Unregistered011012
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I'm shootin' for a new laptop, the one I'm going for is called an HP Pavilion dm4-1160us 14-Inch Laptop PC. It's on sale at OfficeDepot for like $200 off I believe.
The processor, RAM, hard drive, battery life, size, all looks okay. If the screen size is an issue, I'd definitely look into buying an external monitor to hook it up to, or better yet a TV through HDMI if I had to. But I'd definitely need something I can carry to school easily.
The only thing concerning me is the graphics card and the sound card. I don't know anything about either of them, the rest of the hardware I know about decently.
As for the graphics card, I'd like to be able to stream 720p YouTube videos (My current laptop can't, that's how bad it is), 1080p would be nice too. And of course stream it smoothly and overall have good performance with it. I'd also like to be able to play Minecraft (On that note, also play it online without lag and with just overall good performance).
Sound cards, don't know anything about 'em; well I am a musician. I'd like to be able to run programs like Mixcraft, Ableton Live, FL Studio and such smoothly. But as a musician who does a bunch of producing, mixing, writing and is even going to major in Music Production and Design or Audio Engineering, would it be a good fit? I'm really into audio hardware too.
I know this is a lot, but maybe someone could help, I'd definitely appreciate it a lot. I'm gonna try to pick it up tomorrow if I feel satisfied with my decision.
So thanks ahead! I really appreciate it!
The processor, RAM, hard drive, battery life, size, all looks okay. If the screen size is an issue, I'd definitely look into buying an external monitor to hook it up to, or better yet a TV through HDMI if I had to. But I'd definitely need something I can carry to school easily.
The only thing concerning me is the graphics card and the sound card. I don't know anything about either of them, the rest of the hardware I know about decently.
As for the graphics card, I'd like to be able to stream 720p YouTube videos (My current laptop can't, that's how bad it is), 1080p would be nice too. And of course stream it smoothly and overall have good performance with it. I'd also like to be able to play Minecraft (On that note, also play it online without lag and with just overall good performance).
Sound cards, don't know anything about 'em; well I am a musician. I'd like to be able to run programs like Mixcraft, Ableton Live, FL Studio and such smoothly. But as a musician who does a bunch of producing, mixing, writing and is even going to major in Music Production and Design or Audio Engineering, would it be a good fit? I'm really into audio hardware too.
I know this is a lot, but maybe someone could help, I'd definitely appreciate it a lot. I'm gonna try to pick it up tomorrow if I feel satisfied with my decision.
So thanks ahead! I really appreciate it!