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Zarcath · 11-22-2007, 08:56 AM

Alright i'm in the market for a new laptop that can run WoW decently.

Vostro seems pretty fucking decent for the hardware. The only option I didn't see was one for media input. The laptop would HAVE to have firewire ports so I could do video editing on it. Can anyone confirm if the Vostro has a firewire port?

Also all of the different wifi card options confused me. I hardly deal with wifi nics, imo all nic cards are pretty much the same. Do I need a beefy one or is the default 803.1 shit good enough? I wouldn't even really want to use wifi unless I was forced to, i prefer cat5s.

is this $384 savings a holiday thing or what? how long can I put off buying one?

edit: also, I own XP Pro, can I dump the default XP Home and install Pro or is there some gay proprietary shit going on with the software? I remember my Sony laptop would shit bricks if I tried to do anything with the installed software that didn't originate from their back-up cds.

11-22-2007, 08:56 AM	#35 (permalink)
Zarcath Read Farmer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 5,218 +19 Internets	Alright i'm in the market for a new laptop that can run WoW decently. Vostro seems pretty fucking decent for the hardware. The only option I didn't see was one for media input. The laptop would HAVE to have firewire ports so I could do video editing on it. Can anyone confirm if the Vostro has a firewire port? Also all of the different wifi card options confused me. I hardly deal with wifi nics, imo all nic cards are pretty much the same. Do I need a beefy one or is the default 803.1 shit good enough? I wouldn't even really want to use wifi unless I was forced to, i prefer cat5s. is this $384 savings a holiday thing or what? how long can I put off buying one? edit: also, I own XP Pro, can I dump the default XP Home and install Pro or is there some gay proprietary shit going on with the software? I remember my Sony laptop would shit bricks if I tried to do anything with the installed software that didn't originate from their back-up cds. __________________ Last edited by Zarcath : 11-22-2007 at 07:12 PM.