I am currently living outside of the U.S.. I still have a Google Voice number, because my permenant address is still in the United States. With Google Voice, we can make calls to people living in the United States still for free. That's a pretty epic usage.

My appologies for not being very clear. I don't have my tools here, nor do I have random spare parts to change out and test which components have problems with my system at the moment. The two laptops could have had different problems, but the net result was that the screens on both were no longer functional. It was my presumption (as I said, I don't have my tools to verify) that excess heat was the cause of my computer issues. For that reason, I would prefer to have a cooler-running laptop, so I don't feel compelled to use additional cooling. My presumptions could be completely wrong, and I fully admit the deficiencies in my explanation.

I've toasted two laptop monitors because of trying to play too many high-needs video games on them. Both of the monitors theoretically were good enough for the games by specs, but both of them burnt out within two years of when I bought them (admitedly, they were both a couple years old when I purchased them). With the first laptop, I just thought it was an age thing and didn't think enough of it, but with the second one, I realized the sad pattern. Now, I play my games with an external fan running, blowing cool air under the laptop, with the laptop on a stand to increase airflow. (I'd stick to playing games on desktops, but I'm living abroad at the moment, and a desktop takes up too much room in the suitcases)

All this being said, it seems like each new generation of laptop video card is more powerful, but I would just like to know of a mid-range card that ran really cool. That would help me much more than power.

Just Arizona now. Indiana was the other one, and they changed it about six or seven years ago. I used to live on the west side of Indiana, and it was sorta strange to have half the year being the same time as my grandpa, who lived just over the border into Illinois, and the other half of the year, we were an hour different.

Anyone who I have known who wanted to buy a new computer, I have told them to make sure they get windows 7. Those people have been pretty ok. If Microsoft wasn't trying to kill their good product (Win 7) by pushing everyone to Win 8, they'd be fine.

When I was little, I used to imagine what it might be like to somehow connect a radar system to my gameboy and watch as we drove down the road. As I was typing that, it seemed relevant. Now, I'm not too sure.