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Soleron on 11 April 2011
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Smeags said:
Soleron said:

Of course you will want a discrete card to play on Medium/High but no need to go for a 'gaming' laptop. Make sure it has a Nehalem or Sandy Bridge CPU (Core i3/i5/i7) [AMD's competition will come in June].

Yeah, I was looking at some laptops today at BestBuy, and went to the HP section (HP is the most reliable brand right?) and I noticed those. I'm assuming that the i7 is the most futureproof?

Don't buy computers for futureproofing. Everything from cheap to expensive will all look outdated in five years. Just don't spend your whole budget now and save some for when you need to buy again.

All of the i3/i5/i7 CPUs should be fast enough so you don't notice right now; there is no need to get i7. If you get a quad-core instead of a dual then battery life will suffer (if you care). Personally I'd be fine with an i3/i5 dual.

I've seen brand reliability debated widely and people will swear that their brand is the best OR that they had a terrible experience and you shouldn't buy, but i'd say that the main brands (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Apple, and a few others I'm forgetting) are all similar. HP isn't especially better.