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I am looking for a good laptop in the 800-1000$ price range. I want it to be a good laptop for school uses, and for gaming. I do not want a mac. I don't know much about computers. So if anyone has any suggestions let me know. Link me to some good stuff
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Pop'n Music.
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http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Batta..._Gaming_Laptop
That's pretty decent and in your price range. My current desktop is from this company and I'd recommend them 100% |
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What Kagome said.
If you truly want to get the most for your money, iBuyPower or CyberPower is where you want to be. Here's another good one: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/X...8500_Notebook/ (Side-note: If you manage to win the lottery or something, I've heard Toshiba Qosmios are nice... but they cost a pretty penny.)
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Also looking for full keyboard. Should have said that earlier Hate playing OpenITG or FFR on tiny keys that most laptops have.
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seeing as your brainless and know nothing about computers id definitely recommend you get a mac
but hey; its up to you |
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Nah, I'm Not a big fan of apple. I know enough to know I don't want a mac. As for me being brainless, well, that is just untrue, but to each his own I suppose.
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oh.
also, both the laptops that Kagome and I posted have full-size arrow keys at least, and if you play spread then A/S/K/L should work
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Full size arrow keys will work just fine. The little ones annoy the hell out of me.
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To get the best deal on a laptop, the answer is really just to shop around. Even check out Dell's site as very occasionally you can get a really great deal. Some other places that haven't already be mentioned would be http://www.tigerdirect.com/ and http://www.newegg.com, but I'd say iBuyPower is your best bet. Also, 3GB of RAM should be good. I'm running any game out there with 2GB of RAM. You're going to want to really only focus on your processor, and if it has a real graphics card on it. Post anything up on here you want an opinion on. Last edited by fido123; 12-15-2010 at 07:09 PM.. |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834214046
i7 1 gb nvidia full kb 16" screen at low end of ur price range. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220827 better i7 1gb ati full kb 16" i like the asus better myself.
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Alienware, need i say more?
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wtf did you actually just recommend Alienware? Yes, Alienware was epic maybe 10 years ago, but now that Dell bought them out, the computers are literally made out of garbage. I think I could literally dig in my trash can right now and build a better computer than an Alienware.
I'm sorry do I sound a little bitter? I have a $2000 Alienware laptop sitting in my room that literally fell apart before I even finished paying it off.
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Anything that makes a good computer for school makes a terrible computer for gaming. Gaming laptops are possible but wont be cheap. I recommend a netbook and a nice desktop.
You can only pick 2. >School >Gaming >Laptop
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Right now I am shooting for 800-1000, but I may be able to go higher by the time I am ready to actually buy the laptop.
PS: Even I know Alien Ware, Dell, and HP are crap. So I wont bother with any of them. Quote:
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I have a 17 inch laptop that I got for school a few years ago but I found it to be so inconvenient for school it's not even funny. Two years later I got a netbook and it is the most convenient thing in the world. They are so light that you don't even notice the extra weight on your back. My 17 inch laptop was like 10 pounds adding in the charger so it kind of hurt my shoulder after awhile.
Chances are that you will rarely if ever need to do cpu/graphics intensive work on the go so it is much better to have a really nice desktop, for cheap, and get a light weight laptop or netbook.
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My first laptop was a 14" HP w/ 512MB of RAM and a 1.4GHz processor, which in 2005 was the boss.
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Although I totally agree with getting a gaming desktop and a cheap work laptop, a gaming laptop can still do you for school. I find net-books convenient as hell to type on cause the keyboards are so damn small. If it's a weight issue I guess that depends on your personal strength.
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I guess I just have small fingers. I can type 100+ wpm on my netbook fairly easily. The screen is restrictive at times but I really shouldn't be doing so much work on my netbook anyway. There is no reason to be programming with visual studio on a netbook. You can, but there isn't enough screen space.
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I am glad OP didn't ignore my post. Go with the asus bro, its an i7 QUAD core and a GB of dedicated video memory. It will play ANY game on the market now and for the next 3-5 years WITHOUT any upgrades at all (I am not taking DX upgrades into consideration). 4 GB of DDR3 memory. Gaming laptops aren't as expensive as they once were. My coworker got a $650 HP a year ago to play Aion and its still rocking ass on full detail.
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