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My new laptop ...

Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 12:24
by speedbird591
... has been dispatched :-O Whoah! I'm not ready yet! I only ordered it from PC Specialist on Sunday afternoon. I hope they've been careful :worried:

Obviously it's not as powerful as a desktop in gaming terms but it should cope with my flight simming requirements for a couple of months before becoming obsolete. The plan is to load FSX as a stable storage place for add-ons but use P3D as the main flight sim. As P3D will be continually under development and with v1.4 and v2.0 already on the horizon, I'll probably only have a couple of aircraft and REX on board and link to FTX scenery within FSX to keep it all simple. Ready for regular re-installs.

The laptop has a 17.3" full HD LED screen. Processor is an i7-3720QM 2.60Ghz with 8Gb RAM and a 2Gb GTX675M DDR5 DX11 wossname. The OS will be on a 120Gb SSD and the flight sims will be on a 750Gb Hybrid drive.

I dunno what it all means but Ben does and he says it should work OK :lol:

Wait! Is that a courier van ...? :lol:

Ian :)

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 12:43
by Tomliner
Can it do the washing up Ian? All this hi tech talk reminds me that I'll shortly have to shovel more coal into my pc's boiler! :) EricT

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 12:57
by speedbird591
Tomliner wrote:Can it do the washing up Ian?
What's washing up? :dunno: (Must be a Scottish thing - like messages *-) )

I'm pretty sure it can dispense single shot espressos.

Ian :)

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 13:00
by Tomliner
How about wee drams? Bloody hell I'm speaking like a Scot and only been living here for 5 years! :doh: EricT

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 17:40
by airboatr
Hey Ian

If by some chance it doesn't suit your needs ... I have one here that I just put a slighty used HHD in.

Only been used on Sundays. ;) :Dance:

:worried:

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 20:54
by AllanL
Tomliner wrote:How about wee drams? Bloody hell I'm speaking like a Scot and only been living here for 5 years! :doh: EricT
You can tell when someone has been living on that side of the country for too long........... :guinn:

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 16 Aug 2012, 21:57
by Effoh
Tomliner wrote:How about wee drams? Bloody hell I'm speaking like a Scot and only been living here for 5 years! :doh: EricT
Wee drams are not served north of Gretna....it's the law...since time immemorial.....

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 09:16
by speedbird591
airboatr wrote:Hey Ian

If by some chance it doesn't suit your needs ... I have one here that I just put a slighty used HHD in.

Only been used on Sundays. ;) :Dance:

:worried:
Hmmmm *-) I've been following your adventures on this subject, Joe, and it's wearing me out :lol:

Can't you see the poor thing wants to die? If it was a dog you'd shoot it :lol: How many irreplaceable, precious hours of your life have you spent giving it the kiss of life? Couldn't you just bury it and spend a quiet moment of reflection on its past glories over a glass of ale and a pizza pie?

I should have been a lifestyle consultant. I know I can help so many people :bandit:

Ian :lol:

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 09:23
by speedbird591
Just had a text from the courier to say that 'my parcel' will arrive today between 1317 and 1417. I'm a bit pissed off, actually, as I was planning lunch between 1349 and 1357. Now I'm going to have to replan my whole day 8)

It's amazingly quick service to order a custom-built laptop on Sunday and receive it on Friday. Unfortunately I'm working late today and again tomorrow and then MotoGP from Indianapolis on Sunday. I wasn't planning for this until next week :doh:

I won't complain, though B-)

Ian :)

Re: My new laptop ...

Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 10:44
by DaveB
Lunching between 1349 and 1357 is a bit vague mate. Couldn't you be a bit more precise? :lol:

ATB
DaveB B)smk