What was the last computer you guys have purchased?
Yesterday I just purchased a Lenove Yoga13 Ideapad, how about you guys?
What was the last computer you guys have purchased?
Yesterday I just purchased a Lenove Yoga13 Ideapad, how about you guys?
Jump to PostNow that I think of it, I havent purchased a complete computer since 1999. Since then, I have been keeping up my PCs by acquiring parts from various sources.
Jump to PostI don't buy computers any more, just buy parts and let my son put the parts together to make a computer. I got a kick-ass computer for gaming a few months ago that way so that I can play Diablo 3. And I probably saved about 25% or more over …
Now that I think of it, I havent purchased a complete computer since 1999. Since then, I have been keeping up my PCs by acquiring parts from various sources.
I don't buy computers any more, just buy parts and let my son put the parts together to make a computer. I got a kick-ass computer for gaming a few months ago that way so that I can play Diablo 3. And I probably saved about 25% or more over the cost of a ready-made computer of comperable power at Best Buy.
Currently a Dell inspiron 1720. The next one (in September) likely an ASUS N76VZ.
Exactly a year ago, I bought an Acer laptop with an i7 processor, 8Gb ram, and 1Tb HDD. It was a bargain at the time, and it works great, just a little less powerful than my desktop computer at home (from 2.5 years ago). It's slick, has a full full-size keyboard, decent size screen, yet light-weight and portable. Although it mostly sits in my office, it's nice that laptops today can be good enough as primary work-computers because you don't have to suffer of reduced means when travelling or moving around (from office to labs).
If you include non-PC computers, then my latest acquisition (last summer) was a new micro-controller board (Quanser HiQ) for my lab's satellite-emulating unmanned aerial vehicle. It runs a hard-real-time micro-Linux kernel and allows us to control the UAV via wifi (which is not without its challenges in a hard-real-time system). Pretty good overall, although I had to squeeze every clock-cycle out of the code to get it to run the control systems and filters smoothly.
I began to realize one problem with the laptop I purchased recently... I have to keep it clean from smudges on the screen (because it is touch screen)...
I keep switching back and forth between my IPad and my Toshiba Notebook. Now there are smudges on my notebook (does not have a touch screen).
Now there are smudges on my notebook (does not have a touch screen).
LOL :)
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