 she can get the bigger hard drive plus that all-in-one printer, and I looked into and that print looks really good (not the best, but great for her). Also I told her it would be smart to go with 2GBs, and she agrees but she's uncertain at this time if she wants to upgrade, and I told her that's fine that she can upgrade when ever she wants to. Lastly I'll have to talk to her again then, but I think the built in windows movie maker is all she really need or would use.
But again thank you for your input. I believe my sister-in-law and my brother too will both be pleased by this laptop.
One small question before I go, is it the laptop or the printer that needs a usb bluetooth adapter in order to do the wireless printing feature offered by the printer (It's not that big of deal, I'm just curious)?
The adapter would be for the printer(I think) but does the sony laptop have bluetooth? If it doesn't you'd need an adapter for both.
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I would also like opinions on the 499$ BB model- would it be okay for light gaming (i.e. a game of Madden here and there)?
I'm not sure the specs on Madden, but i'd assume it migt run slow, really the only difference between the $399 and the $499 is the hard drive space. Only thing that could make your gaming experience better is to upgrade the RAM in the computer from 1GB to 1.5 or 2GB. But madden should run with the 1GB. Only thing is your battery life will go down quickly if your gaming.
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I'm wondering if any of the laptops at BB are gaming worthy? I am a World of Worldcraft Addict and would like to get a good laptop to play it on.
World of warcraft will run pretty well on the $400 BB BF laptop.
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Any idea where?
They run sales at CC and BB about once every few months(now none of these laptops are going to be on par with the Sony). Also http://www.newegg.com/ has good deals on laptops.
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Alright I see some people talking about the sony $399 lappy from BB on BF. Well I showed this to my sister-in-law and she really wants one. I know it'll handle everything she wants to (i.e. net surfing, photos (downloading them from her camera, editing them, and sharing them), music, word processing, etc.),
anyways my question is, she has children and occasionally likes to use her camera to take some videos of her kids. Could this lappy handle video editing (I know for a fact she would only do basic cropping, she would get fancy and want anything really professional.) ?
I believe if you going to do basic movie editing this will work fine, I have 3 suggestions though:
1. Movies files are generally big, meaning you might want to look into getting the 160gb hard drive.
2. Theres only 1GB of ram that comes with it, the more RAM you the smoother video editing will go, I would recommend upgrading to 2gb of memory(You may not need 2Gb but it depends completely on what you are doing with the video/what type of video it is/how long the video is.
3. The laptop doesn't come with video editing software so unless you want to use the Windows Vista movie maker you'll have to buy some too, just make sure it works with Vista before you buy it.
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Is the $399 Sony at BB a good deal (I need a lap to surf the net, type up documents, burn cds, and upload pics). Is it worth camping out for?
I would say yes, it will easily surf the net, type docs, burn cds, and upload pictures. Only thing is you could probably get a laptop that will do that for around the same price as a non BF sale. The Sony is good brand and it has decent specs, it can do more than what you need, even some mid range gaming if you like that kind of thing.
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hmm this looks like the same picture could this possibly be it?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8470031&type=product&id=1184768698737
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Idk if I'm gonna go with either of them until I see if BB does what they did last year and offer a cheaper one at the last moment, but if I had to choose between the two sony's, I'd go with the $399, because I don't really need another all-in-one printer, I'd just install Kaspersky internet security, and the laptop bag is a POS, so I'm not sure it would be worth another $100 to me for an extra 40gb.
Haha, I agree the anti virus and Laptop bag are POSs but I could use a printer, does anyone know the model number on the printer?
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haha, I didn't read that well that makes its easy I'm going for the upgraded model
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Yeah, ill most likely buy the upgraded model(160gb) as long as I can tell them I can install the anti virus myself:)
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Since the BB ad has just been posted. What is the best laptop they have on sale for BF is good/decent for gaming?
The Toshiba for 799.99 is probably the best for gaming of the BB Black Friday laptops, mostly because of the core2duo processor and 2gb ram. Its got a 17" screen so that means the battery life wont be great. It wont play Crysis or anything like that, but it will run most games.
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But really you really should be using that much ram on this laptop.
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oh yes I was thinking of XP 32bit, anyways the Sony laptop doesn't support more than 2gb anyways.
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I'm a computer science major, but the max amount of memory that windows vista(The version installed on the Sony) can only handle 2gb of ram. So if you buy the 2gb stick of laptop memory from BB on BF, you have to take out the memory that came with the laptop.(The 2GB memory kit sold on BF at BB for $54.99 should work with the Sony, but the kit is not 1 2gb stick, rather 2 1gb sticks) I just don't know if I will use the extra 40gb of hard drive space and I don't really want to stand there waiting the "geek squad" to install anti virus when i could be shopping elsewhere on BF.
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Who all is thinking about buying the Sony laptop? Which Model 120gb or 160gb? Is it worth standing there on BF waiting for the "Geek squad" to install anti virus? What about the 4gb Flash drives?
I know ill buy the laptop for sure, don't know if ill upgrade or not. I be picking up at least one 4gb flash drive and probably the laptop memory to upgrade the Sony to 2gbs.
Tents-- Are they worth it?
in 2007
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Last year my group brought a tent, and I'm so happy we did, it was really cold out side(I live in Wisconsin) and the when we went in the tent It was nice and warm. We put a sleeping bag on the bottom of it so we were not sitting on the cement sidewalk under us. We even played a game of monopoly in the tent. Right before tickets were being handed out we took the tent down and put it in the car. The last hour of waiting without a tent sucked, because we were cold.
I was wondering if anyone else had a positive/negative experience with a tent?