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gumpty
Does anyone here know a lot about laptops,specs? graphics cards? gaming laptops? etc etc, i need some advice please!
I have found a laptop, i want to make sure im doing the right thing for what i want/need
Unifier
What sort of advice do you want Si?
sheardp
A netbook might be a better proposition, depending on your needs.
artfizz
One approach is to go to an online buying site such as Dell, and step through the basic attributes (i.e. Processor, Microsoft Operating System*, LCD, Video Card, Memory, Hard Drive, Optical Devices).
That way, you see how much each decision costs (e.g. Memory: 1GB, 2GB, 3GB, 4GB, 6GB or 8GB).
For each attribute, they have a profile (e.g. Basic/Casual Gaming; Extreme/Multi-Threaded Gaming; Multimedia Viewing; Multimedia Creation; Microsoft® Windows® 7; Future-Ready). Depending on what you want to use the system for, you select the appropriate profile - and that tells you how much of the resource you should buy.
* or you could go Apple Mac or Linux.
Arty, this is one i found on dell.co.uk :-)
The trouble is i dont know if its good value or not or whether it will run those games, i need myself a gaming/laptop expert :-)
deepOzzzie
Simon that laptop is is plenty enough to run those games quite well. The graphics card is a very good one. Personally i would try to find an I7, but that would add an extra 6 to 700 more onto the price. I would also avoid McAfee® SecurityCenter, you are better of taking that option off and installing AVG. Which was ranked the 2nd best anti-virus available for 2010.
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