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I suppose so. I'd still feel better having 6 or 8 GB of memory, especially since I had a scare where the repair place I went to though one of my memory slots went bad.
Besides that, I'm definitely going with the Xtopic thing. I can't find anything else that nice. I'm still not sure what the Matte vs Glossy screen means for me, or if it even matters. I'm normally indoors and can control my light settings, so I don't think it matters.
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So I'm Trying To Find The Perfect Laptop... And I kinda did, but there's one fatal problem
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Posted 14 December 2011 - 02:51 AM
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Posted 14 December 2011 - 03:00 AM
You should be good at this point. As I said though, do the appropriate research on the machine, as I know I cannot offer any advise on the build. If you really want an understanding of the differences between a matte, and glossy finish, check out your local best buy. Understand that different displays will have sometimes vastly different quality to them, so take that into account while looking. Go back to their desktop montiors. They should have a decent selection of both glossy and matte displays. Take your time, and see which you prefer.
In my home, all of my monitors, and with one exception, all of my TV's are matte. I have very large windows, when the sun shines in, they are extremely hard to see. Now, that may not be the case for everyone. So check them out, and get what works for you.
With the laptop you are looking at, avoid strange quantities of ram. 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, etc will put your machine into 'dual chanel' mode, and you will get better performance...
I actually need to swap out the ram in my laptop for the same reason, just been busy with other things.
In my home, all of my monitors, and with one exception, all of my TV's are matte. I have very large windows, when the sun shines in, they are extremely hard to see. Now, that may not be the case for everyone. So check them out, and get what works for you.
With the laptop you are looking at, avoid strange quantities of ram. 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, etc will put your machine into 'dual chanel' mode, and you will get better performance...
I actually need to swap out the ram in my laptop for the same reason, just been busy with other things.
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Posted 14 December 2011 - 03:30 PM
Personally, I think I may be more sensitive to glare than others, since others don't seem to be bothered with glossy screens. At retail stores, note that just about all the laptops they carry will have glossy screens (consumer models). However, a lot of desktop screens are matte, and there glossy seems to be considered a premium feature.
fyi, if you have 4 ram slots, you can have a config like 3GB RAM and still have dual-channel. A friend's machine had 512MBx2 in one channel, and I added 1GBx2 in the other, and according to cpu-z it had 3GB running in dual-channel. However, with a laptop that's usually not an option.
fyi, if you have 4 ram slots, you can have a config like 3GB RAM and still have dual-channel. A friend's machine had 512MBx2 in one channel, and I added 1GBx2 in the other, and according to cpu-z it had 3GB running in dual-channel. However, with a laptop that's usually not an option.
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