Aethec Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Good thing at UEFI. BIOS is old and outdated. UEFI is the only way to boot to a drive larger than 2.19 TB's. It's a combination of having a 64bit OS, UEFI, and a GPT partition. So that new Western Digital 3TB Green HDD can be booted from, but it needs to be done like this. I was listening to MaximumPC's podcast and they did it. AJ If I'm not mistaken, you can split big hard drives in multiple partitions and boot from them. Not sure, though.. Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 If I'm not mistaken, you can split big hard drives in multiple partitions and boot from them. Not sure, though.. You're definitely right. I think the first attempt just to see what happened, it gave them a 2.19 TB partition and another partition with the remaining space (made it sound like they didn't have to do anything- it just happened). This is going to become more relative for media center PC's that don't really need more than one partition. I'm glad UEFI is getting rid of the BIOS, just cause of it being so outdated and old. Yes it works, but it doesn't need to be so basic. AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Hey login123, this article was just written on one of my favourite technology news sites. Thought you might be interested! http://www.neowin.net/news/techspots-laptop-buying-guide-q42010 Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted October 29, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 29, 2010 "major epiphany" Inexpensive to buy, run, and maintain. Simple and unique screen refresh system, no memory or cpu issues, and as fast as you want it to be. No brainer really, and it's already been mentioned on here before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 "major epiphany" Inexpensive to buy, run, and maintain. Simple and unique screen refresh system, no memory or cpu issues, and as fast as you want it to be. No brainer really, and it's already been mentioned on here before. A Desktop? I'd really want one but mother already uses the iMac which I hate, and I need a Laptop for school. Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 29, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 29, 2010 HP Envy gets HIGH marks but I've not used one (but will shill for HP as they make Palm and Palm is AWESOME ) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted October 29, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 29, 2010 My daughter has had a Lenova Notebook for a while, and she's more than happy with it. I've used it myself and it's pretty slick. Nothing technical to blind you with, just a happy Lenova user for what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 HP Envy gets HIGH marks but I've not used one (but will shill for HP as they make Palm and Palm is AWESOME ) HP bought Palm - they didn't make it. DennisD >> Isn't it Lenovo ? Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted October 30, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2010 DennisD >> Isn't it Lenovo ? Cause it is. My brain's doing one thing, my fingers another. Usually my eyes spot the anomaly, but they let me down this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ishan_rulz Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 I didn't spot it till Aethec pointed it out either Simplicity is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted October 30, 2010 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2010 Yes am quite aware they bought not made not really what i meant anyway, on subject, I really do think the Envy is a powerhouse machine from what i've read. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Wow, thanks a million for all the help and suggestions. You guys are the best, no question about it. Good tip on when to buy, and great reference links. Even a picture, thanks Dennis. All that remains is to decide, shell out the cash, weep a bit, and learn Win 7. :-) Probably be a utilitarian laptop, like Rridgely says, and hope old HAL here stays awake for a while. That Envy does look nifty, maybe too expensive for what I need. Thanks again. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barky Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 have a samsung r780 laptop here, much of the innards made by samsung (ram, motherboard, hdd etc)& spread out well to make heat a very small concern ... core i3 more than adequate for me, not being a gamer they seem to have a good range and as long as you don't specify corei7 reasonable affordable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Thanks, Barky. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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