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Originally posted by Cloudburst Laptops have at least mic and line out (the magic green contact) so you should be able to connect speakers to it.

will the seprated speakers perform to the best?


whats the BESY pc brand to buy? HP? DELL? TOSHIBA? or what? :/

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Originally posted by mezzir hm i'm considering getting a desktop soon actually as well for music and shit i have a laptop that does everything else fine but i could use a better sound card. idk yet though

hmmmmm Main thing for me is music too....hmmmmm

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Originally posted by Googooly will the seprated speakers perform to the best? whats the BESY pc brand to buy? HP? DELL? TOSHIBA? or what? :/

For laptops, probably Toshiba from that list (they only make laptops and tablets). For desktops....I would say HP, but Dell and HPs are very close. HP's might be a little better quality wise, while Dell's might be a little less money. I just got a Dell PC cause I got $500 off of it (a combo of a student discount and a labor day promotion). If I didn't get that discount, I probably would have gone with Alienware or ABS but would have had to wait for the prices to come down (which for the same system was $3,800 back in late August, but are now selling for around the same price I paid).

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Originally posted by dj_alfi lol, the way you said it makes it sound like thats something brand new hehe.. i remember one of my first computers, before onboard-crap came as standard, i had this soundblaster soundcard.. that thing wasnt just big, it was about the size of the tri-state area..

Well I am talking about laptops. Creative just released one for laptops. I believe it's put into the PC card slot...I think that's what I meant not PCI.

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Originally posted by Googooly will the seprated speakers perform to the best?

Yes most external speakers you buy should be way better than the tiny speakers found on most laptops.

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Originally posted by Spirit5 Yes most external speakers you buy should be way better than the tiny speakers found on most laptops.

i know that, what i meant was will they work well with laptops sound card? will the sound card on laptop powerful enough to coupe with the powerful speakers?

Laptop. It gives you almost all the functionality of a desktop + mobility. Mobility is important. You may need it in the future.

You're only cool if you have both.

before i started college i just had a powerful desktop that i built myself so it can run my flight simulator. But as soon as i started uni, i bought myself a hp dv1000 laptop for like 900 bucks which was pretty good price 2 years ago.



but yea, you should just get your self a powerful laptop, like one of those dell xps laptops.

laptops are typically more expensive, and unable to be upgraded. I had a desktop, but I hardly game anymore. I use a laptop now for times like this, writing a post on TA and watching star wars on cinemax because cinemax refuses to change their movie lineup even occasionally (damn you time warner!!!)

desktops are nice because they are cheaper and easily upgradable. They do take up alot of room. Room that I no longer have, I can't dedicate an entire desk to a computer anymore.

If you are looking for a decently powered laptop, check out the dell vostro. It's designed for small businesses, but the specs are on par with their other model laptops, and MUCH cheaper. check the specs for yourself.

desktop.
It's big and big = better.
and yes, they are portable, i see people in the library all the time with theirs.
Put a nice 8800GTX in there, you'll be seeing online textbooks with 512x Anti-Aliasing.

I have both, and to be honest, unless you play graphical intensive games, go with the laptop and get a cooling pad for it. You can get a laptop that is a work horse, minus the graphical capability, for reasonable and get some good stereo speakers that will hook into the headphone jack.

The only minus is screen size, which isn't a terrible adjustment. And this is coming from someone that switches from a 22" widesceen to a 15.4" widescreen when I change.

I would get the cooling pad though if it is going to be your primary computer because the single fan that is in most laptops just doesn't cut it when keeping the key components cool.

I would also get a mouse for it. A full size one for when you are using it as a desktop (probably wired to save on purchasing batteries) and a small portable one for travel.

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Originally posted by Googooly will the seprated speakers perform to the best? whats the BESY pc brand to buy? HP? DELL? TOSHIBA? or what? :/

Depends on your audio card/ purchased expandable audio card, and price range you are working with.

If you are just listening to music, and aren't an audiophile, any PC laptop should be god. (I would recommend using Linux if you can stand dealing with a different OS or are already familiar with it. I haven't paid for one program since switching to Ubuntu and I can do anything any Windows machine can other than games.)

If you are gaming on it, or you are doing a lot with music production and video editing, something else.

Gaming = desktop PC running Windows

Music/Video = Mac of any kind with lots of RAM.

Work horse for internet, office, and music = PC running Ubuntu or Kubuntu Linux. (Free OS, free application and almost no risk for a virus or spyware)

Laptop or Desktop
Mac or PC

http://www.deals2buy.com/computer.htm for the best deals

I LOVE my laptop, and i use it all the time

advantages...take it anywhere, moderately fast, wireless internet and very quiet

disadvantages....prone too overheat and DIE due to over and frequent use

sooooooo just dont save all your banking information and passwords or any other valuable files that you would miss all on one laptop. make sure you back them up somewhere else!

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[i][b] but yea, you should just get your self a powerful laptop, like one of those dell xps laptops.

thats exactly what i have in mind to buy if im going for laptop...

at the moment im really stuck! I want a laptop becuase it take far less space and its portable, but then i wont be getting the same powerful sound and graphic as you do with pc and....it will be unupgradeble which is not too bad if I buy a good laptop. At the moment i give more points to laptop.

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Originally posted by Dieselboy_1206 I have both, and to be honest, unless you play graphical intensive games, go with the laptop and get a cooling pad for it. You can get a laptop that is a work horse, minus the graphical capability, for reasonable and get some good stereo speakers that will hook into the headphone jack. The only minus is screen size, which isn't a terrible adjustment. And this is coming from someone that switches from a 22" widesceen to a 15.4" widescreen when I change. I would get the cooling pad though if it is going to be your primary computer because the single fan that is in most laptops just doesn't cut it when keeping the key components cool. I would also get a mouse for it. A full size one for when you are using it as a desktop (probably wired to save on purchasing batteries) and a small portable one for travel.

its good to hear from someone with EXPERIENCE!

I think I might do what you say, get a laptop then save my money to buy an expensive speakers for it, then ill be sorted! after all music and internet are the main thing for me!

Thanks for advice budy

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Originally posted by leph555 http://www.deals2buy.com/computer.htm for the best deals

will they ship to uk?

I think some of them should

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