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Is it time to upgrade?
Nov. 6th, 2015 06:10 pmMy poor computer (Quorra) is feeling a bit crufty. Seems to inexplicably freeze for a few minutes shorty after waking up. And I have about 5GB left on my C: drive.
Normally I'd reinstall the OS at this point. But I have other things to do with my time. Also that small C: drive means I'd need to repartition, which means the tedious process of backing up my old disk. Or, of course, I could simply upgrade the disk.
But at 3-and-a-bit Quorra is getting a little old, and more to the point, I want something a bit better. Intel graphics are fine to an extent, but I'd prefer something a bit more meaty. And that 1366x768 screen has never really satisfied my urge for resolution. I really want 1920x1200. And that's the main factor that's been stopping me from getting a new one.
For some reason, resolution isn't seen as important to the PC buying public. Most PCs don't specify, and it's not something that's listed in mostonline search options. Adding "1080P" to an amazon search lists all the laptops with "1080P" in the description, even if they're just telling me they can output to a 1080P display. Asus have a laptop that offers "up to 1920x1080", and doesn't seem to consider the distintion to deserve a different product number. So that leaves a handful of manufacturers.
Lenovo do seem to care about resolution. Unfortunately they don't care about security. They've installed way too much dangerous shovelware (some that even survives a full reinstall!) for me to trust them at all. "YunSun" seemed to offer a decent range of machines, but there's the added cost of import duty. Also they only seem to come with US style keyboards. I want a european one, with the correctly shaped enter key.
So we're down to Toshiba and Gigabyte (Which may also only have US keyboards). Toshiba seems to have a 1 month wait and I really can't be bothered with planning that far ahead.
To make life even more difficult, I need a DVD Drive. Well, I don't actually need one, but there I do have some stuff on CD-Rom still and will want to rip a Disc from time to time.
So that means I need to work out whether I actually want one of theose Gigabyte PCs.
I guess I'm a bit too fussy.
Normally I'd reinstall the OS at this point. But I have other things to do with my time. Also that small C: drive means I'd need to repartition, which means the tedious process of backing up my old disk. Or, of course, I could simply upgrade the disk.
But at 3-and-a-bit Quorra is getting a little old, and more to the point, I want something a bit better. Intel graphics are fine to an extent, but I'd prefer something a bit more meaty. And that 1366x768 screen has never really satisfied my urge for resolution. I really want 1920x1200. And that's the main factor that's been stopping me from getting a new one.
For some reason, resolution isn't seen as important to the PC buying public. Most PCs don't specify, and it's not something that's listed in mostonline search options. Adding "1080P" to an amazon search lists all the laptops with "1080P" in the description, even if they're just telling me they can output to a 1080P display. Asus have a laptop that offers "up to 1920x1080", and doesn't seem to consider the distintion to deserve a different product number. So that leaves a handful of manufacturers.
Lenovo do seem to care about resolution. Unfortunately they don't care about security. They've installed way too much dangerous shovelware (some that even survives a full reinstall!) for me to trust them at all. "YunSun" seemed to offer a decent range of machines, but there's the added cost of import duty. Also they only seem to come with US style keyboards. I want a european one, with the correctly shaped enter key.
So we're down to Toshiba and Gigabyte (Which may also only have US keyboards). Toshiba seems to have a 1 month wait and I really can't be bothered with planning that far ahead.
To make life even more difficult, I need a DVD Drive. Well, I don't actually need one, but there I do have some stuff on CD-Rom still and will want to rip a Disc from time to time.
So that means I need to work out whether I actually want one of theose Gigabyte PCs.
I guess I'm a bit too fussy.
