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Quote from: PenAndPaper on November 29, 2013, 08:01:25 AM

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Quote from: mladen00 on November 28, 2013, 03:24:42 AM

the one that is faster for mining

Laptops are a no no for mining. Makes the PSU way too hot so I'm told. I was gonna mine LTC on my shit laptop's CPU many months ago but thank God I didn't or it would be fried.

Except from recently bought laptops that have still valid guarantee Cool

Not really.

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Quote from: Speaker on November 28, 2013, 03:26:40 AM

Quote from: mladen00 on November 28, 2013, 03:24:42 AM

the one that is faster for mining

Laptops are a no no for mining. Makes the PSU way too hot so I'm told. I was gonna mine LTC on my shit laptop's CPU many months ago but thank God I didn't or it would be fried.

Except from recently bought laptops that have still valid guarantee Cool

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Quote from: accord01 on November 27, 2013, 08:16:15 PM

Has 24 gb ssd, but is i7 1.9

or

4th generation, but has 5400rpm hd, no ssd

Which is easier? To upgrade the drive or processor? Wink

BTW, both ThinkPad and Ideapad have a storage adapter which can be used to replace DVD Drive with additional 2.5" Drive. Dunno if it's fit into G-series, however.
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/itemdetails/0C22232/460/C137870D130147318E9BF8A5F4FAE077

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=460&Code=0B47315&category-id=FDCD14101F7E452CBBA91660EB85C922&hide_menu_area=yes

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Quote from: Speaker on November 28, 2013, 03:26:40 AM

Quote from: mladen00 on November 28, 2013, 03:24:42 AM

the one that is faster for mining

Laptops are a no no for mining. Makes the PSU way too hot so I'm told. I was gonna mine LTC on my shit laptop's CPU many months ago but thank God I didn't or it would be fried.

Don't mine with laptops. You're not gonna make your monies worth back and you'll probably just fry it. I once had a laptop that set on fire from constant torrenting alone. Either spend the money you was gonna buy on some coin, or get a half-decent rig.

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i can get the haswell i7 lenovo for 650... 200 discount... i'm going to buy it...

can i get rid of win 8 on there... i have win 7 disks... heard that win 8 laptops make it on purpose that u can't install win 7..

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Quote from: mladen00 on November 28, 2013, 03:24:42 AM

the one that is faster for mining

Laptops are a no no for mining. Makes the PSU way too hot so I'm told. I was gonna mine LTC on my shit laptop's CPU many months ago but thank God I didn't or it would be fried.

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the one that is faster for mining

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yeah prices have dropped even more recently.. forget the SSD. you can add a 120GB one for $50-60ish bucks anyways.

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SSD's are dirt cheap these days. Buy the better proc and grab a cheap v300 SSD.

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Quote from: Kreigyr on November 27, 2013, 11:53:15 PM

Quote from: PenAndPaper on November 27, 2013, 11:42:11 PM

Consider the newegg one and ask them to pay with bitcoins Tongue

They tweeted recently that they may start accepting them Cool

Source? I gotta see this.

Here you go https://twitter.com/Newegg/status/404299166261981184 Kiss

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4th gen is a good deal better than the 3rd gen intel.. runs cooler and longer battery life. the hybrid SSD drive isn't all that great, in my opinion. your o/s is bigger than 24GB, so it won't even be loaded on the drive.

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Quote from: accord01 on November 27, 2013, 11:33:29 PM

lol trendy lamer haha. The thing is, the lenovo doesn't ahve ssd and its only 5400 rpm hard drive...

Also, could i install windows 7 onto the windows 8 computer?

just the ssd is not a valid excuse to chose the asus, better CPU , better graphics and the doube of ram memory are more important IMHO. Besides its just a 24gb ssd, it would last the S.O and one or two programs . It's your call but in that case , try to find another laptop with a larger ssd,

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Quote from: accord01 on November 27, 2013, 11:33:29 PM

lol trendy lamer haha. The thing is, the lenovo doesn't ahve ssd and its only 5400 rpm hard drive...

Also, could i install windows 7 onto the windows 8 computer?

Yeah you can install windows 7 on windows 8.

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Quote from: PenAndPaper on November 27, 2013, 11:42:11 PM

Consider the newegg one and ask them to pay with bitcoins Tongue

They tweeted recently that they may start accepting them Cool

Source? I gotta see this.

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Consider the newegg one and ask them to pay with bitcoins Tongue

They tweeted recently that they may start accepting them Cool

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lol trendy lamer haha. The thing is, the lenovo doesn't ahve ssd and its only 5400 rpm hard drive...

Also, could i install windows 7 onto the windows 8 computer?

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The one without the touchscreen you trendy lamer.

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The Asus will boot faster due to the SSD, it has a touchscreen display , that is a nice feature , and the battery will last longer due to the use of a low wattage cpu, but the Lenovo is better:

The CPU in the lenovo is more powerful
It has the double of ram memory.
The integrated graphic card in the lenovo is 1 generation ahead (HD4600 vs HD4000) so it should perform a bit better.

Thus the difference in price.

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Quote from: Kreigyr on November 27, 2013, 08:23:16 PM

Be aware this is the wrong forum for this kind of stuff - I believe it should go in the off-topic section.

However, the G510 listed will likely be substantially faster than the other system despite the lack of an SSD, given that it has a newer, full-power, quad-core CPU versus the Vivobook's low-voltage, old, dual-core CPU, as well as the faster GPU in the G510. The extra RAM doesn't hurt, either.

I see, will post this kind of stuff in off topic next time.

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Be aware this is the wrong forum for this kind of stuff - I believe it should go in the off-topic section.

However, the G510 listed will likely be substantially faster than the other system despite the lack of an SSD, given that it has a newer, full-power, quad-core CPU versus the Vivobook's low-voltage, old, dual-core CPU, as well as the faster GPU in the G510. The extra RAM doesn't hurt, either.

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