Ahhh, finally the time has come.

[StealthArcher]

My Christmas present has finally activated, and my 1000$ off of a laptop coupon is finally active.

However, it's been so long since I stared endlessly at data and benchmarks for stuff, I can't really figure out what's good anymore!

EDIT: Never specified that oit was the video card's memory, silly me.

This was one I was looking at, but I have a feeling that from what I've read on the video card, the 512 MB of memory wont actually do anything, and is useless, as well I f i remember correctly Core2duos make for really nice OC'ing.


Now, I do want one with a really nice set of specs, and whatnot, and weight as much as people think it might be is fine, it can be 30 freaking lbs for all I care, weight isn't a factor for me to carry it around, however, cost will have to be capped at 2099$ at the absolute most, sure I do get 1000$ off, but my funds aren't limitless.

Any ideas? And dont worry, I'm still looking, not sitting letting you do all the work.

[Tony]

StealthArcher @ Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:17 pm wrote:

it can be 30 freaking lbs for all I care

So why not get yourself a desktop? You'll get better specs for lower price.

[StealthArcher]

Can't really make as much use of a desktop at school. Would rather, but not really plausible.

[btiffin]

Sorry; giddy response.

Get 5 or 6 4GB Asus Eee PCs and just fling them all over the place.

Cheers

[StealthArcher]

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[rdrake]

Tony @ Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:24 pm wrote:

StealthArcher @ Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:17 pm wrote:

it can be 30 freaking lbs for all I care

So why not get yourself a desktop? You'll get better specs for lower price.

Quoted for truth.

After lugging around a large laptop all day for a year you'll be begging for a smaller machine. My laptop is 6 lbs and it still feels too heavy. You can get a decent tablet for cheaper than what you priced. Sure you won't be able to play games on it, but who buys a laptop to game on it anyways?

Light laptop + console == WIN.

[wtd]

If you're looking for something with a dedicated video card then unfortunately Apple is out with your current budget cap unless you go with a refurb MacBook Pro.

Aside from that... Thinkpad R series can if memory serves be configured with decent-ish dedicated video.

Or... buy something like an Eee for going from place to place, and get a desktop for areas where performance is a huge issue.

[StealthArcher]

^^^ Did someone forget previous discussions already?


Anyway, I'll take a look at the suggested, thanks guys.

BTW rdrake when you say console, do you mean like a Plinux3?

[apomb]

as wtd stated, getting a light laptop for portability and a desktop for performance is a great idea. Thats my setup, and i find it to be extremely convenient. I have a macbook/personally built Desktop combo, perfect for my needs and the price for the lot was easily in that price range.(1200 for laptop, 900 for decent desktop)

[Aziz]

When you're at school, though, you don't use your home computer as much, and you only can afford 1 computer. You can get a good gaming laptop for $1500, likely. I got my laptop for $1100, its an ASUS F3Ka Turion 64 X@ TL-60 (2.0GHz), 2GB RAM, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 (15").

You might want to get at least 3 or 4 gigs of RAM, and a better CPU, but this laptop can run some good games at high graphics. ASUS also has a 2 year warranty for free .

You might want to research into Linux compatability if you're interested in that, too.

[StealthArcher]

Hmm, kinda, but you're card clocks out at only 3134 for the 3dmark score. I was hoping for something on the top 10 of this list: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

Dunno, though, no one offers any of them on a lap under 1900, without more than a 60 HDD and 1 Ram, and no freakin OS even

[StealthArcher]

Well, after looking at what I know to read, and getting back up to speed...

Screw it, gaming lps are STILL God-awful expensive, and horribly locked down.

I think my deal up top, with promotional and first buy cash is pretty good, what do you guys think?

[HellblazerX]

How about this one? Overall, seems better than the one you had, unless you really wanted that blue-ray drive.

[Aziz]

My card isn't top on that list (Rank 2 only), but it performs well (except for anti-aliasing). I even heard it got a decent FPS on Crysis. I can run TF2 on max smoothly (except anything more than 2x AA and it lags right down - a problem with the card). The problem is, I only get about 1hr battery life on this laptop because it eats power up.

[StealthArcher]

Yours is number 39 aziz, that's an hd3950...

anyway thanks guys, now to use up a coupon of awesomeness, well, after some more checks anyway, I've started to have fun reading spec sheets again!

EDIT: Checked out HellBlazer's sugg., noticed two things:

-The video card is worse, for the same end price, and honestly I will never use up 250GB as I dont listen to much any music. I had this Athlon 2200+ machine for 7 years and it has 58GB of stuff total, and I almost never erase things.
-That one is more expensive, as CC is offering me more money off for my first purchase, and Asus is also haveing a sale as well.