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    First laptop: Acer vs. ASUS

    I just ordered the ASUS. Thanks for all the advice everyone! I was leaning towards the ASUS a little bit to begin with. And since other places are selling it for over $800 it seemed like a good deal. I can't wait to try it out! Thanks again...
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    First laptop: Acer vs. ASUS

    Thanks for the reply Mr. Lebowski. I still know very little about graphics cards (maybe because I don't play a lot of games or edit video?) but I assume any dedicated card is probably better than using shared processing or whatever the Intel HD video is... But how much better? Would it make a...
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    First laptop: Acer vs. ASUS

    I'm about to buy my first laptop and I've narrowed my searching down to 2 possibilities. Both have almost the same specs: i3, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, DVD burner, good battery life, etc. A few differences I found: Acer Aspire TimelineX AS4820T-7633 RAM type=SODIMM 128MB Graphics RAM (unknown...
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    New computer for photo editing and gaming... Advice?

    Thanks for the tip about the scratch sizes. I've never used that little feature before. But will testing it on my old computer (with CS1, Windows XP, and only 512 MB RAM) give me a good estimate of what I need (for CS4, Windows 7 and 6-8 GB RAM)? It said that I had over 220 MB of RAM...
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    New computer for photo editing and gaming... Advice?

    Hey elconejito, thanks for the input. I thought those processor upgrades were quite pricey when I first saw them too. I think I'll probably be fine with the i5 unless I can get a really good deal on the i7 somewhere. I can't really get a good estimate for RAM usage right now because I don't...
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    New computer for photo editing and gaming... Advice?

    Hello Anandtech forums, I know it's not polite to ask for a favor in my first post without meeting anyone yet but I'm looking for some advice. My old HP pavilion is approaching 100 years old in computer years (6 or 7 in people years) and is on it's last leg. Now that windows 7 is out I want...