Simple Q To All ...whats The Best???

GREENGEKO

Heres The Problem...never Had A Laptop Pc,currently Got A Old P4,tierd Graphics Card And Not Worth To Upgrade..looked Around And Have Decided To Buy A Laptop Instead Of A New Pc....want To Use Ms Works Ect And Some Mutimedia Software But Also Want To Play The Latest Games ....always Looked At Pc Before But The Amount Of Diffrent Laptops Out There At Present Makes It Hard To Find Out Whats The Best To Buy????so I Need To Some Advice On What To Buy??

My Budgets A Crisp 1000euro ,what Would U Buy Then???

Ps
I Could Use A Site Like Ebay Ect But Worried About Warrentys Ect?? So Want To Stick To Irish Companys Unless Anyone Knows Of A Super Must Have Laptop Out There??

Gran Hermano

Define 'best'.

Some people might say a keyboard with a working caps-lock key is best

GREENGEKO

Not Bad My First Answer In Less Than A Min Of Posting The Tread...thats Fast!!!yes Gran Hermano The Pc Im Using Has A Lot Of Probs,bit Like The Owner...but Anyway This Pc Keeps Locking Up,some Keys Jaming ,blue Screen Ect Ect...its Ready For The Pc In The Sky,hence The Above Add...

BostonB

Buy a how to write course.

For 1000 you'll only get a mid range laptop. Look for something with a 8600GT or 7900/7950 GS/GTX, 2GB RAM and a 2Ghz Processor. There some used laptops with that spec on adverts. Try to get one with some warranty left.

GREENGEKO

thks boston b.
but after seeing all the adds links ect going to up bugdet to about 1500euro...
think i might stick with a good xps from dell with warranty

BostonB

You'll do well to get a new XPS for €1000 that has a decent gfx card.

Sqaull20

Even if you up your budget to 2000 your not going to get a laptop that can play the latest games at max settings....The tech isnt there on the laptops at the moment,no quad core,no nvidia 8800 series no decent/affordable Ati card.....

Best of getting a decent core 2 duo,8600gt laptop now for under €800 (below),it will play all the latest games at medium/high settings and you can sell it on nest year when,laptop tech catches up some bit.....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055210023

You could get a gaming desktop too,to bring it up to €1500

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055145616&page=19

Voodu Child

You'll do well to get a new XPS for €1000 that has a decent gfx card.

3 euro's over his budget:

XPS M1530
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support) edit
15.4¿ UltraSharp™ WXGA (1280x800) CCFL Display (220nits) with TrueLife™ edit
Biometric Fingerprint Reader with BLACK accent edit
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] edit
120GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB dedicated graphic memory edit
Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW edit
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

e1003 incl vat and shipping on the Dell EPP site and using the current 10% off code. (expires 9th Jan)

It's by no means a current high-spec gaming laptop, but for a new machine with full 1yr warranty it's nice value for money. Note that it's the GDDR3 loaded 8600M GT, seems much better than the DDR2 8600M GT based on the benchmarks.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-XPS-M1530-Notebook.7295.0.html

BostonB

Good find. I stand corrected. The GDDR3 does seem a bit quicker from that alright.

Voodu Child

50% quicker going by the 3DMark05 scores from a similarly (not identical) specced Vostro 1500 with DDR2 8600M GT on the same site.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Dell-Vostro-1500-Laptop.6806.0.html

7923 versus 5297

Im not a gamer and don't know much about these things , but I presume 50% isnt to be sniffed at.

I'd spec it a bit higher myself, but just wanted to stay at the grand mark for the sake of the OPs original budget.