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Matt Palm

Matt Palm

WHERES THE LAMB SAUCE?!?!
My $300 dell laptop is starting to die out on me. kind of saw it coming. But any who im looking for a upgrade. Ive always heard how great macs are and every. But are they really worth the 1200+ price tag? I really have no idea what to look for in computers and would love some guidance towards what to get
 


Macs are very much so worth the money but it depends on what kind of computer user you are. Macs are more oriented to heavy graphic and design users. Like photography and media work and so on. What do you use your laptop for? School? Work? Pleasure?

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Hwre is some food for thought I use mac every day. It was the imac pod or the second generation I mac. It ran for and still runs I can use it for my day to day but most sites look awful. The only problem you may have is moving over files. For example if you have a windows only program you need a special way to run it. To be perfectly clear here all the specs a mac has you can get with a windows machine it all comes down to what look you like. Do you want to be forced to use a tablet ui or one that has a desktop still? If you worried about long life then mac is for you I still have macs that work even after 15 years of hard abuse and never beening cleaned. Also dont forget you can build a machine that makes you os a beast
 
what is the model number of the Dell machine you are currently using? What is your budget?
What do you want this 'new' machine to do?
 
Its a dell inspiron n5040. I would just use it for school work snd pleasure. I do some photography but nothing serious. I just want a good picture and for it to be fast. And not just fast for 3 months
 


Are Macs worth the price tag? In my experience, for every day use: No. Not by a long shot. If you did hardcore video, photo, music editing as a source of income: Yes. My Dell has lasted me 2 years so far. No problems.......and I know I run power hungry programs that no one else on this board runs.

As a side joke: How do you know when someone is a Mac user? Wait, they will tell you.
 
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True they do lol. The problem with those people is they want you to feel small me I dont care. I need it for all high end photo editing I do.
 
Sounds like another $400 dollar dell, hp or Toshiba laptop would be good for your use. low model computers now days are fast compared to high end ones 5 years old. I hate windows 8 personally however. I'd look for windows 7 or wait for a better more user friendly operating system.
 
Matt Palm said:
Its a dell inspiron n5040. I would just use it for school work snd pleasure. I do some photography but nothing serious. I just want a good picture and for it to be fast. And not just fast for 3 months
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That doesn't look like a bad machine. Its a 2.53 duo-core, so you'd want a newer quad core with whatever 6-8 gigs ram and separate video.

Honestly, I would save your chit to a stick or disk and re-install windows. That would make a huge diff in speed, especially a raw version of windows without the OEM bloat.
 


Matt,

What exactly is it doing?

I am going to take a guess in the dark and say you may have some RAM that is taking a dump or a HDD about to fail. On the cheap, I would backup everything, do a deep level format, reinstall and go at it again. If that is a no fix, try some new RAM. If no fix there, new HDD. That is if you were really wanting to save this PC and spend as little as possible. If it is not going to kill you financially, just buy a new one.
 
It wont turn on or off. For me to turn it off i have to take the battery out. It will be fast when it first turns on then it quickly freezes and lags. It will just sit at tbe same screen for a good while. Programs wont load eother
 


Not turning off with Windows command and/or power button? Also, try pulling battery and hold power button for 10-15 seconds. It is possible you have the issues above I mentioned or maybe even a MoBo flaking out. Again, RAM and HDDs are cheap and easy to find/fix. MoBo on the other hand wouldn't be worth the hassle.
 
TwiztdWun said:
Matt,

What exactly is it doing?

I am going to take a guess in the dark and say you may have some RAM that is taking a dump or a HDD about to fail. On the cheap, I would backup everything, do a deep level format, reinstall and go at it again. If that is a no fix, try some new RAM. If no fix there, new HDD. That is if you were really wanting to save this PC and spend as little as possible. If it is not going to kill you financially, just buy a new one.
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^^ X2
Those Dell hard drives
 
I bet your mobo is on its way out. Unless the power button is just broken.

But the freezing and lagging could be your hard drive. Does it ever blue screen?
 
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