I feel like I have been living in a cave for awhile....

I finally decided to drop some cash on some new equipment for my home and studies.

Old:

HP G60
AMD Turion Dual Core 2.1GHz
3GB Ram
250GB HDD
2 mismatched 19" LCD Monitors for my desk

New:

HP Envy m6
i5 (2c/4t) 2.6-3.2GHz
16GB Ram
512GB Crucial M4 SSD
2 20" HP LED Monitors

I know it should be no surprise, but the difference is staggering. I feel like I am back in touch the world again. This new laptop is light, slim, and quiet. I love it. Also, finally upgraded my network to GBE. It cost a pretty penny, but it motivates me to keep focused on the future. Now I just have to call and have my ISP speed increased. I think I am going with 50Mbps.

My only reservation right now is that I am not sure about Win8 yet. I will give it some time and see.

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Xyro

Your "old" items sound like my new 1s.

Paperlantern

Xyro wrote: »

Your "old" items sound like my new 1s.

This is also what I was thinking. My newest machine is an old Gateway my parents handed down to me when it died on them. It was the onboard video, so simply adding a card I had fixed it. I put an SSD in it and voila, relativley snappy machine. 1.8GHz quad core AMD machine from about 2008 some odd. 64GB SSD, nVidia 9800GT and Windows 7 Home Prem 64Bit and 4GB RAM. That was an upgrade from a Pentium D 3.0GHz with 2GB RAM and the same 64GB SSD. The gateway gets the job done, but of course I could use something a lot newer and have a much better experience.

I am envious of your i5 and ridiculous amount of RAM it sounds like you will never utilize. Quite frankly, my own collection of technology that I can use is never new, I'm always in a cave. Occasionally a local in the neighboring town will leave me a computer that is far outdated to him, but still an upgrade to what i'm using, lol.

olaHalo

did you buy it with those specs?
or upgrade your ram and hdd size?
i bet a 512gb ssd is pricey

gc8dc95

I bought it and upgraded. Its a lot of ram, but i am vm crazy sometimes. The large ssd is pricey, but i look at it as an investment. I use my computer very frequently, so why not enjoy it?

Xyro

Paperlantern wrote: »

Occasionally a local in the neighboring town will leave me a computer that is far outdated to him, but still an upgrade to what i'm using, lol.

Lucky, I usually have to dig through the dumpster lol.

WafflesAndRootbeer

I've upgraded my G60 to 8GB of RAM and I'm putting in a 512gb Crucial M4 in a day or two to replace the HDD which is dying due to poor thermal design by HP. My G60 has cooked several HDDs over the years.

gc8dc95

I never had anything burn up, but the G60 runs hot for sure.