Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20120712125232/@comment-3547390-20120824013255

My laptop used to be my main station of operation, with the desktop having terrible speakers and a very laggy system. The laptop was pretty stable, not as optimized as this but not bad. I had a Playstation emulator on that laptop that worked perfectly on the highest settings (even though they said the laptop would overheat if I was to attempt it).

You talk about keeping up with software, that is something I am constantly doing. Everything is updated to the latest version or is very close to the latest (premium stuff kinda gets expensive if you follow every year with updates).

Impessive feat with repairing the keyboard. I had some similar incident when I put too much windex into the keyboard. Getting under each key and searching for wet spots by moving it under a light was tedious but luckily successful. Got the job done for two more years (still could if I turned it on, still use it at times due to webcam support but otherwise it rests in a corner).

Hope she keeps up with you for quite some years. I wouldn't advise getting a new laptop soon, as they might come with Windows 8. Tablet style OS made for touch screens should never touch a desktop. It will also take a while for DX to catch up with Windows 8, meaning Windows 7 will still be faster for games for some time. Anything that doesn't run there can still run in Windows XP.