Ppfooie asked:


My laptop is a little old, now: 2003 HP Pavilion ze4400, AMD Athlon XP -M processor.

It didn’t come with a wireless card (hey – this was a gift – I never would have purchased a laptop without an internal card – I mean, what’s the point?). No prob until now when I’d like to take this machine on the road with me.

My PCMCIA slot is already being used by a USB2.0 card (yup, I’ve only got two USB1 slots on here), so am considering a USB wireless adapter so that I don’t experience loss of performance in my USB device – my mouse (I hate the pads) and my flashdrive.

I appreciate any advice here and am happy to provide any other necessary specs.

I’m looking at buying:
TRENDnet 108Mbps 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter – TEW-444UB

Or (if it seems better and I just say the heck with it and use my USB1 slots and get a wireless card): Linksys Wireless-G WPC54GX4 Notebook Adapter with SRX400 – IEEE 802.11b/g 2.4 GHz Card

Thoughts? Do I need anything else other than an adapter?

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Chris asked:


hey

right, im of to uni (fingers crossed) and am looking for a desktop replacement laptop with high specs. i want at least 3 gig ram, 2.0 ghz processer and minimum of nvidia 9200GT

i have my eye on a few such as a surprising entry from medion:

Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor T5800
2.0 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, FSB 800 MHz
18.4 TFT widescreen display
HD supporting 1680 x 945 pixels
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GS
DirectX® 10 graphics with 512MB GDDR2 graphic memory, Hybrid SLI® with HybridPowerTM support and digital HDMI audio/video output
2 integrated loudspeakers and 1 subwoofer
Dolby Home Theater® certified
320GB hard disk
4GB DDR SDRAM
Wireless LAN 802.11b/g Draft-n up to 300 Mbit/s
Blu-ray ROM Drive/Multi Standard DVD-/CD- writer
with blu-ray disc, DVD-RAM and Dual-Layer support
Integrated 1.3MP webcam and microphone

cost £780

HP have a few good ones too, bur i cant decide if to bother spending loads of money on a good gaming laptop when i will take my ps3 with me, do you know of any good laptops similar to the above specs (maybe lower/higher graphics) for about £600-£800?

thanks
thanks to everyone so far. im not too bothered about display size as long as its atleast 14. i had a look at alienware but they start at £1000 for pretty basic spec that i could get for £700. i also dont like the keyboard if it has small arrow keys since it hard to play games on them then (im left handed ) lol i know im being quitepicky but there are sooooo many to choose from

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The Impressive Empress asked:


I write. A lot. At least 50 articles a week, sometimes 10 a day. All are 400+ words. I mainly write articles online in exchange for compensation. With that said, I would need a laptop computer that has a decent text editor, internet access (preferably WiFi certified), and an image editing program.

What would be the best laptop for the price?

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Just wondering if purchasing the best Alienware laptop (with most memory, best videocard they have available for a laptop, etc.) is capable of running the newest PC games at the highest settings (for example Bioshock 2). I know that the best laptop that they offer would come out to like 5K, but is even THAT able to run the game at maximum settings without crashing or having to run at a low frame rate.

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Garrett asked:


I want a laptop that is all upgraded to the best of everything and has a big screen. I want it to be used for almost everything. Alienware is not what im interested in though.

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Solace asked:


my laptop (zenith) gives a back of 2.5 hrs approximately, can i increase the battery life for more hours or to be more precise can i buy a brand new batteries from the store with more power say that can work upto 5hrs, (oo me just a newbie in using laptop not into these type of technical stuff) . any other information regarding laptops r wellcome.

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