I have found a laptop, i want to make sure im doing the right thing for what i want/need
Laptop advice???
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What sort of advice do you want Si?
Oct 13, 2010
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Intel® Core™ i3-370M (2.4Ghz, 4 Threads, 3M cache)
Microsoft Operating System
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Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
LCD
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17.3” High Definition+ (1600x900) LED with TL
Video Card
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1GB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 Graphics Card
Memory
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3072MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x1024 + 1x2048]
Hard Drive
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500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Optical Devices
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DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with DVD Burn software
Services and Support
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1 year of coverage included with your PC
Protect your new PC
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McAfee® SecurityCenter 15 Month Subscription
£679 including shipping....
I want to know the following, is this good value for what im getting?
Will this laptop run the following games (for my son), Grid racing driver, The settlers 6, Age of empires 3, Far Cry 2? all on high settings?
Is there a laptop that would outperform this one for the same money?
cheers anyone!
Oct 13, 2010
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#5
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.
Oct 13, 2010
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#6
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 :-)
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.
Does anyone here know a lot about laptops,specs? graphics cards? gaming laptops? etc etc, i need some advice please!