Minnie Said:

Do I have a very fast laptop?

We Answered:

Wow, who posts info about a laptop being very fast when they are spending 3,000 dollars on it? Show-off! What if I were to tell you though that my laptop is better than yours? *cough Alienware M17x cough*

EDIT: This guy has posted this same question 5 times in the last 13 hours...do you guys still want to keep telling him his laptop is beautiful???

Carl Said:

Help with essay on illegal music downloads please!?

We Answered:

you could try something like this if you dedice to go for it becuas ei think you will make more of a point if you say something like this:
In the past ten years Internet music sharing has become a huge issue in the recording industry. Recording companies are in mass hysteria, claiming that file swapping is destroying their album sales; and greatly hurting the artists. Music consumers are justifying their actions by stating that album prices are outrageously high. The record industry is trying to compromise with their new paid sites. Despite the industries ‘thoughtfulness,’ these sites are just as much if not more expensive than buying the albums right off the shelves. Until record companies can offer us a reasonable alternative to free downloading, we will continue.
A main issue of consumers, concerning this debate, is the offensive price set on compact discs. Instead of spending nearly twenty dollars per compact disc, consumers are finding it much more reasonable to illegally download the songs they want. The risk is very minimal. Many people do not even realize what they are doing is wrong. The rewards are outweighing the consequences.

Consumers are lazy and very cost-effective. We want to lounge in our comfortable office chairs and download free music, instead of having to go to the store and pay nearly twenty dollars on an album t


During my research for this paper, I came across an article written by Janis Ian, a recording artist of the seventies. She has taken the devil’s advocate and stated that downloading is actually good for artists. Ian says that when Napster was running, she polled persons that came to her site, and asked how many of them came because of downloading her songs? She wound up with about 100 a month, and of those approximately 15% bought one of her compact discs. Many stated that they never would have bought her CD otherwise. Some had never even heard of her before sampling her songs.

They recording industry has succeeded in making downloading illegal. They have even been successful in subpoenaing companies to give up names of their employees suspected of illegal downloading. They are now trying to hold ISP’s (Internet Service Providers) accountable for the illegal downloading of consumers. The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is just a lobbying group, meaning that they are permitted to make large contributions to politicians and their parties, but now that is how politics works, isn’t it? Though it makes one wonder how many of these court rulings are actually unbiased?

So back to the question, why do people download? I believe many want to sample new music. Some want music that is no longer in circulation, or just hard to find. You cannot even get good music on the radio anymore. Stations keep playing the same top ten songs over and over every hour, by the end of the week I never want to hear the song again. Then there are those people like me who hear an awesome song from an artist, but are afraid to buy the entire compact disc for just one song. Twenty dollars is a lot of money for an experiment.

Darlene Said:

I need to know everyones opinion on my laptop? Please help?

We Answered:

It looks like a resonably good computer especially with the core i7 and the 8gb of ddr3 but unfortunately the graphics are rather low. the radeon HD4670 isn't a great chip and its not particularly fast but it will be perfect for last generation games like call of duty 4. games like crysis and far cry 2 and gta 4 will really stuggle on anything above low/medium settings, especially gta 4. all in all i would have gone for a desktop as you could have got a much more powerful system that would be amazing in games and max almost anything out for around half the price you paid.

Amy Said:

Is this a great gaming laptop?

We Answered:

its pretty nice but i think you should go with another computer that has a Nvidia graphics card. McAfee is awful and getting that blu ray player is gonna set u back another $300, just to let you know. If you dont need all of that stuff that u are paying extra for, you might wanna go with building your own computer. I have a gateway p-7805u and i am very pleased with it, yes it is a gaming laptop. i also think that you can get some better laptops here

http://www.gateway.com/systems/series/529598056.php?cmpid=ms_pseries

Bonnie Said:

Is my laptop powerful enough to play any game?

We Answered:

yeah that is a pretty beastly notebook.

video card will be able to handle most things. not sure about crysis, your video card is where your being bottlenecked at. it SHOULD be able to handle it.

Dan Said:

I need opinions on my gaming laptop! I need lots of opinions please! Not just a couple!?

We Answered:

it'll will definately work with any game with that processor. you could probably nuke another country with that. although i agree about the gigabyte network card. it should have been included. as long as you have wireless setup though you'll be fine.