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A laptop for my needs!

  • 21-12-2007 12:29pm
    #1
    Beau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭


    Ok I've a budget of about €1000, I'm getting a laptop that wil do all the basics for college work and that will be able to play the latest games, idealy I'd get the one below from Dell but that cost €1453. is there any other laptops aroud that will do the business, what about Cantec, Dixons or PC Worlds range?

    I'd be playing games like Football Manager a hell of alot for certain, I haven't had a PC in awhile but I do know I'd like to be able to play the latest games that come out with decent quality.

    Components
    BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache) edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
    HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support) edit
    COLOUR CHOICE 2.0 mega pixel Camera & Crimson Red for CCFL Display edit
    LCD 15.4¿ UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) CCFL Display (220nits) with TrueLife™ edit
    BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION Biometric Fingerprint Reader with BLACK accent edit
    MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
    HARD DRIVE 160GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
    GRAPHICS CARD NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated graphic memory edit
    OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW edit
    PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 9-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (85 WHr) edit
    Accessories
    CARRY CASES Large Nylon Carry Case edit
    BLUETOOTH Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data rate - Eur edit
    MOUSE Dell™ Optical Scroll Premium USB Mouse edit
    WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe edit
    MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office 2007 Home and Student - English edit
    Services & Software
    ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit
    SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English


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  • #2
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Check out Dell Vostro on their business page. You can kit out the 1500 with roughly the same spec's - 2Ghz Core 2 Duo, 2Gb Ram, 8600GT, webcam, bluetooth etc for under 1k inc delivery and vat, but you will be minus a few features such as the fingerprint reader.

    For new games, the 8600Gt is the bare minimum to enjoy games at reasonable quality (Call of Duty 4 etc, at native res medium settings). For Football manager, virtually anything would be sufficient. For someone only playing the very odd game, or older ones such as Half Life 2, the newer Orange Box, games that are fairly hardware friendly, the 8400GS is excellent for such purposes and will save you a bit of cash.

    Pc World and Dixons do some decent entry level machines but for gaming, they won't offer much for 1k.

    Sony Center are currently selling a good laptop for 999, can't remember the exact model, 1.8Ghz Core 2, 2gb and Ram and 8400GT. While it's not as well spec'd as the Dell, it is a Sony after all if you're inclined to lean towards style...and is still adequate for most new games at reasonable settings.


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