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Hello,
So I bought an Acer two years back and it's been nothing but pure horror. I want to get myself a new laptop, but I'm very unknowing when it comes to hardware. I was thinking about a Dell because I've heard they're decent and cheap, but then (when searching "Dell" on this forum) I found a thread breaking it down, so now I'm not sure anymore. I've never had a Mac and I'm not eager to jump into one (I think it's too much with every button shining and buttons enlarging when hovering over them etc -- Vista is painfully trying to copy the style and failing, making it even uglier in my view) but it's the only brand I've heard nothing but good things from. I do hesitate on it due to the price and incompatibility with .EXE. Anyway I don't even need that much and I don't want to overdo it: I'm a first year Physics & Math student and don't play computer games, so I suppose a decent processor is all I need (although then again I've heard about calculating programs using the graphics chip...). Actually I have no idea what kind of college computer programs I'll have to run in the future for Physics & Math, but I'm guessing nothing too intense.
All help is appreciated :)
So I bought an Acer two years back and it's been nothing but pure horror. I want to get myself a new laptop, but I'm very unknowing when it comes to hardware. I was thinking about a Dell because I've heard they're decent and cheap, but then (when searching "Dell" on this forum) I found a thread breaking it down, so now I'm not sure anymore. I've never had a Mac and I'm not eager to jump into one (I think it's too much with every button shining and buttons enlarging when hovering over them etc -- Vista is painfully trying to copy the style and failing, making it even uglier in my view) but it's the only brand I've heard nothing but good things from. I do hesitate on it due to the price and incompatibility with .EXE. Anyway I don't even need that much and I don't want to overdo it: I'm a first year Physics & Math student and don't play computer games, so I suppose a decent processor is all I need (although then again I've heard about calculating programs using the graphics chip...). Actually I have no idea what kind of college computer programs I'll have to run in the future for Physics & Math, but I'm guessing nothing too intense.
All help is appreciated :)