blonde poker forum

 Afternoon everyone,

 I'm looking to buy a new laptop, (which will be 99% used for poker!),...and as I'm not techy minded at all, any pointers/advice/suggestions to what I should look out for??

 Budget up to a grand I suppose.

Thanks for any help.

There is alot of threads on this very subject floating about this place mate id try searching.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=11213.0

This thread should help.

or this

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=11677.0

I have an Acer. It does ok for what I want it for. I actually decided on this laptop because I thought with a name like Acer, I would ACE online poker  :D .  My laptop must have been broken when I got it though because that hasn't happened. lol.  I know Nemesis likes Dell laptops and I have promised him to have a look at them next time I go laptop shopping

I'm thinking about getting one of the Dells that you can 4 table on with no overlap but it says


Is the PCMthingy what you use to plug in a sim card to get mobile internet access?

Are there any laptops that you are able to 4 table VC/Blonde size tables or is this impossible due to their massive size? 

If there is one piece of advice I could ever give you about buying a laptop its: DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER BUYING A DELL.

I would recommend getting a laptop with a 17 inch WUXGA screen.  This will allow you to easily see 4 tables without any overlap.  Dell and Sony produce them.

The great Nemesis recommended the two below laptops from Dell and have to say the top one is stunning - a fantastic choice IMO.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/m1710?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/precn_m65?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

As he told me at the time its the one he got Ram to buy(top one) - and obviously it comes with a guarantee that you will play like him :)

He also gave me the following advice which I followed;

Make sure you add these features:

WUXGA screen (you may want 17", you may not)

bluetooth

the most memory and hard drive capacity you can get (you wont be upgrading for a few years)

Never did say thanks Nem - thanks.

Which reminds me, Where the bloody hell is Nemesis these days?

I think after he attacked a certain member he has not been back since.

He will be missed, Nemesis is a good bloke

Ooooh I must of missed that,  Are we allowed to say what happened?

When I read this I thought he died!

Sorry.  I just meant if he hasn't been back like Flushy said, it would be a shame

If you only gonna play poker and browse the internet stick to an Acer one, no point spending over 3-400 when you wont use/need the extra stuff.

I doubt it, such is the way of blonde! All negative stuff is quiclly removed with no explanation!

He is still posting on THM but hasnt been on here for 6 days, i dunno if he was banned or chose to leave.

Not ALL negative stuff Flushie. IMHO you are probably blonde's most negative poster and you're still here.

I can only assume that you like it.

You are right, nearly all.

as someone who sells laptops for a living, look for the following:

If possible look for the intel core duo processor, 1Gb RAM being the main 2. If you have money to burn there's now some with  2h Gb RAM approx £799 due in to where I work very soon..

In terms of reliability etc... we've had HP and FujitsuSiemens for a cpl of years without any significant problems

I've always been told that Toshiba were the nutz for reliability, I've had mine for 2 yrs with no problems what so ever.

Toshiba's.... hmmmmm

I must say..The company I work used to sell them... we had one or 2 issues with them... tho through experience I know that customers do like them... built to last!! One other possibly to try is Gateway..got one myself.... some fantastic spec for approx £450 about at the mo
 
and err....anyone wanting to buy an Acer should shoot themselves 1st!! I've personally been on their tech support line for 9 hours plus attempting to sort issues out. NOT fun

Woohoo!! i'm not the most negative poster :D

who is the most negative mod?

No comment.

I have an idea, but I'm not positive.

He didnt attack anyone!!

He defended himself, as a part of this defense he stopped posting for a while but as a result of a continuation of this situation, 6 days ago he was barred for two weeks.

ludicrous!

 :D

Nemesis is a friend and I think it is sad that a guy who has given so much to this forum is barred at all.  People have quarrels, it is part of life.  Bolt and myself have had comments with each other, but we get on ok now  :D ( I think )  .   I like both Nem and the other person involved, I am sure they are able to sort this out themselves or just not talk to each other if they can't

Thats a damn shame, he was one of the most entertaining and informative posters on here.

I'd like to trade in my current Dell laptop and get one of those beautys, but have no idea how much my current one would be worth.  It was bought in December last year, specs are:

Dell Inspiron MXC051 Inter Pentium M processor 1.86 GHZ 781 MHZ
760 MB Ram
60 GB hard drive

Wireless enabled and DVD writer etc.  Any ideas how much it'd be worth?

Absoloutly Sark!!!! :goodpost:

Mind you ive been here 9 months and you've been due a goodun ;whistle;

( Theres a LOT more than 1 other guy in this thats been out of order to nemesis)

Guys, If you want a moderated forum then you have to trust those that have to make the decisions to do so in the best interests of everyone and in the a way that is fair and consistent.

People arent suspended on a whim, and with respect no one is in possesion of all the facts APART from those who reached the decision.

   I will go back to my mushroom thread  :D

O.k, fair enough, then let me just specify to anyone reading that i'm in possesion of all the facts as nemesis sees and understands the situation.

Ive conversed with him several times over the phone about it, both prior and subsequent to the mods becoming aware of any incident and IMO not only is he unequivicaly in the right with regards to the series of events that led to his suspension but in my own opinion he's been treated very poorly by those in positions of power in blonde, some of whom he thought of as freinds, very sad indeed and a great loss to blonde.

he is only "a great loss to blonde" for 2 weeks ffs, he aint dead.

And myself and nem have had many convo's about Spurs (as you would prob have guessed) and many other things, and I too consider him a friend.

There is also the remote possibility that Nem's version of the facts might be ever so slightly bias

he wasnt even posting before he was barred.

Its my hope that he will come back when he is able to access the site again.

You can stop him from posting, but you cant make him post so it might not be "for 2 weeks"

He was in fact posting on the open forum ... the fact that we deleted his post immediately may mean that not many saw it.


As for the last paragraph, that would be a decision that only Nem could make and it would be his decision and no one else can be held responsible if that is the case.

And for the record, I sincerely hope that wont be the case.

so then it stands to reason that if the falable human being is capable of bending the truth for the sake of personal benefit then those in charge of his suspension may harbour the propensity to be "ever so slightly bias" also?

Or it may just be the case that those that had to make a decision held the facts from both sides of the argument.

yes, i understand that, but my riposte was meant uniquely to adress red-dogs assertion that nemesis may have been disingenuous in articulating his version of events to me.

I agree, although I think that for the entire group (mods and admin) to be guilty of this at the same time is stretching it a bit, and I don't see the personal benefit angle.

At the end of the day it comes down to Kev's earlier point, you trust us, or you don't.

From my experiance of your capabilites to moderate the forum in the time ive been here i would say i do.

Nemesis is decent bloke and i think you've got ths one wrong.

Ever so warm for October isn't it?

 ;iagree;

I read every single post on this place (even threads about wild mushrooms and correct ways to fold/hang t-shirts) :D* and i cant believe i bloody missed what happened,  If its not too much trouble could someone give me an outline of the details via PM please (im a nosey bugger).

*You know in jokeing Sark buddy.

:D   I know you are joking mate


It is a shame when two members who I like have a public confrontation like this.  It is sad,  make peace not war  :D .  Two great members should be friends.   Will we have a sing song?   I think Scottish Dave has suggested peace songs in the past

At the time I wasn't very happy but it is all water under the bridge now - I would welcome Nem back as he is a good member. I am no shrinking violet so I think it should be forgotten.

Yea it is sad to see two members who I like having a quarrel like this.  We are all here for the same reason and that is to learn to be great poker players like tikay and Phil Ivey, it is sad if a disagreement gets in the way of peace on the forum.  It would be a shame if Smithy felt he couldn't post and also if Nem couldn't post.   I hate arguments, I am a bit of a nancy boy really  :D

IT TURNS OUT SNOOP IS TO BLAME ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!

I answered a forum response with''The Guns are coming out, and mine are bigger than snoops'' (meaning biceps)

Nem thought I was threatening him with a AK47 hence the Pm's.

The mods dont need to be sorting things like this out to be honest - and i apologise for them having to get involved - they have more important things to do!!!

Jesus.  I was about to make a thread about the benefits of warm water on pump action water pistols ( I think the mechanism tends to work more efficiently with warmer water than cold tap water ).  I have changed my mind now just in case it is taken the wrong way  :D

What about paintball guns v airflow (is that correct) guns?

AIRSOFT ya mug!!

BTW Paint ball hurts more!

Groan.....

Do you REALLY think The Mods - me included - enjoy suspending good, solid, Members of blonde?

Did we get it wrong? Maybe, maybe not. Who'll ever know?

Most of us - The Mods I mean - were desperately sad to have to take the actions we did - but if you were in possession of the facts we were - & it's UNLIKELY you were, as we had lengthy written evidence from several parties - you'd know we had no choice. We asked the guys to cool it, several times. We said "please, no more". It continued. Several Mods wrote PM's "come on guys, give it a rest". It went on, and on, The Mods spent hours & hours & hours trying to sort it, time that could have been usefully employed on positive things. Eventually, a line has to be drawn, whether we want to or not. As I said earlier, it's possible we got it wrong. And it's possible we did not. But we acted in good faith, after trying evey method we could to get the guys to chill out. Anyone that thinks we enjoyed all that palaver is not really thinking it through.

I, along with most other blondes, miss Nem greatly. (He sent me the Allen Carr "Give Up Smoking The Easy Way" Book which was damn kind of him). He has to decide whether to Post or not in future, that's his call. I hope he does, but who knows?

People keep saying he's a good guy. We never suggested otherwise. Others "like him". So do we. What's that gotta do with it?

It's a remarkable thing though, the assumption that suspending someone temporarily is easy, or pleasant, or fun.

It's done for a reason, to keep this Forum "just so". We ain't gonna ease our stance for anyone, we want blonde to be a certain sort of place. Those that knock us can knock all day & all night. We will remain a Moderated Forum, where civility, decent manners, respect, & decent morality take precedence. There are plenty of unmoderated Fora for those that don't respect such values, or who feel unable to stay within the boundaries of behaviour we have set.

Some days I almost feel like we have to apologise for keeping this place decent. We get accused of being "nicey-wicey". Like it's some kind of sin.....!

Such is life.

Membership is free, so that allows us to set the Rules.

Goodnight all, see you tomorrow.

PS - How on earth did we get from buying lappies to this?

Point taken.  I appologize

I backed down so as not to embarrass billy, but we all know I was right.

Here we go again...

Tongue, cheek, aside from the missing smiley how can you not fail to spot that?

 ;smackedbottom; How can you fail to spot that I was joking ;D

Shame to hear thats the reason why Nem hasnt been about, ive missed a lot as ive moved house and they can t get my broadband working!
Anyway, im have no idea how the Mods operate on here but as ive moderated large gaming forums for a long time i would just say we use a yellow/red card sytem before we ban etc.
No idea how you guys do it but it works very well, issue there first yellow card and it stays on file for 4 weeks, get another yellow in that time and its a 2 week ban.
Just my thoughts ona very difficult debate because there is nothing worse than having to ban a top poster, I would put Nem in the top 5 posters on here.

 OMG....never thought buying a laptop was so controversial !....anyway thanks for the help guys.....I think i'm going to get a Amilo xi1546 (Fujitsu Siemens)....its got a 17in screen and seems to do what you say it should!!

I agree. I think most people would

Yep - he was a very good source for useful info.

Nice one, glad you got it sorted :)

Just seen this thread , a tad off topic and i dont know a thing about laptops so never bothered looking  :blonde: just like to say i agree with the above and hope Nem decides to post after the 2 wks are up , i like his posts and find him a nice bloke