----------------------------------- djlenny_3000 Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:13 am Recommendations for a new Laptop <is for suckers> ----------------------------------- Hey every1 my last laptop just broke, i still cant find some of the plastic pieces, and i was planning on getting a new laptop, any ideas for what i should get. i was thinking the new dell xps but its pretty expensive but it has pretty colours on the front. i want to know you ideas for what i need in for the following gaming-games like half-life 2 and matrix online so prob a good graphics card word files - comes with all computers so mehh. Music (i upload from my CD's *cough*) etc. ----------------------------------- Tony Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:20 am Re: Recommendations for a new Laptop ----------------------------------- gaming-games like half-life 2. get a desktop ----------------------------------- Boo-chan Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:22 am ----------------------------------- Or decide not to have children and overclock whatever laptop you get. ----------------------------------- lyam_kaskade Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:00 pm Re: Recommendations for a new Laptop ----------------------------------- Hey every1 my last laptop just broke, i still cant find some of the plastic pieces, and i was planning on getting a new laptop, any ideas for what i should get. i was thinking the new dell xps but its pretty expensive but it has pretty colours on the front. http://www.mcdportal.com/sun/sun2.jpg Getting a laptop because it looks pretty is probably a bad idea (goes double if it's a Dell). gaming-games like half-life 2 and matrix online so prob a good graphics card Desktop. Or PS3. word files - comes with all computers so mehh. Music (i upload from my CD's *cough*) Pretty much any computer can steal -- I mean, rip music. Also, laptops usually come with crappy to mediocre speakers. etc. I hope the "etc." isn't anything complicated. Will you be moving around alot, or going to places where you will need your computer? (In which case you would need a laptop). As for laptops, I'm fairly happy with my Asus Z71V. It's probably fast enough to play Half-Life 2. ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:54 pm ----------------------------------- 1st of all get a laptop that is made of a good quality metal and not plasick (as in the case). I whould not get one with a case made of plasick or alumnonm. 2ndly if u whont a gaming laptop perpaer to pay ALOT if you whont one that is going to be able to play the newest games over the next few years. Noramly if u whont to game get a desktop, i whould only recoremend such a laptop if u are ritch, have some speashal need that requres such portable power or what to buy a laptop that will stay up to date with things for the magoity of it's life time. Persoanly in my option the best power user/gaming laptop you can get is an aline ware. I am not up to date on there newest models but the one i have has standed up admazing over the time i have had it and is still up there with the top desktops. I am not ritch mind you but i do have the need to be able to set up a server anywhere and other such crazy things. Aline ware laptop are ushely prity strong pyshical speaking, i have yet to have any magor damge to it even tho i abuses the thing behond what any one should ever think of doing to a laptop of any kind (droping it, jumping over things with it while it is on, runing with it while it is on, puting it throw xrays and strong EM radtion, keeping it on for days, over heating it to the point where things start smelling like burning, using it as a sheild, as a flash light, as a desk, as a buliten borad, sickign things to it, riping them off, ect) and the worst that has happend is alot of sratch marks. Aline ware dose have a small problem with heating but this is not realy a porblem if u use it sainly (ie. not over clocking on a hot summer day with no ac) and ushely most heating problems can be fixed with a cooling pad and/or cleaning of the fans with compresed air. The only other problem i have with them is that there tech sport is not the best, i think they outsorce to some country that can not speak english well. I have also had a Dell laptop and had nothing but problems with it from the 1st day. I had to have somthing replaced on it monthly, eveything from mothborads, keyborads, mice, case, cpu, and cd drive. I gave up on it once the screen fell off tho. There was a falw in dell laptop mother borads where they whould burn out and casues failurs in the keyborad and mice also they have a falw in the LCD witch still exits today where affter about 3 years it will start slowly falling aprt. Ether with wired colors and lines starting down the screen some times of psyical problems like it falling off. One good thing about Dell tho is there tech sport was prity good, and they have on site fiting witch means they come to you to fix it rather then you having to send it away to them. That Dell laptop is still runing today but with out a screen, key borad, mouse or any other kind of i/o device. I just hocked in alot of external parts and made it a server for a bit. Any how that is my rany about laptops........ ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:23 pm ----------------------------------- whats wrong wit playing hl2 on a laptop? i play on mine and i get 72-75 fps constant ----------------------------------- Martin Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:53 pm ----------------------------------- I guess this is the same thing that's been said in numerous similar threads, but it'd be better to get a cheap laptop and a console instead blah blah blah. ----------------------------------- wtd Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:00 pm ----------------------------------- Not necessarily cheap, but get a laptop that's actually mobile. There's no sense in splurging on a laptop that gets 60fps in your game of choice and has a 2 hour battery life, when you could do both things better for less. ----------------------------------- Tony Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:50 pm ----------------------------------- another thing - find out how much your laptop would weight. How much it would really weight. Including all the accessories it will require such as a cooling pad, an extra battery pack, etc. Place that weight worth of textbooks in a laptop case and see how far / for how long you can carry that around. Don't forget to pack your regular load worth of books, notebooks and school/work supplies as well :lol: ----------------------------------- Neo Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:31 pm ----------------------------------- I also have the z71v and would recommend it in a heartbeat. This is the perferct laptop if your a poor student looking for a relatively powerful laptop at a descent price. If you want something with alittle more power and sexier frame get the z70va. http://forums.notebookreview.com/images/smilies/asus.gif ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:46 pm ----------------------------------- Not necessarily cheap, but get a laptop that's actually mobile. There's no sense in splurging on a laptop that gets 60fps in your game of choice and has a 2 hour battery life, when you could do both things better for less. 125fps and 1.2h when over clocked thank you. And to tony it only wegiths about 20lbs with all that =p ----------------------------------- wtd Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:09 pm ----------------------------------- What's the "sperm killed per second" rating? ----------------------------------- Martin Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:17 pm ----------------------------------- Kids are for suckers. ----------------------------------- Dan Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:25 pm ----------------------------------- What's the "sperm killed per second" rating? LOL, pff never mind sperm if u put it on your lap with out a cooling pad you whould lose use of your legs. ----------------------------------- wtd Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:35 pm ----------------------------------- Legs are for suckers. ----------------------------------- md Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:52 pm ----------------------------------- Kids are for suckers. Speak for yourself... kids are cute! Although I'm still not sure I'd want to own one just yet... ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:28 am ----------------------------------- wtd, you're quite wrong.. my laptop costed less than 2k cnd, it has 2 gigs of ram, a pentium M 2.0 ghz processor, Nvidia Geforce 6600 gpu, and has 6.5 hours of battery life and a 100 gb hdd, only weighs 6.5 pounds and is cool enuff to be put on ur lap without any problems ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:35 am ----------------------------------- 6.5 hours of battery life? Doing what, looking at the bios? ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:43 am ----------------------------------- Indee. 6.5 hours of battery life sounds like the advertised battery life, which never holds true. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:58 am ----------------------------------- too bad thats what the clock said rite after my comp died, o and yea thats cuz i took out the cd drive and put in an secondary one, but i never use my cd drive anyhow ----------------------------------- djlenny_3000 Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:49 am ----------------------------------- 1st of all get a laptop that is made of a good quality metal and not plasick (as in the case). definately cuz my last one fell 5 inches and BOOM honest to god i still cant find my enter key and i need all the parts to return it, i love best buy 2ndly if u whont a gaming laptop perpaer to pay ALOT if you whont one that is going to be able to play the newest games over the next few years. Noramly if u whont to game get a desktop, i whould only recoremend such a laptop if u are ritch, have some speashal need that requres such portable power or what to buy a laptop that will stay up to date with things for the magoity of it's life time. firstly i do play alot of games and i mean LOTS and high end too, matrix online half life 2 unreal tournament 2004 etc. and i still need portability for school and everything else cuz i do travel alot and 18 hours in a car without a laptop with my 14 year old sister screaming that ... anyways i need portability Persoanly in my option the best power user/gaming laptop you can get is an aline ware. Aline ware dose have a small problem with heating but this is not realy a porblem if u use it sainly (ie. not over clocking on a hot summer day with no ac) and ushely most heating problems can be fixed with a cooling pad and/or cleaning of the fans with compresed air. The only other problem i have with them is that there tech sport is not the best, i think they outsorce to some country that can not speak english well. i forgot to say in my original post that that was my second choice but i could get a cooling pad and well i dont really overclock too badly I have also had a Dell laptop and had nothing but problems with it from the 1st day. I had to have somthing replaced on it monthly, eveything from mothborads, keyborads, mice, case, cpu, and cd drive. I gave up on it once the screen fell off tho. mental note: DELL sucks my ******* and can kiss my ***** *** ***** you mind can fill in the rest Any how that is my rany about laptops........ nice rant 8/10 we are not worthy :notworthy: EDIT: forgot to say that i have been saving up for a while and have a fair amount of money saved away so price is not as big a problem but i just dont want to be ripped of ----------------------------------- djlenny_3000 Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:53 am ----------------------------------- 6.5 hours of battery life? Doing what, looking at the bios? so true since my last laptop had problems with the battery and it only lasted about an hour word processing and my ipod (s) im on my third because of battery failure mental note: APPLE SUCKS JUST AS MUCH AS DELL ----------------------------------- lyam_kaskade Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:49 am ----------------------------------- mental note: APPLE SUCKS JUST AS MUCH AS DELL Uh oh. Them's fightin' words. where's wtd? ----------------------------------- Boo-chan Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:54 am ----------------------------------- Kids are for suckers. http://machall.com/index.php?do_command=show_strip&strip_id=316&auth=01101-10010-01010-10101-11111 Note: The opinions expressed in this comic are not necessarily my own. ----------------------------------- rizzix Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:46 pm ----------------------------------- mental note: APPLE SUCKS JUST AS MUCH AS DELL cuz it has far too many zealots backing it up? ;) ----------------------------------- wtd Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:53 pm ----------------------------------- I'd wager there are a lot more mindless Dull advocates out there than Mac zealots. ----------------------------------- Mazer Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:23 pm ----------------------------------- Posting comics to make a point is for suckers. ----------------------------------- Tony Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:39 pm ----------------------------------- Using comics to make an avatar is for suckers. http://www.mnsi.net/~mdss/grkav2.jpg ----------------------------------- 1of42 Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:44 pm ----------------------------------- I'd wager there are a lot more mindless Dull advocates out there than Mac zealots. but when you average them all out, the two groups have equal levels of mindlessness. :D ----------------------------------- md Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:29 pm ----------------------------------- One line posts calling people suckers are for suckers. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:30 pm ----------------------------------- Hypocrisy is for suckers. ----------------------------------- codemage Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:35 pm ----------------------------------- I have an ancient 286 monochrome laptop that may interest you if you don't like plastic cases (as has been mentioned). It's US ARMY surplus, and it has 1/4" armour plating. I dropped it down a flight of stairs once, accidentally, and the results were disastrous. The stairs look like hell now. Laptop's fine. Probably not the best option for HL2 or Matrix Online though. ----------------------------------- lyam_kaskade Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:54 pm ----------------------------------- I have an ancient 286 monochrome laptop that may interest you if you don't like plastic cases (as has been mentioned). It's US ARMY surplus, and it has 1/4" armour plating. I dropped it down a flight of stairs once, accidentally, and the results were disastrous. The stairs look like hell now. Laptop's fine. Probably not the best option for HL2 or Matrix Online though. Where did you get it? ----------------------------------- Mazer Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:03 pm ----------------------------------- Army surplus laptops are for... hmm. I'd be interested in knowing where you got it as well. ----------------------------------- MihaiG Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:54 pm ----------------------------------- you can always buy custom laptops though....*emtpy ur pockets* :D its good to wait till after chirstmas whenthe prices go down .....and dont go to future shop...go to a specilized store not a chain they over price and custumer support is bad :evil: ----------------------------------- codemage Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:37 am ----------------------------------- Got it off a business associate who knew a quartermaster who was in charge of getting rid of them. ----------------------------------- didsbub Sat Dec 10, 2005 10:36 am ----------------------------------- I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 6000. It's great, good graphics card, lots of memory; mine came with 1Gb of RAM. It has centrino movile technology, good speakers and an 80GB hardrive. I recommend this computer! ----------------------------------- 1of42 Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:17 pm ----------------------------------- I just bought a new Dell Inspiron 6000. It's great, good graphics card, lots of memory; mine came with 1Gb of RAM. It has centrino movile technology, good speakers and an 80GB hardrive. I recommend this computer! Do you know what centrino mobile technology is, or are you just spouting off the tech specs from the webpage? ;) Anyways, Dell in general == bad.