If it will play The Fools Errand even remotely well, I'll buy one right now.

Woot! Thanks this is very helpful. Just the sort of information I was looking for.

Yeah, I have a place i go to that has been good to me. I guess the idea being that the lady tells me the prices and I have no idea if something is really better than the other. Like if i should spend spend extra on name brand tires, or the generics I've gotten in the past have are okay. And while the shop has been go…

I know this is not a car website, but you all are super knowledgeable. So now that I own my first car, I'm wondering about tires... I am so not a car person, and have no idea where to even start searching for information on tires.

My only real advice is to try to stick with a smaller screen size. Something in the 12 to 14in range. It will be far more portable, and if lucky weigh less than the 15 to 17in monsters. Besides that, assuming he wont be gaming with the thing, pertty much any laptop you get these days, even the super cheap ones, should…

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Yeah this is pretty pointless article. A head to head chart comparison, shows that they all have their failings. Not one laptop out right beats the air. Some come close no question.

Bingo! I've used nothing but mac laptops as may main computer for the better part of 12 years now, and pretty much every time i go to use a windows laptop my first reaction to using the touchpad is, gross.

Yeah, that's sort of what I'm gathering, but upgrades on macs always seem to be easier than I expected.

My questions are: Is the SSD user upgradeable? If so, what are the prices like. Apple currently charges 300 dollars to go from 128 to 256 SSD so is that an okay price. A quick google search seems to suggest 300 dollars is a fair price for a 256 SSD.

I am so not happy about this. I use meemo messenger daily. Just tried imo for the first time and sort of hate it. But oh well, such are things in life. I'm sure I'll get used to it and move on. Bye meebo, will miss your one useful feature.

You know what really pains me about it, is that its the primary reason why my next phone will be an iphone. I'm still going to stick with Android for my tablet needs however. But iOS and the whole experience is just so much better as a phone.

ICS is so boss. It pains me that Google isn't pestering every manufacturer/provider to get the updates out ASAP.

I don't know. I'm assuming for the same reason some people get face tattoos, its a cultural thing.

Yeah. I was surprised when I first saw the picture too.

Absolutely. In LA they have great service, but there are definately situations, where people are still having conversation where my phone has no signal, and this is within the city. But for me its totally good enough, and when i have good signal, the t-mobile "4g" is pretty damn fast. In fast its faster than my home…

Yeah that's sort of what I'm figuring out. I have a touchpad, and I have to say the webos email client for me is better but I can't live in webos, so ics it for now.

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Reminds me of the Argentinian artist, Maximo Gonzales. He takes pieces of money and cuts them up and makes these giant installations. You sort of have to see them to believe.

That's a totally valid point, especially if it will be his main computer for another 6 years. Might as well have what will most likely be the standard universal port in the near future.