mxleader on 21/8/2009 at 04:14
I am shopping for a new laptop and I am not sure what to get.
Needs:
Must be able to play T2 and use Dromed
Will run MS Office 2007 Pro
Will run Adobe CS2 creative suite (Photoshop & Indesign)
Must have decent battery life
Between 15 and 17 inch monitor
WiFi capable (probably comes on all new laptops anyway)
Don't care what operating system it has as long as it plays T2
I don't care about anything else that is not listed above, and I need the cheapest laptop I can get away with.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
bikerdude on 21/8/2009 at 08:49
Quote Posted by mxleader
I am shopping for a new laptop and I am not sure what to get.
I don't care about anything else that is not listed above, and I need the cheapest laptop I can get away with.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
The main think you need to be looking for is a laptop with as semi descent gfx card onboard. For example my Dell XpsM1330has a nVidia 8600M which will quite happily run thief at the native res of the screen (1280*800).
As you require a bigger screen I can suggest the Dell Studio 15 for £569 - (
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/minicat/services_N0053503?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs) link as it comes with a Radeon 4570, which not only lets you play some of the latest games but you get FOG in T2...!!!
Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6500 (2.1GHz, 800MHz, 2MB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) - English - comes with a w7 upgrade offer.
Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word)
1 Year Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
15.6in Widescreen High Definition (1366x768) WLED with TrueLife
4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
320GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
512MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570
Fixed Internal DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software
Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery
Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
No Bluetooth Upgrade
2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera
mxleader on 21/8/2009 at 15:51
Thanks, that one looks pretty good. Of course the U.S. price is a little different, especially after I added a few extras. My current Dell is just about out of hard drive space at 32 gigs, that and it keeps crashing.
jay pettitt on 21/8/2009 at 19:42
Do you need a new laptop, or more space and less crashing?
mxleader on 22/8/2009 at 04:51
More space and less crashing.
bikerdude on 22/8/2009 at 11:16
Quote Posted by mxleader
More space and less crashing.
What is your current laptop..
mxleader on 23/8/2009 at 05:12
It's a Dell Inspiron 2200
bikerdude on 23/8/2009 at 09:49
Quote Posted by mxleader
It's a Dell Inspiron 2200
Ok, for a start we can upgrade parts(mem/hdd/cpu) of that laptop to get more speed out of it... can you give me the service tag so i can get the exact specs and then I can tell you what options we have.
mxleader on 24/8/2009 at 02:34
Where is the service tag?
Also I already had the memory maxed out. The hard drive is next, but it is the old IDE type and options are limited.
