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New Toy
Bit of a 'Look at me with my shiny new laptop' post but meh I don't get many shiny new toys so it's nice to do
 My new laptop arrived today and although I haven't had a huge amount of time to mess around with it yet, I'm rather happy Had my Dell Vostro 1500 for just under 2 years now and with an increasing number of PC review games coming my way, it was starting to really show its age. Especially as it had a rather meagre Geforce 8400m, and my HD regularly kept hitting less than 5gb spare  Saved up and purchased a Dell Studio 1555. Core2Duo T6600 2.2ghz, 4gb RAM, 500gb HD and Ati 4570HD. Windows Experience Index is now a much healthier 5.0 compared to 3.x something or other with the old one. Laptop's about 2kg lighter and much thinner, and it should hopefully last me a fair old while. Just about to give DiRT2 a whirl as that was incredibly slow to load with the old laptop. Also got Football Manager 2010 which will be good fun Also quite glad to see an HDMI port which could come in handy! I do have one brief question. Any noticeable-to-an-average person difference with having Windows 7 64bit rather than 32bit? I assume it's just down to architecture and optimisation more than anything, but figured I might as well ask while I'm behind on technology. 
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14-12-2009, 18:23
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Nice laptops those.
As for x32 vs x64. You've got 4gb of ram in it - use x64. It'll use all of it rather than only 3.something in x32
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14-12-2009, 18:26
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Pics!
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14-12-2009, 19:20
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x64 is already installed so that's all fine
Couple of photos taken. First time I've used the good camera in ages so apologises   Shiny, shiny lid! Already with a couple of fingerprints on it though   Spot the random videos (!) in the background! Thinking it'll make a nice laptop to hook up to the tv from time to time and watch some things too Especially as I've got plenty of HD room for things now!Only downside I've found is the keys are a bit clicky, but then again the DVD drive is much quieter so swings and roundabouts.
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14-12-2009, 20:07
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Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it!
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Jen that desktop image is BRILLIANT!
I know I'm going off on a tangent somewhat but does anybody remember that game?- Co-op Brilliance! 
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14-12-2009, 20:35
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James bought me a new shiny Dell one but mine has a pink cover
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14-12-2009, 21:54
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Makes for an excellent desktop background too
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I remember him posting them but can't find the links (their news feed doesn't have a search feature either) any chance you can furnish us with some?
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15-12-2009, 11:53
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Nope, it's this guy: http://orioto.deviantart.com/ and http://abduzeedo.com/videogame-remakes-orioto
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