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unfortunately laptops will never really be a good choice for gaming. the hardware just isn't really that strong and it's way less upgradable later. any particular reason why you need/want specifically a laptop? it'd be much more cost-effective and useful to buy a good desktop and a cheaper laptop if you need something portable for when you travel or something.

there's bodaciously nowhere in my apartment to put a desktop. i just don't have enough room for it. i know laptops aren't super good for gaming, but they can be okay, ya know? so 'good gaming laptop' isn't exactly correct. i guess it'd be more, 'good gaming, for a laptop.'

Have you considered a mini-PC? Desktops can go as small as you want pretty much (see Raspberry Pi), it seems to me that if you have room to put down a laptop (don't actually put a laptop on your lap, thats bad for all sorts of reasons) you have room to put down a monitor. The PC can sit on the ground or wherever. You could even wallmount the whole shebang.

i just keep my laptop on my bed. like i know desktops are better, but i just... i don't want one. i like having everything all in one place, and being able to carry it around, like for school or if i'm traveling.

like i don't need top of the line kind of stuff. i just need a new computer b/c this one is breaking and i wanna play transistor.

Horror stories like what? Besides the hard drive crapping out in this one, I haven't had any problems whith the hardware that I've noticed.

Also, the insurance is more like an extension off of the warranty that covers all repairs up to replacement for up to three years.

Don't put laptops on soft surfaces, they sink in a little and it covers up the vents causing overheating. Additionally, if you place them on cloth they will suck in dust like crazy.

How about some of these?

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/

The Y50 looks like it could be a solid choice. You can look at some benchmarks of the graphics card (860M) here to give you an idea what to expect.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gef ... ,3800.html



From the feedback I've read on the internet, HP seems to fall into the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to the quality of consumer grade laptops between manufacturers. Personally, I only have experience with Toshiba, which I've been pleased with, so I'm not the best judge there.

Maybe if you could post 1 or 2 more laptops in your price range that strike your eye, I might be able to pick the best one out of the bunch.

I'm trying to use my computer at my grandparents' house, and my computer randomly and frequently gets disconnected from the Wi-Fi and then reconnected just as randomly and frequently. I've scanned my computer with AVG and Malwarebytes, nothing turned up. Is the problem with my computer or the router and is this something that can be fixed?

you can't just pick up sloth's internet from there? i thought the signal reached across the street.

I can get it, I'd just feel weird about using it.

Restart the router. Fixes like 99% of spotty WiFi connections.

If that doesn't work you may need to contact the cable company. If the router is in a convenient place, check to see if the lights flash off when the connection goes down and back on when it comes back up, if so then you know for sure that the problem lies there and not with your computer. Truth be told I hardly ever see connection problems that are the computer's fault and not the source.

Since it's wireless there might be any number of things interferring. Test with a cable to see if the problem persists.

I'm having a weird keyboard issue.

I can't press space while holding down either W or S. I know many keyboards have various buttons on the same circuit which keeps them from being pressed simultaneously, but this is different. If I hold down another key and then press space, the output looks like this: "ddddddddddd " Note how there are spaces printed after the letter. ]EDIT: whoops, the board trimmed the spaces down. Rest assured, there were several.]
If I hold down S or W and then press space, it prints out the Ws and then stops when I hit space. After about half a second, Windows plays a little blip sound. No space character is printed.

This has to be a screwed up setting somewhere. Any ideas? All I get from google is people asking about the regular version of this issue.

My iPod is also syncing my dad's library how do I make it not do that

By not using iTunes. I always use Copytrans Control Center whenever adding music to my sister's iPod.

If not using iTunes is not an option, then I don't know.