Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[Nemo14]

Yeah, pretty much. It's about 3 hours away from me. I've been through DC on road trips, but it's just not something my parents have ever taken me to do. A lot of Sundays are spent at Orioles games and then Ravens games, so free weekends just don't happen. That, and we spend about 6 weeks on vacation each year, so we don't do a ton of day trips. One of these days. I think my school does trips down there periodically, so I'll have to look into it.

Oh, and I've flown out of Dulles. Nice airport. Too bad it's too far out for anyone to use it...

3 hours??? really? It's only 7 from here - 6 1/2 if we don't hit a lot of traffic.

Sorry, I just can't imagine not finding time to go at least once - it's such an amazing place, all politics aside.

 

[Nemo14]

So has everyone done their Sharnado shopping?

 

[meyeet]

so not having actually watch sharknado... does the movie ever involve a trailer park? I mean don't tornados and trailer parks go hand in hand.

 

[trr1]

One of each - the 6 year old is a boy.

try the air and space one

 

[Nemo14]

That's my favorite actually. I could easily spend all day there. I've got plenty of time to figure this all out before they get here though. I just wanted to give her a few options.

 

[trr1]

3 hours??? really? It's only 7 from here - 6 1/2 if we don't hit a lot of traffic.

Sorry, I just can't imagine not finding time to go at least once - it's such an amazing place, all politics aside.

its 2 1/2 hours for me and 113 miles been there twice

 

[Nemo14]

We've been 4 or 5 times with various family members and once just the 2 of us. I planned and chaperoned a school trip there a few years back that was awesome. Great times!

 

[PUSH]

Went to Best Buy today and I think I know which one I want. I've completely ruled out anything but a 15.6" screen. The other ones just seem either too small or too big. Plus the one I'm looking at is lighter than my current one, and has the CD drive I'm looking for.

 

[Nemo14]

Went to Best Buy today and I think I know which one I want. I've completely ruled out anything but a 15.6" screen. The other ones just seem either too small or too big. Plus the one I'm looking at is lighter than my current one, and has the CD drive I'm looking for.

Yay - sounds like you're making progress!

 

[PUSH]

But I just went to look for it on the website and it wasn't there. They have the 17.3" screen, though, but that was huge.

 

[Nemo14]

I agree - a 17.3 is a huge screen for a laptop. It's weird that they don't have yours on the website. Is it discontinued possibly?

 

[PUSH]

I agree - a 17.3 is a huge screen for a laptop. It's weird that they don't have yours on the website. Is it discontinued possibly?

I'm not sure. There wasn't a tag or anything saying it was.

 

[Nemo14]

You might want to google that model number to see, but to be honest, that wouldn't stop me from buying it if it was what I wanted.

 

[englanddg]

You should google the model number anyhow if you liked it...you never know when new egg or tigerdirect or some other vendor is having a mega sale...

 

[PUSH]

Weird - I googled the SKU number and the words "Best Buy" and it came up. But when I put the number in the search bar at BestBuy.com it didn't.

 

[Nemo14]

very strange.... perhaps the sharks got it?

 

[Nemo14]

Rather than the SKU, try googling the model name & number.

 

[PUSH]

I can't find any reviews about this laptop. It's an HP Pavilion G6 2342dx. I don't know if I want to buy it without seeing the reviews first.

And any of you have an opinion on Intel or AMD?

 

[englanddg]

Intel or AMD, effectively doesn't matter. There is no major noticeable difference unless you are into overclocking or hardcore use.

More important is the speed (ghz) and number of cores.

 

[PUSH]

Processor Speed is 1.9GHz, and it's an AMD quad-core A8. Are those both good?