Comments for Guidesk http://guidesk.com Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:57:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Five Limitations of Atom Processors – Things You Won’t Miss in a Netbook by Dr. Vijayhttp://guidesk.com/five-limitations-of-atom-processors-things-you-wont-miss/comment-page-1/#comment-1906 Dr. Vijay Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:57:07 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=1169#comment-1906 I am using HP Mini 110-3730TU for instance. It works quite good with Intel Atom N570 @ 1.67GHz with 2 GB RAM and 320 HDD. I use WIn 7 Ultimate with Office 2010 with ease and battery lasts for > 7hr. EXXXtremely portable. I sold my HP DV6 Core i5 430 instead of this with huge cashback for doing such simple tasks. No Gaming Sorry. Except Chess!!! I am using HP Mini 110-3730TU for instance.
It works quite good with Intel Atom N570 @ 1.67GHz with 2 GB RAM and 320 HDD. I use WIn 7 Ultimate with Office 2010 with ease and battery lasts for > 7hr. EXXXtremely portable.
I sold my HP DV6 Core i5 430 instead of this with huge cashback for doing such simple tasks. No Gaming Sorry. Except Chess!!!

]]> Comment on Why Are MacBooks Overpriced? Is it the Processor? by Jeffhttp://guidesk.com/why-are-macbooks-overpriced-is-it-the-processor/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Jeff Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:09:58 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=1276#comment-1897 Honestly, cpu benchmarks are just one of the things. A macbook is going to have an insane bottleneck because the gpu is an igp, the igp is an intel hd 3000, which doesn't even compare to a Nvidia GT 425m. You can't just do 1 benchmark and say "Oh this is faster", you have to do a benchmark, or multiple benchmarks for ever parts of the pc to see which is faster. I can get a dell inspiron with an i5/i7 and intel hd 3000 for 700 bucks, but I have to pay 1200 for a macbook with those specs. I could pay 1200 for a asus gaming laptop with an i7 and a nvidia gtx 560m (2gb variation), but there's no comparable mac for that. (the best gpu the macbook pro comes with is the 6770m, the 560m is about 35% faster). Honestly, cpu benchmarks are just one of the things. A macbook is going to have an insane bottleneck because the gpu is an igp, the igp is an intel hd 3000, which doesn’t even compare to a Nvidia GT 425m. You can’t just do 1 benchmark and say “Oh this is faster”, you have to do a benchmark, or multiple benchmarks for ever parts of the pc to see which is faster. I can get a dell inspiron with an i5/i7 and intel hd 3000 for 700 bucks, but I have to pay 1200 for a macbook with those specs. I could pay 1200 for a asus gaming laptop with an i7 and a nvidia gtx 560m (2gb variation), but there’s no comparable mac for that. (the best gpu the macbook pro comes with is the 6770m, the 560m is about 35% faster).

]]> Comment on Netbook as Primary Computer – Why Some People aren’t Compatible with Mini Notebooks by Lewis Granthttp://guidesk.com/netbook-as-primary-computer-why-some-people-arent-compatible-with-mini-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1882 Lewis Grant Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:14:19 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=1164#comment-1882 That's not bad at all, Aiko. I had quite a trouble even with 720p on my Asus 1005ha, especially on youtube. Admittedly an older construction, though. That’s not bad at all, Aiko. I had quite a trouble even with 720p on my Asus 1005ha, especially on youtube. Admittedly an older construction, though.

]]> Comment on Netbook as Primary Computer – Why Some People aren’t Compatible with Mini Notebooks by Aikohttp://guidesk.com/netbook-as-primary-computer-why-some-people-arent-compatible-with-mini-notebooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1881 Aiko Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:22:42 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=1164#comment-1881 I'm running 1080p videos in media player classic on my D257 Aspire One (Intel GMA 3150) on an external monitor just fine? o.o I’m running 1080p videos in media player classic on my D257 Aspire One (Intel GMA 3150) on an external monitor just fine? o.o

]]> Comment on Why is 2GB the Maximum Memory You Can Have in a Netbook? by darthhttp://guidesk.com/why-is-2gb-the-maximum-memory-you-can-have-in-a-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 darth Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:06:21 +0000 http://guidesk.com/why-is-2gb-the-maximum-memory-you-can-have-in-a-netbook/#comment-1854 2gb is the physical limit for N4xx netbxooks due to the amount of addressable memory see intel website for more details. If you want faster netbook reccomend getting your netbook memory up to 2gb as this makes video and browsing faster there are panels under the machine that house the memory and Hard disk , upgrading the version of windows also gives you more flexibilty and finally swapping a higher capacaty hard drive gives more storage, netbooks face really tough competition from tablets and small form factor laptops and even some phones pack more power but I am tapping this note out on a netbook if intel put there one new Teraflop Nights corner chip in a netbook $55m supercomputer power in the size of a book! most netbooks have a few slots and also some of the newer netbooks released have dual core which should also be slightly faster. 2gb is the physical limit for N4xx netbxooks due to the amount of addressable memory see intel website for more details.
If you want faster netbook reccomend getting your netbook memory up to 2gb as this makes video and browsing faster there are panels under the machine that house the memory and Hard disk , upgrading the version of windows also gives you more flexibilty and finally swapping a higher capacaty hard drive gives more storage, netbooks face really tough competition from tablets and small form factor laptops and even some phones pack more power but I am tapping this note out on a netbook if intel put there one new Teraflop Nights corner chip in a netbook $55m supercomputer power in the size of a book! most netbooks have a few slots and also some of the newer netbooks released have dual core which should also be slightly faster.

]]> Comment on Why is 2GB the Maximum Memory You Can Have in a Netbook? by Cuvtixohttp://guidesk.com/why-is-2gb-the-maximum-memory-you-can-have-in-a-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 Cuvtixo Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:57:32 +0000 http://guidesk.com/why-is-2gb-the-maximum-memory-you-can-have-in-a-netbook/#comment-1846 For whatever it's worth, I have heard reports around the web that these 4GB modules work and memory is recognized in the older Macbooks (some of which use the same memory, for example a 200-pin SODIMM DDR2 PC2-5300): Apparently there's no memory limitation on Intel Dual-Core CPUs. For whatever it’s worth, I have heard reports around the web that these 4GB modules work and memory is recognized in the older Macbooks (some of which use the same memory, for example a 200-pin SODIMM DDR2 PC2-5300): Apparently there’s no memory limitation on Intel Dual-Core CPUs.

]]> Comment on 4GB Flash Drive by Lewis Granthttp://guidesk.com/4gb-flash-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1793 Lewis Grant Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:44:58 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=280#comment-1793 That's one issue less. Good to know.Lewis That’s one issue less. Good to know.

Lewis

]]> Comment on 4GB Flash Drive by Patrick DonEganhttp://guidesk.com/4gb-flash-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 Patrick DonEgan Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:42:43 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=280#comment-1792 FireWire 400 and 800 are compatible with a cable change. FireWire 400 and 800 are compatible with a cable change.

]]> Comment on How much does a 1TB external hard drive hold? by Shavonhttp://guidesk.com/how-much-does-a-1tb-external-hard-drive-hold/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 Shavon Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:10:00 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=883#comment-1788 Very helpful!! Very helpful!!

]]> Comment on MacBook pro 13 i5 or i7? by Lewis Granthttp://guidesk.com/macbook-pro-13-i5-or-i7/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 Lewis Grant Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:54:13 +0000 http://guidesk.com/?p=1743#comment-1778 Truth to be told, the difference between i7 and i5 is almost negligible unless you drive it to the ceiling regularly. It's a speck of an increase in performance compared to what going SSD does to your system.As far as longevity or 'future proofness' is concerned, just take a look at a 5 years old mac. Does 2-300 Mhz of difference on an aging system matter in a world where a simple web browser munches 1.5 gigabytes of ram, and works two CPU cores?And yeah, unfortunately the SSD goes to the place of the HDD so you'll have to find another way to keep it around.(just as a side-note, SSDs seem to double in capacity and drop to half the price every 18 months or so)(side note 2, sorry for the moderation thing, the site gets about five hundred spam posts for every one written by a human)Lewis Truth to be told, the difference between i7 and i5 is almost negligible unless you drive it to the ceiling regularly. It’s a speck of an increase in performance compared to what going SSD does to your system.

As far as longevity or ‘future proofness’ is concerned, just take a look at a 5 years old mac. Does 2-300 Mhz of difference on an aging system matter in a world where a simple web browser munches 1.5 gigabytes of ram, and works two CPU cores?

And yeah, unfortunately the SSD goes to the place of the HDD so you’ll have to find another way to keep it around.

(just as a side-note, SSDs seem to double in capacity and drop to half the price every 18 months or so)

(side note 2, sorry for the moderation thing, the site gets about five hundred spam posts for every one written by a human)

Lewis

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