General Computer Discussion

I currently have a mid ranged laptop (which is obviously tiny compared to your desktops) that does what I want it to do- I do eventually want to build a PC but for now all of my games such as Skyrim and WoW run perfect at fairly good settings (Skyrim medium at full res, WoW at fair to low full res). I would eventually like to upgrade the HDD to an old SSD I have but I think I'll save it for my new PC. It is a good laptop but ASUS is a pain in the ass for so many reasons.

The specs:
Windows 10
1TB HDD
4GB DDR3 RAM
Intel Core i5 @1.7 ghz (turbo boost up to 2.5ghz)
Intel HD Graphics 4400

My desktop is the combination of 2 computers. 



My old ACER home PC above, that I have used for parts in the past (notably the power supply as shown removed above)...


...and one I bought from an internet cafe for £40 that was built by the cafe owner. I've also put the second hard drive from my ACER computer into the internet cafe PC in relay to increase memory and hopefully improve performance. The real advantage of hooking up your old hard drive in relay is that you are able to access all your old files and programs that would otherwise be lost forever. I got my flat screen monitor for nothing off of the website Freecycle.com. Cheap and cheerful.

Reading this thread made me curious to know my laptop setup, though I'm not the best when it comes to computers.
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro C660, I got it brand new and above all for free in 2012, so I wasn't gonna complain.
It isn't the most powerful thing out there, particularly in nowadays standards but for what I do (web browsing, playing some random games..) it's completely fine!

I tried to look for the things I understood in all your previous posts and here's how it is :

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2328M
Windows 7
DDR3 RAM (1066 MHz)
HD Graphics 3000

Feel like an alien, still using Windows 7.

I understand you, I believe you either love or hate Toshiba.
Mine isn't really slow indeed but I do have some problem you mention.
The DVD/CD reader works only when it wants (sometimes I have to activate it like 10 times before it accepts to work) and it can get VERY loud because of the vent mostly.. but it happens if I don't turn it off for almost 2 days in a row, which is not that bad for this kind of laptop.

Interesting to see a lot of people with laptops, though it makes sense given our fast paced world.

I have a Dell laptop powered by an i7 and 8GB RAM, but only an HD 3000 and 500GB hard drive. It barely runs Elite on lowest settings at 25 fps, which is playable but painful.

I would love a gaming laptop, but I don't really travel a lot in order to really benefit from one. Plus, they cost an arm, leg, and liver. I mean, for 1000$ I could get a GTX Titan instead of a mid-ranged laptop.

I have a Mid-2014 15" Retina MacBook Pro that I received for school.I let my family use my old 2012 13" MacBook Pro since I use my school MacBook for both school and personal use. I used to have an Acer desktop running Windows Vista back in the day, (and a Dell desktop running XP before that), but over time it became so slow that with every use I wanted to rip my hair out. Finally I got fed up with the agony and made the switch to Mac in 2012. I've been a OS X user ever since.

I don't bash Windows nor think that either OS is superior to another, I just personally love the UI and experience of OS X and it perfectly suits my needs. I grew up with Windows at home and grade school, but it was the hardware that made me switch. Plus I knew that having a Mac would coexist with my iPhone and iPad seamlessly.

It's cool that some of you have custom-built PCs. I'm more of a pre-built computer user.