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[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Okay Hades. =P ... Wait, you're serious? 0_o

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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@ Truth.. Oh snap!

[The Truth]

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Yep, I'm serious. Bad day for electronics all around...my laptop just finished a five-hour CHKDSK run and found 8 bad sectors on my hard drive.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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=(

[mtmerrick]

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Yep, I'm serious. Bad day for electronics all around...my laptop just finished a five-hour CHKDSK run and found 8 bad sectors on my hard drive.

D=

clone it NOW. once you have it cloned, install the cloned HDD/SSD, then put in the correct OEM OS disc (if its windows 7, burn an ISO to disc) and use it to repair the damaged files.

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[The Truth]

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I don't have any other disk drives, and another bad sector just appeared. Interesting note...last year, around August, I had to get the hard drive in this exact same laptop replaced. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DELL AGAIN.

[mtmerrick]

I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DELL AGAIN.

^many, many people have said that. =P including by dad =P

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[The Truth]

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Finding a new PC will be hard...I have too many requirements.

1: Radeon HD 6000m or equivalent Nvidia GPU.
2: 500 GB storage. Preferably fast, and NOT a model prone to bad sectors.
3: 8 GB RAM.
4: must be a laptop.
5: Capable of 5ghz Wireless-N.
6: Ivy Bridge processor.
$1500 or less.


See what I mean? It doesn't exist!

Edit: Hmmm....

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Good luck with that...

[mtmerrick]

*cough zenbook prime cough* (and others)



a midrange GeForce Kepler GPU + ivy bridge iCore = a fairly common top of the line ultrabook/ultraportable.

they like to pair dedicated GPUs with HDDs, getting a 500GB one won't be hard. of course, if you went with a SSD your PC would last MUCH longer, but a 512GB SSD will peg on a few hundred $$$ more. if you could live with a 256 you get the best of both worlds.

8 GB RAM is standard, as is WiFi b/g/n

$1500? ok, yeah, its doable =P


if you are willing to go a bit bigger/heavier (more towards the DRC side of things) you'll save some money. all depends on how much battery life means to you.




so yeah, what you want, they exist.

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[The Truth]

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*points to edit*

[mtmerrick]

toshiba stuff is always overpriced, in my experience.

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that's only a sandy bridge i7, but a sandy bridge i7 is pretty ****** in itself =P


bet we can find you better.

any brand prefrences?

[The Truth]

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*removes swear from your post, even though I agree with what you said*

No Dell, and no HP. That's it.

[mtmerrick]

No Dell, and no HP. That's it.

^this


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oh, have you seen the new visio ultrabooks?

*goes to re-check their specs/prices*




LE EDIT:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152337

^?

[The Truth]

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Actually, one more "no": No Sony - I keep hearing about their batteries going boom.

No, I haven't.

EDIT: Managed to lower the price of the Toshiba one to $1099...still a bit much.

[mtmerrick]

*points to le edit*

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also,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131206
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152349

[The Truth]

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@Edit: sounds good, too expensive... $1000 is about the max.
Even though I wish I could buy one of the super-high-end $5000 ones.

[mtmerrick]

posted another in the last post.

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i thought you said your price was $1500?

hm... most effective sacrifice i think you should make is CPU. step down to an ivy bridge i5, and focus on a better GPU. it may not have as much instant power, but it'll last longer.


EDIT1: OR maybe step down to a sandy bridge i7?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215409

[The Truth]

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Well, if you see my prior edit, I lowered the price to $1099 by removing worthless accessories.


Hm..good, not as powerful a HDD.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Anything over a grand is gonna be way too tempting to thieves...