Simon
20-11-2007, 03:30 PM
No sex really, but sex to a tech whizz is like a lightbulb to a moth.
Service please Techy Nerds...for thou art like PC World, except you know something about computers
I am looking into buying a new laptop eventually. Possibly around Christmas time, possibly later. (or possibly in about 10 minutes, I sure as hell dont trust my current one to last the rest of term, it had better not, but it may force my hand) Anyway, I'm aiming to spend between 500 and 800, preferably somewhere in the middle and I need it for various things. I do need it for games and therefore a decent graphics card is a must. Now I'm not looking to play Bioshock on full graphics or map the entire galaxy with a webcam, so I'm not exactly looking for state of the art; if I can comfortably play Medieval Total War 2 (which I pretty much can already on a Radeon Xpress 200M) and whatever life and boredom decide to throw at me anytime soon, I will be happy enough.
Anyways, could you give me any recommendations within these criteria or as close to as possible:
Dual Core Processor (Seems pretty standard these days)
Capable Graphics Card
100GB+ hard drive, preferably bigger (I have an external but its inconvenient and temperamental at best)
WINDOWS - Advise a Mac and I will curse you so you have an electric eel in your bath alongside a small salmon which will smell when it burns - I know they are good, but they are not good for games, they are not good for price and they are not right for me.
Wireless Enabled
Or if you cant be arsed, for which I would not blame you, any advice on where to look wouldnt be bad. I've looked on Play, which would be useful if I knew shit about Graphics Cards which seem to be named by a combination of numbers with no relevance to their performance. I've looked on Alienware, which is damned sexy but slightly over budget.
kthxbye
Service please Techy Nerds...for thou art like PC World, except you know something about computers
I am looking into buying a new laptop eventually. Possibly around Christmas time, possibly later. (or possibly in about 10 minutes, I sure as hell dont trust my current one to last the rest of term, it had better not, but it may force my hand) Anyway, I'm aiming to spend between 500 and 800, preferably somewhere in the middle and I need it for various things. I do need it for games and therefore a decent graphics card is a must. Now I'm not looking to play Bioshock on full graphics or map the entire galaxy with a webcam, so I'm not exactly looking for state of the art; if I can comfortably play Medieval Total War 2 (which I pretty much can already on a Radeon Xpress 200M) and whatever life and boredom decide to throw at me anytime soon, I will be happy enough.
Anyways, could you give me any recommendations within these criteria or as close to as possible:
Dual Core Processor (Seems pretty standard these days)
Capable Graphics Card
100GB+ hard drive, preferably bigger (I have an external but its inconvenient and temperamental at best)
WINDOWS - Advise a Mac and I will curse you so you have an electric eel in your bath alongside a small salmon which will smell when it burns - I know they are good, but they are not good for games, they are not good for price and they are not right for me.
Wireless Enabled
Or if you cant be arsed, for which I would not blame you, any advice on where to look wouldnt be bad. I've looked on Play, which would be useful if I knew shit about Graphics Cards which seem to be named by a combination of numbers with no relevance to their performance. I've looked on Alienware, which is damned sexy but slightly over budget.
kthxbye