Centrino, RAM, and Gigabytes Oh My

My computer is dying a child-inflicted death. After having the power cord ripped from its port many times too many, the connection between the port and the motherboard is loose. Unable to charge the battery or consistently power the system, this is the end.

So, dear reader, if your computer (brain) needed to be replaced fairly suddenly, how would you mount the quest to find a new and better brain? Where should I look? Bricks and Mortar? Online? Dell? Amazon? Costco? Best Buy? Not Apple? What should I care about? Intel vs. AMD? 2 gb of RAM or 4? 32 bit Vista or 64? Core 2 Duo or Duo Core? 12 inch screen? 17 inch? Portability vs. power? Please advise. Remember to justify your response–anecdotes are welcome.

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November 30, 2008 | Filed Under Technology 

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4 Responses to “Centrino, RAM, and Gigabytes Oh My”

  1. Kacy on December 29th, 2008 3:00 pm

    My kids have killed a computer, two digital cameras, and a camcorder. I give up.

  2. Kacy on December 29th, 2008 3:01 pm

    . . . And Ellen ate my Enter key.

  3. Rachel on January 2nd, 2009 11:14 pm

    Ate it?? :-O
    She didn’t actually swallow it, did she?

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