9mmCensor said:
I got a laptop and sold my desktop to try to curb my upgrade expenditures.
Lets just say it hasn't worked.
Upgraded the RAM to 1GB
Bought a USB Hub
Bought a Bluetooth Adaptor
Bought a Wifi G card (Windows)
Bought a Wifi B card (Linux)
Bought a GPS Unit
Bought a Serial to USB Adaptor
Bought a bunch of old games to play on the laptop
And now I want a 7200RPM lappy drive.
I think I have a problem.
Well, if ya ponied up the $ for the right lappy.... The one I'm itching to get (Dell i9300) has;
Ram: I'll probably order it with 512, and get more from newegg...so ya got me there.
USB hub: I believe I'll have 6 USB ports, built in. Don't need it.
Bluetooth: Optional at purchase...$29, IIRC.
Wifi "G": Built in.
Don't know if it works w/ Linux or not though...
GPS: Really don't have a need for one myself....
Serial to USB: I could use one of these...I've got an aftermarket, 3rd party "remote control", that's serial based. But, chances are when I buy the i9300, I'll get it w/ XP Media Ed., and the USB TV tuner, and that comes with it's own remote...
You had to go out and
buy some OLD games?!?!? Heck, I've got a ton of stuff in a box, more than half of which I've never even loaded and played.
7200 RPM drive: Already got one, used thru our forums here. It's in my Presario 1720US ATM, and will "migrate" to the Dell (whenever I can afford to get it already...
)
*me looks at gaming rig on table beside me as I type*
HMMM... I see a DFI LanParty mobo (cha-ching), 2.8C retail P4, a gig of the good stuff (Corsair XL PRO PC3200...the stuff w/ "activity lights...LOL) (cha-ching), waterpump, CPU/GPU fancy-schmancy blocks, radiator with a fancy-schmancy shroud... 9800 Pro 256 (modded to and XT), bought when they fetched about $300.... All kinds of bling-bling (UV lights, UV sleeving, yada-yada...) Etc...etc...ad-infinium...
I've got a feeling I'll probably spend
LESS on an i9300, and the Dell will run circles around my ol' Gamer.
*sigh*
I'd be a lot easier lugging around a 9 LB laptop, instead of this watercooled, housed in a mid-tower Chieftec (albeit, and aluminum one) super-duper-uber-31337-it r0xx0rz-gaming rig.