by Beartato » Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:19 pm
Took a second to recognize it, but Orz is pretty awesome.
My condescension, wait no I mean condolences, to Drawed for being slow. owo seems kinda obvious...
Also, I would second the desktop vote. You would still have your old laptop for portable use (unless your monitor is busted like mine) while getting a more cost-effective improvement for heavy-duty applications, like vidya gaems. Alternatively, building a desktop and buying a netbook might be another option that could fall in a similar price range as a mid-range laptop.
But if you are dead set on a laptop, I would recommend the Lenovo Thinkpad line. They are pretty pricey (since they are mostly Intel components) but they are typically very sturdy machines. My 5.5 year old Thinkpad T61p works just as nicely as (or even better) than most 2-3 year old Dells/HPs/other-cheap-laptop-brands that my friends have, although that might also be because I take care of it (never had a virus, uninstall crap I don't need, reformat with OS reinstall every 6-9 months, open it up and clean dust out every 6-9 months, etc) better than they do theirs. I have removed more viruses from friends' PCs than I have my own in my life. (My magic tools are Task Manager and Google.)
I got tired of looking at Drawed's face.