Reply With QuoteWe use Dells Lattitudes exclusively at work - they seem to be fairly robust.
They come out with the Core2Duo processor now.
Remember if you are a wage earner you can package laptops as salary sacrifice. ( not desktops )
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SubscriberSorry Inc I can;t bring myself to buy an Apple.
I am looking for an IBM type laptop and would like:
- widescreen monitor
I will use it for:
- games
- watching DVD's
- browsing the net.
- photo editing, use with a digital SLR eventualy
- as well as word, powerpoint and other low demand applications.
Plan is also to set up a wireless network in the house with my cable desktop for www access.
I assume I'd need a decent size hard drive, a fair bit of memory, and v good video card.
What should I be looking for and (here's the catch) can it be purchased in the sub $2,000 price bracket ?
P.S. I like the look of the HP ones, but they ain;t cheap.
The Compaq Presario V6000 looks pretty good around the $2K mark:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en...-12436080.html
There seem to be some VERY good deals avail from Dell (online) but are Dell's any good ?
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We use Dells Lattitudes exclusively at work - they seem to be fairly robust.
They come out with the Core2Duo processor now.
Remember if you are a wage earner you can package laptops as salary sacrifice. ( not desktops )
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IMHO expect to pay $3400+ for a somewhat decent game capable laptop. a real gamers laptop costs $4000+....
that example you supplied doesnt cut it at all as a game playing puter.... cpu kills it... unless you play mahjong of course..... certainly will struggle bigtime with any thing in the newer game releases....
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I have a dell which i bought about 18 months ago. Great laptop. Has bounched around the back of the 90 round aus and will connect to the internet with anything. Great laptop and well worth the money. Dell do some great deals too. Would highly recoment themOriginally Posted by waynep
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For <$2k I wouldn't expect to get a laptop that beefy enough for games, all the other items you list would be okay
I run a old Presario X1031 and it's round the world a few times - connected wireless in some pretty odd places - and has never let me down - but I do not run games on it.
Photo editing, DVD, networked wireless when I am home. When I am in some weird place I use a bluetooth adaptor to connect to the web/email using the gprs on my phone.
HDD on laptops are getting bigger now, but I also use a usb external hard drive as I have to carry buckets of data with me when I travel.
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Im using a toshiba sattelite m50 (its the wifes) and it handles my modest gaming needs well enough and I have an a50 for normal mobile work and the 440cdx for mobile number crunching in big red...
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Hi Vlad, we ran some gaming machines for the shop when we had it. Scrap the idea of using a laptop for gaming, it will play current games for a few months and then newer ones will come out that require better graphics cards etc, if you want gaming a PC is the way to go, much easier and cheaper to upgrade and more parts available.
I have a LG Notbook i am selling, you can have it for $600 plus postage, it will do all of the other things you listed. I will even install windows XP Pro, XP Office and Trend Micro Internet Secrurity on it for you. The use the money you save and by and X-Box 360 for the games. Matt
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SubscriberI was afraid the gaming thing might be asking too much.
Ace can you PM me details or better a link to specs so I can check it out see if its what im after cheers mike
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Hi VladTapes,
This may help you out a little, maybe not.
Earlier this week i asked my brother to work out what would be needed in a laptop if a laptop was to replace one of our workers' desktop PCs. It needed to be powerful and fast enough to run some CAD programs etc.
We did not consider a wide screen as this put the price up too much - however, it would have been good.
Prices are relevant to Dell website
The following Laptop is pretty much a DELL PRECISION M65 (see website) and came to a total of $3839.oo (price as of yesterday)
Processor - Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or upgrade to 2.16 GHz for +$270)
Hard drive - 100 GB (7200 rpm)
Memory - 2.0 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM
Battery - 9 cell Li-Ion (6 cells is usually standard)
Ethernet - Gigabyte 10/100/1000
Video Card - NVIDIA quadro FX-350M 512MB turbo cache open GL PCI-E (perhaps a better video card is needed for gaming??????)
DVD Burner
Bluetooth
Wireless network
Software - Windows XP , MS Office Basic
Screen - 15.4" wide aspect ultra sharp UXGA 1920 x 1200
Included is a 3 year next business day on site warranty Mon-Fri 9-5pm-----------------
Hope this is a little helpful.
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SubscriberHelpful but way more than I can afford.
So.. lets drop the gaming requirement, specify that I do want widescreen format for watching DVD's etc and now I need what ?
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