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Gonna be buying a new laptop - iamflip - 2010-09-23
Well... more like it'll be my aunt paying for it as a birthday present to me, but that's besides the point. She has the money, and I get to choose.
I have a total budget of $800. This accounts for tax (and S&H if it's online). I'm somewhat picky at what I'm looking for, but in general I'd like to be using the laptop for hardcore gaming anywhere. I've found a few goodies like a 6 GB RAM Asus in Best Buy (SKU: 9835955) or this Gateway laptop from Tigerdirect, but I'd like to get some difference of opinion.
Mainly what I ideally would like to get is:
Quad-core CPU
At least 4 GB RAM
Nvidia video card with dedicated memory
+6 hours battery life
32-bit Win7
A keyboard with numpad.
Now, I wouldn't mind if the CPU is a dual-core, and I can work with a 64-bit Win7, but the video card and battery life is essential. Any help for me to decide on something good?
Gonna be buying a new laptop - TKWizard - 2010-09-23
You're not going to get anything decent with that amount of money.
Gonna be buying a new laptop - iamflip - 2010-09-23
Your definition of "decent" must be totally different from mine, apparently.
Any other helpful suggestions?
EDIT: Found an even better goodie in Best Buy: Toshiba - Satellite Laptop / Intel® Core™ i5 Processor / 14" Display / 4GB Memory / 500GB Hard Drive - Slate (SKU: 1006408)
Gonna be buying a new laptop - Jamie_Kurosawa - 2010-09-23
Hey flip... any thoughts on this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114924
Gonna be buying a new laptop - iamflip - 2010-09-23
Jamie_Kurosawa Wrote:Hey flip... any thoughts on this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114924
It seems evenly matched compared to the last thing I found on Best Buy, except cheaper, less HD space, and battery life lol. I don't have a lot of experience with ATI cards though. Does the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 perform just as well as the NVIDIA GeForce 310M?
Gonna be buying a new laptop - CrazyNomad - 2010-09-23
i would suggest you an alienware, but the cheapest one start at $799 already.
i reccon that Toshiba laptops have a sh'it battery, i would go for Asus, or HP.