Recent content by Misty

This thing pegged me as a St. Louisan (where I grew up), apparently because I pronounce "Cot" and "caught" differently. My second and third where Baton Rouge and New Orleans, mostly because I picked up "y'all" from living in the south for a while.

I set this to autoplay for about 24 hours, got a 2097152 tile with ~41 million points and called it quits

Graduated with a Master's in Computer Science in 2010, got a job doing software in the local government sector. It's a shitty sector. x) Mostly I took the job because I was kind of worried about job prospects given the economy in 2010. That said, it's been a good job, the people I work with are...

I've never had heat issues with my dv6t Sandy Bridge model, but I can't speak for the Ivy Bridge ones. XoticPC is good for heavy-duty gaming laptops, but I'd only really shop there if I was looking to spend $2000+. Otherwise you'll probably end up overpaying for the specs you get. AMD tends to...

If you're going to get an HP Pavilion dv6t, I recommend using the online coupon from LogicBuy: http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/coupon-hp-pavilion-dv6t-16-inch-quad-edition-laptop/15717.aspx Basically the same price but you can get some really good upgrades like the GeForce 650M (much better...

BIOS upgrades are usually handled either by Windows Update or going to the manufacturer's website to download it. It's pretty painless. Even prebuilt machines get BIOS updates.

Alienware is... okay for the X51 and their laptops, but their main gaming desktops have the same problem as everyone else - overpriced for what you get, compared to a good custom PC or building your own.

You can replace individual parts in a prebuilt too :p Not that hard, I've done it a bunch of times.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6288524&CatId=1509 This, I think.

CyberpowerPC and IBuyPower will let you customize your PC to your own spec on their websites.

X220 is a great computer and the i5-2450 is a good processor. If you're willing to sacrifice portability to deal with a 15" laptop, the same price can get you an HP Pavilion dv6t that will provide an i7 processor, which will do even better at Photoshop and Vegas. If portability is an important...

CPU Guide: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html GPU Guide: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html Beyond that... If you're insistent on not building from scratch, I'd honestly recommend going with a vendor like...

Absolutely. The only trick is finding a laptop that supports mSATA, which is still a very new standard.

So THAT'S why that keeps happening to me >.>... Anyway, I recommend Klipsch s4s. They're impressive headphones for under $100. http://www.klipsch.com/image-s4-black-in-ear-headphones

Looks like a standard cheapy laptop. Nothing wrong with that if you're not concerned with build quality, though I think the slow hard drive will have an effect on general responsiveness. Of course, good luck getting an SSD in a laptop for less than $800 :p