 Laptop advice, help...I suck... |
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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
 Jun 8 2006, 09:23 AM
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I thought I would ping you guys for your personal or professional opinions on laptops. I figured the people on this forum are a bit more hip to this stuff than the mil or contractor boards.
I need one...asap. I don't need one of those indestructible powebooks or whatever they are called. I don't plan on throwing in a big pile of sand and shit. needs to have good battery life, powerful enough to play some movies/games/wifi/etc. although they may all have that capability now. the last time I purchased one was in 97...so I am totally out of the loop. I'm sure I could just go to bestbuy and get one, but when throwing down more than a grand the last thing i want is buyer's remorse...you know? I am not against getting a mac either. I have no platform loyalty...I just want to be sure that it's compatible with the formats used for gaming...because all work and no play makes jon a sad boy. help please. |
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Jun 8 2006, 09:36 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
how much are you looking to spend on it?
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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
Jun 8 2006, 09:42 AM
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ideally around 1500
though I would go up to 2500, no higher (I need to save some $$ so I can go surfing soon and not have to camp and get assraped by filthy mexicans). plus it's not like I'm fuckin splitting atoms wiht the notebook...mainly movies, games, interweb, photos, etc...I just dont want it to bog down or crash. I've gotten too used to my desktop to put up with slow shit. |
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Jun 8 2006, 10:28 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
depends on what kinda games you want to play, but i'd say $1500 gets you a pretty damn nice notebook nowadays. if you want to play the latest 3d games you'd prob have to spend more, but you have a pretty nice price range there.
i don't know much about the notebook market right now, but my biggest advice for people buying notebooks has always been get as big of a screen as you can afford. |
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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
Jun 8 2006, 10:50 AM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ Jun 8 2006, 10:28 AM) depends on what kinda games you want to play, but i'd say $1500 gets you a pretty damn nice notebook nowadays. if you want to play the latest 3d games you'd prob have to spend more, but you have a pretty nice price range there. i don't know much about the notebook market right now, but my biggest advice for people buying notebooks has always been get as big of a screen as you can afford. thanks for the input. I figured that most notebooks today would be a bit better than the POS I have from 97. at this point that thing is nothing more than a library of my written works and coursework. and plays a mean game of solitaire... |
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Jun 8 2006, 11:30 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
yeah 1500 will get you a damn good laptop nowadays
dell has some pretty good deals/offers going on this week: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopi...en&s=dhs&~tab=2 only bad thing about dell is that you can't get an amd chip, which is cheaper and faster than intels |
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Jun 8 2006, 11:43 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 5,275 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 2 |
fujitsu laptops: http://store.shopfujitsu.com/fpc/Ecommerce...do?series=S2110
toshiba laptops: http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/clin.t...mputers&seg=HHO acer laptops: http://global.acer.com/products/notebook/index.htm all 3 of those carry laptops with amd chips i believe just showing you that you have more options besides dell/hp |
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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
Jun 8 2006, 11:57 AM
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awesome thanks!
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Jun 8 2006, 12:42 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,558 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Seoul, South Korea Member No.: 28 |
get alienware
haha just kidding. yeah, I got my laptop a year and a half ago from Dell and it was only like $699. i still use it and it fits most my needs (just can't play super big games on it). --------------------  |
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Jun 8 2006, 01:10 PM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
i actually found a nice HP at frys the other day... (yeah it surprised me too).
After having a bunch of dells and toshibas pass through my hands, i'd have to say go with toshiba over dell. aside from that, get what you want, and buy the best screen resolution possible. the LCD is the one thing you can't upgrade no matter what. (yes, some laptops have upgradeable mobos/cpus now, but whatev.) It's also the most expensive part of the laptop. so yeah. that. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:09 PM
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  Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Jun 8 2006, 01:42 PM) get alienware haha just kidding. yeah, I got my laptop a year and a half ago from Dell and it was only like $699. i still use it and it fits most my needs (just can't play super big games on it). my old roomie got an alienware laptop. it has a max battery life of one hour. the thing is massive. -------------------- 32-bit whore
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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
Jun 8 2006, 02:26 PM
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I really do appreciate you guy's input...
I was wondering...can you play games on macs? I ask because I see where a game comes out and it's xbox, ps2, pc...but it never says macs. I'm an idiot. |
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Jun 8 2006, 02:32 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Jun 8 2006, 03:26 PM) I really do appreciate you guy's input... I was wondering...can you play games on macs? I ask because I see where a game comes out and it's xbox, ps2, pc...but it never says macs. I'm an idiot. Yeah, there are plenty of games available on the Mac. The problem is getting your hands on them. Of course you could buy one of the new intel macs and run windows too. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jun 8 2006, 03:28 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
the only problem with getting a macbook/pro is that they still only come with one button, so if you're bootcamping to XP, you'll have to install a hack or something of the sort (or use an external mouse) to right click.
the hack isn't hard to find, and there's also some people that set up the motion sensor to right click. (they "tap" the computer next to but not actually on the mouse button, and it senses it) -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Jun 8 2006, 03:41 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
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