<p>And laptops get out of date more likely as of every 2-3 years or sooner. 4 years would be pushing it obviously, since technology expands over an exponential rate.</p>
<p>Here’s some clarification(For everyone):</p>
<p>*Out of all the viruses that were caused on the computers that my family has owned was never at any point my fault.
*I have built two other desktops before the date I have posted(Three, if you include taking apart this Dell desktop, replacing and upgrading it’s parts, etc.).
*My “history” has definitely mislead all of you about my ability to take care of computers. I may not be the best, but I provide a local neighborhood service of fixing and speeding up computers/laptops and identifying problems.
*I am definitely not as experienced as most of you obviously, that is why I am asking for your help. I am however more experienced than your “average” computer user.
*The alienware m11x is 3.9lbs.
*The history/timeline I have provided is to show you what happened to the available laptops that we have.</p>
<p>*My HP dv9700 is obviously fixable, but at a $200+ for parts + labor from geeksquad or elsewhere that I would rather invest in a new computer. I could fix it myself, but I don’t have the resources to do so at a cost-free price.
*I did not break my drivers, and I personally remove all trojans and other viruses that my family has ever encountered.</p>
<p>*The virus from the dell desktop happened when my brother looked at a popcorn website out of interest.</p>
<p>This is how my HP got the virus
*My mom opened up an infected email.
*The trojan infected her vaio.
*The trojan accessed our router settings and changed the IP/DNS to a russian server.
*The IP redirected all clickable links to googlesyndication or search5.results.xxx
*My dad reformatted the vaio, and within minutes of browsing the web again it got infected so he reformatted it twice.
*While attempting to figure out what caused the redirecting, I got a trojan on my computer due to an infected link that I was redirected to. An hour later I removed it and still encountered the google redirecting links problem. Three days later I got another trojan and had to remove that too. After cleaning the computer and removing all trojans I figured out it was the router so I reset it and fixed the problem.
*2 days after fixing the problem, my internet driver suddenly stopped being “detected” from my computer.
*My CD drive never worked because of the Vista OS + itunes compatibility issue. It also never appeared in the beginning and at one point during my ownership, I was able to keep it “appeared” on the computer for about 2 months. Even with it appeared, I was unable to use it. </p>
<p>*My mother has been a military coder and is now working as a medical coder. She knows C++ and java.<br>
*I have been working with computers for 12 years(Since I was 6), and have created some programs, and basic HTML websites, etc.
*Out of all my years of computer use, the virus on the HP was the first time I had ever encountered a virus on “my” computer.
*I already know that the m11x computer is probably the best computer that I need, and have been researching all about it for about 2-3 months now. I also know about the R2’s optimus issue with the Nvidea graphics card, and that the HDMI port was removed for the new core.</p>
<p>*Today I visited Fry’s electronics and saw a gateway ID series computer for about $849 that had switchable graphics card, 14" screen, and similar specs as the m11x, however I am sure it’s not as powerful as the m11x.</p>