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Heightz Aug 10, 2014

I'm getting my first laptop/computer and don't know that much about it. I was wondering if anyone have any knowledge on this subject. Any recommendations, suggestions or advice would be nice. Thank you.
ꅔꉻꐪ꒩ᵀᴸ Aug 10, 2014

Yeah, I've got some knowledge on the subject. Looking to build or buy whole? Gaming or basic house use? Building is easy and fun as well, so don't rule that out because it's a little intimidating.
destroyer92400 Aug 10, 2014

⊗ᴹ ϾΘⱠΘЅЅỤЅ ☣ wrote:
Yeah, I've got some knowledge on the subject. Looking to build or buy whole? Gaming or basic house use? Building is easy and fun as well, so don't rule that out because it's a little intimidating.
Sgt Mayday Aug 10, 2014

Best option(if it's a PC) is to build it yourself.
ҜɪⱠⱠеƦ✭Ǥ Aug 10, 2014

I remember my first computer lol good old Commodore 64 , loved playing ninja turtles on that bad boy
༦ᵑєͦєͫєͣĸͩץ🐎༤ Aug 10, 2014

Sinclair ZX81 for me....they've changed a lot since then
♠️ADD TURFA♠️ Aug 10, 2014

I would say use intel i3 or i5 for general to demanding household use, buy intel i7 for gaming. That's just my opinion though, some people prefer AMD ... as for graphics, I don't have a favourite brand (been outta the game for a couple of years now).
A 1Tb HDD gives plenty of storage but remember, the bigger the HDD, the slower the read/write times. I use dual hard drives in my computers, 250Gb for the operating system and 500Gb+ for storage.
My personal favourite OS would have to be Microsoft XP Professional, but I'm not even sure if you can get that anymore. I'm also not sure how good Microsoft support would be on it these days, or even if it could be activated!
The few times I've used Windows 8 I absolutely hated it but with that said, I have heard good reports on it. Probably worth looking up some recent reviews online in that regard.

Good luck, computers can be good fun but they can also drive you nuts!
Mr,Shush Aug 10, 2014

Spectrum was mine :-)
[Add:Baz]Boffer Aug 10, 2014

Amstrad cpc 464, the one with an integrated cassette player, for loading software.
Ꭰаяκεя ᎠιgιтaƖ Aug 10, 2014

вᵃԀ тṵʀғᵃ wrote:
I would say use intel i3 or i5 for general to demanding household use, buy intel i7 for gaming. That's just my opinion though, some people prefer AMD ... as for graphics, I don't have a favourite brand (been outta the game for a couple of years now).

An i5 is plenty enough for gaming I have a i5 3570k and it does everything just fine. A cheaper solution for a cpu would probably be a AMD 6300. A graphics card for the most part determines the quality of the games you can play. As for os Win8 is faster but it also has the U.I that you may or may not like win7 is slightly slower but without the U.I. And I believe Win 9 is set to come out early next year. But honestly os is personal preference. And every computer now days should have at least 1tb of storage no matter how you do it.
〓ＣＨＵＣＫＹ〓 Aug 10, 2014

Texas Instruments, TI-99 4A
🔥VIVA🔥BELÍAL🔥 Aug 10, 2014

Ꭰаяκεя ᎠιgιтaƖ wrote:
...every computer now days should have at least 1tb of storage no matter how you do it.

I have 900 GB 🙊
GᖇᗩᐯE ᗪIGGEᖇ Aug 10, 2014

Mac
Ꭰаяκεя ᎠιgιтaƖ Aug 10, 2014

Mr. Smrks 👌 wrote:
Ꭰаяκεя ᎠιgιтaƖ wrote:
...every computer now days should have at least 1tb of storage no matter how you do it.

I have 900 GB 🙊
Well I guess a better way to phrase it would be every computer made today should at least have 1tb👌
♠️ADD TURFA♠️ Aug 10, 2014

Ꭰаяκεя ᎠιgιтaƖ wrote:
Mr. Smrks 👌 wrote:
Ꭰаяκεя ᎠιgιтaƖ wrote:
...every computer now days should have at least 1tb of storage no matter how you do it.

I have 900 GB 🙊
Well I guess a better way to phrase it would be every computer made today should at least have 1tb👌
I would say that every computer user should have at least 1Tb available. Sata drives are hot swappable like USB, so buy multiple data external drives :)
✯⊂ουrι∈r✯διχ✯ Aug 11, 2014

Most pc's come preloaded with the NSA spyware these days, when you get your computer be sure to go to your system file and delete the folder called SYSTEM32
mango12 Aug 11, 2014

^^^
🔥VIVA🔥BELÍAL🔥 Aug 11, 2014

✯⊂ουrι∈r✯διχ✯ wrote:
Most pc's come preloaded with the NSA spyware these days, when you get your computer be sure to go to your system file and delete the folder called SYSTEM32

Or uninstall the video driver. That's what my friend from the NSA said to do
ყoցi Aug 11, 2014

Get one that does what you need within your budget. Best. Advice. Ever.
Sgt Mayday Aug 12, 2014

༦ᵑყͦიͫǥͣɪͩ༤ wrote:
Get one that does what you need within your budget. Best. Advice. Ever.

Also the most vague advice ever 😝
atla Aug 12, 2014

COSMAC ELF
Heightz Aug 15, 2014

Ok thank y'all
♠️ADD TURFA♠️ Aug 15, 2014

Mr. Smrks 👌 wrote:
✯⊂ουrι∈r✯διχ✯ wrote:
Most pc's come preloaded with the NSA spyware these days, when you get your computer be sure to go to your system file and delete the folder called SYSTEM32

Or uninstall the video driver. That's what my friend from the NSA said to do
These are two of the stupidest jokes I've ever seen online. Telling him to press Alt+F4 is one thing. Telling him to destroy his computer is another thing entirely. It is not a practical joke, it is not a joke at all. It take stupidity to another level.
Nobody listen to the advice offered by these two idiots. You will ruin your computer.
THΞ ΜΞD༏C Aug 15, 2014

вᵃԀ тṵʀғᵃ wrote:
Mr. Smrks 👌 wrote:
✯⊂ουrι∈r✯διχ✯ wrote:
Most pc's come preloaded with the NSA spyware these days, when you get your computer be sure to go to your system file and delete the folder called SYSTEM32

Or uninstall the video driver. That's what my friend from the NSA said to do
These are two of the stupidest jokes I've ever seen online. Telling him to press Alt+F4 is one thing. Telling him to destroy his computer is another thing entirely. It is not a practical joke, it is not a joke at all. It take stupidity to another level.
Nobody listen to the advice offered by these two idiots. You will ruin your computer.