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wasteofo2
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I'm going to be getting a laptop soon, and I'm really ignorant about Computers in general, so I'd be really appreciative if I could get some help narrowing down the chioces of what'd be best for me from some of the computer geniuses here.
I don't play any sorts of computer games like Half-Life or anything like that; if I do play any computer games they're just little flash things, so I really have no need at all for a special graphics card or a screen with great resolution or anything.
I record music, so I'm guessing I'll need at least a 2.0ghz processor and 256mb of dual drive ram. With recording music, I obviously would like to have a good quality sound-card, but I really don't know which brands are good or even what characteristics make a sound card good so I really need help there.
Recording music is the most resource-intensive thing I do on a computer, besides that I pretty much just use it for school assignments (powerpoint and word), listen to MP3's, download music, browse the web and use Instant Messenger. I do generally like to multi-task alot, like have music playing, be iming people, have a few web pages up and maybe MS word or paint or something like that running, so I need to be able to do all that without freezing up and crashing.
Also, I want to try to keep this on the relatively cheap side, somewhere around $800 or less if possible...
So, any reccomendation on some specs for a laptop, or a good company to look into?
Thanks a TON,
Jacob
I don't play any sorts of computer games like Half-Life or anything like that; if I do play any computer games they're just little flash things, so I really have no need at all for a special graphics card or a screen with great resolution or anything.
I record music, so I'm guessing I'll need at least a 2.0ghz processor and 256mb of dual drive ram. With recording music, I obviously would like to have a good quality sound-card, but I really don't know which brands are good or even what characteristics make a sound card good so I really need help there.
Recording music is the most resource-intensive thing I do on a computer, besides that I pretty much just use it for school assignments (powerpoint and word), listen to MP3's, download music, browse the web and use Instant Messenger. I do generally like to multi-task alot, like have music playing, be iming people, have a few web pages up and maybe MS word or paint or something like that running, so I need to be able to do all that without freezing up and crashing.
Also, I want to try to keep this on the relatively cheap side, somewhere around $800 or less if possible...
So, any reccomendation on some specs for a laptop, or a good company to look into?
Thanks a TON,
Jacob
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