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darthdevidem01 on 11 April 2010

@kingofwale

cool I'll look into that. Some people have said that SONY might let go of the VAIO brand cus it doesn't make profit, thats another reason why I'm reluctant to buy one

@Squilliam

lol uni rooms are small, but yeah buying a monitor might be better, but it has to be in HD.

I really don't wanna leave my PS3 at home, but then again I probably won't have time for PS3!

@Mazty

I don't necessarily want to be playing on the highest graphics level, I am fine with medium or even low, so future proof in that sense.



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Ssenkahdavic on 11 April 2010

Last I read (think it was on Toms hardware) Asus was the "new" most reliable labby (high end).

They also tend to be competitively priced.  Both my brother and my grandfather just bought an Asus Labby off Newegg.  They both seem to be very well built and actually came with a disc that removed all the crapware they had installed.

Check this out.

And this. Which interestingly enough comes with Nvidia 3D vision!

@Squillian definitely go HD 58xx. Awesome mobile grphix cards (they also use a less power than the comparable GTX)



 

  

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darthdevidem01 on 11 April 2010
riecsou said:

If it's for gaming and you r willing to spend more than £1000 then I would recommend "Alienware M15x". You also say you need it for at least 5 years and future proof so I suggest some customizations:
1) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-540M 2.53GHz (3.06Ghz Turbo Mode, 3M cache)
2) LCD: 15.6-inch Wide Full HD Display (1920x1080)
3) Memory : 4 GB DDR3 or 4096 MB DDR3
4) Hard drive: 500GB SATAII 7,200RPM
5) Graphic Card: 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX260M graphics card
6) Upgrade the battery to 9-cell

If you want blue ray or not is up to you

So I went to the dell site and custmized this laptop (without blue ray) and it cost after taxes and delivery £1,348.99. Good luck

Thank you, that seems pretty good!



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kingofwale on 11 April 2010

>cool I'll look into that. Some people have said that SONY might let go of the VAIO brand cus it doesn't make profit, thats another reason why I'm reluctant to buy one


Total BS, Sony Viaos are some of the most reliable laptops I've used, (I've tried Lenovo, 2 Dell (one being XPS line), Macbook), the Z is just sexy as hell. and it has real horse under it.

the only problem is affordablility, if you need a laptop on the go, it's a great choice... if not, you can find a 15 inch for much less.



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darthdevidem01 on 11 April 2010

So I'm looking at the SONY Vaio Z Series, are these specs good?

Configured
Intel CoreTM i5 Processor
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional
Black
320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
No DVD disc drive
33.3 cm LCD, 1600x900 + webcam
No Wireless WAN
________

Will I need Wireless WAN to be able to play online?!!



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Ssenkahdavic on 11 April 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
So I'm looking at the SONY Vaio Z Series, are these specs good?

Configured
Intel CoreTM i5 Processor
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional
Black
320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
No DVD disc drive
33.3 cm LCD, 1600x900 + webcam
No Wireless WAN
________

Will I need Wireless WAN to be able to play online?!!

Whats the grphx chip? and check out the two I posted above :)



 

  

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darthdevidem01 on 11 April 2010
Ssenkahdavic said:
darthdevidem01 said:
So I'm looking at the SONY Vaio Z Series, are these specs good?

Configured
Intel CoreTM i5 Processor
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional
Black
320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
No DVD disc drive
33.3 cm LCD, 1600x900 + webcam
No Wireless WAN
________

Will I need Wireless WAN to be able to play online?!!

Whats the grphx chip? and check out the two I posted above :)

Its the NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M 1GB

Is that a good one?

Checking out the two you posted now (thanks for helping)!



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KungKras on 11 April 2010

My laptop is fairly new and has an HDMI port and is good at games and so on so on.

It has a 2.5 GHz Dual Core processor, a fairly good graphics card and 6 gigs of RAM.

It cost me around 9000kr wich is about $1285 I believe.

there are cheaper laptops with similar specs I believe. If you want it to be future proof, you should look for laptops with similar specs.



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sabestar on 11 April 2010
darthdevidem01 said:
So I'm looking at the SONY Vaio Z Series, are these specs good?

Configured
Intel CoreTM i5 Processor
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional
Black
320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
No DVD disc drive
33.3 cm LCD, 1600x900 + webcam
No Wireless WAN
________

Will I need Wireless WAN to be able to play online?!!

What's the graphics card? Plus, there isn't even a dvd drive I mean what the...? Also what is the speed of the i5 processor (the one in MHz or GHz)?

Edit: Although I would recommend ATI Mobility RADEON ® HD 4670 - 1GB instead for the graphics card.



darthdevidem01 on 11 April 2010
sabestar said:
darthdevidem01 said:
So I'm looking at the SONY Vaio Z Series, are these specs good?

Configured
Intel CoreTM i5 Processor
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional
Black
320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
No DVD disc drive
33.3 cm LCD, 1600x900 + webcam
No Wireless WAN
________

Will I need Wireless WAN to be able to play online?!!

What's the graphics card? Plus, there isn't even a dvd drive I mean what the...? Also what is the speed of the i5 processor (the one in MHz or GHz)?

Are never mind, no DVD drive = no buy.

hmm

Is this one good?

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_7736G_Laptop_LX.PHU02.095/version.asp

Processor
Processor family
Intel Core 2 Duo
L2 cache 3 MB
Processor front side bus 800 MHz
Chipset Mobile Intel GM45 Express
Processor model P7450
Processor clock speed 2130 MHz
Disk drive
Total storage capacity
320 GB
Hard disk interface SATA
Display
Display resolution
1600 x 900 pixels
Display brightness 220 cd/m²
Display response rise/fall 8 ms
Display diagonal 17.3 "
Display HD+ LED TFT LCD
Aspect ratio 16:9
Number of colours 16.7 M
Memory
Memory clock speed
667 MHz
Memory layout 2 x 2048 MB
Maximum internal memory 4 GB
Memory slots 2 soDIMM
Internal memory type DDR2 SDRAM
Internal memory 4096 MB
Storage media
Card reader integrated
Y
Compatible memory cards SD, MMC, MS, MS PRO, xD
Video
Graphic adapter
NVIDIA GeForce G210M
Optical drive
Optical drive type
DVD Super Multi DL
Audio
Number of built-in speakers
2
Built-in microphone Y
Audio system HD Audio
Camera
Camera included
Y
Networking
3G network access module
N
Wake-on-LAN ready Y
Bluetooth N
Modem type ITU V.92
Networking features Gigabit Ethernet, WLAN
Wake-on-Ring ready Y
Wireless technology 802.11 a/b/g/n
Modem speed 56 Kbit/s
Internal modem Y
Operating system/software
Trial software
-McAfee Internet Security Suite.
-Microsoft® Works + Office Home & Student 2007.
Operating system provided Windows 7 Home Premium
Bundled software -Acer Arcade Deluxe featuring Acer CinemaVision & Acer ClearVision.
-Acer GridVista.
-Acer Backup Manager.
-Acer Launch Manager.
-Acer eRecovery Management.
-Acer PowerSmart Manager.
-Adobe® Reader®.
-Adobe® Flash® Player.
-NTI Media Maker.
Energy management
External power adapter
Y
Battery life 3.5 h
Number of battery cells 6 pcs
Battery performance 4400 mAh
Battery technology Lithium-Ion
Battery performance 48.8 W
Connectivity
HDMI ports quantity
1
ExpressCard slot N
Port replicator N
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity 1
SmartCard slot N
CardBus PCMCIA slot type N
CardBus PCMCIA slots quantity 0
DVI port N
TV in port N
TV out port N
DC-in jack Y
S/PDIF out port N
Microphone, line-in jack Y
Speaker/ headphone/ line-out jack 1
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity 1
Modem (RJ-11) ports 1
IEEE 1394/Firewire ports quantity 0
USB 2.0 ports quantity 4
Line in Y
PS/2 ports quantity 0
Serial ports quantity 0
Parallel ports quantity 0
Infrared data port N
Security
Hard disk drive, user password
Y
BIOS password Y
Cable lock slot Kensington
Weight & dimensions
Height (rear)
45 mm
Height (front) 40 mm
Depth 274 mm
Width 411 mm
Weight 3200 g
Technical details
Type
PC

 

 



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