Suggest a laptop

Darzinho

Hi there,

Can anybody recommend what they think is the best laptop out there for games and multimedia for somebody with an absolute max budget of €800?

Cheers.

AlmightyCushion

Probably a vostro 1500 with an 8600gt, 2GBs of ram and a core 2 duo @ around 2Ghz in it.

Darzinho

Any opinions on this one?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/504389

Darzinho

And can anyone tell me if a T5450 Core 2 Duo
Processor speed 1.66ghz would be more powerful than, say, a Pentium 4 2.66ghz? I've know idea what processors are like nowadays!

Cheers

Alanstrainor

Darzinho wrote: »

Any opinions on this one?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/504389

Not too great for what you want it for, it would not be able to run any games in the last 3/4 years, as AlmightyCushion said, vostro 1500 with 2ghz core 2 duo and 8600gt is your man. The core 2 duo processors are much more efficient in comparison to the older pentium single cores, therefore the t5450 1.66 would be better than the 2.66 pentium 4.

Alanstrainor

This is the one to go for, vostro 1500: €784 inc VAT + delivery
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
SUPPORT SERVICES 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included -
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera
MEMORY 3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)
HARD DRIVE 250GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)

Darzinho

Thanks for your help. Any idea what sort of weight that laptop is?

Umbrella Corp

I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro. Ive had it over a year now and have had no bother with it. I run my company on it and it is great. Hope you find a good one!

Alanstrainor

Darzinho wrote: »

Thanks for your help. Any idea what sort of weight that laptop is?

2.8Kg, If portability is a priority, on your budget, you'd have to make a compromise, for the games side of things anyway.

Darzinho

mmmm....

Any ideas for more focus on portability, so - whilst not completely sacrificing the games element? Maybe 2 kilos at most?



Any opinions on this?

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/654/861/-/3593592/Sony-Vaio-NR21-Z-S-Core-2-Duo-T8100-2-1GHz-3GB-250GB-15-4-Vista-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html?searchtype=genre#

And any ideas of its weight?

Alanstrainor

Eh...Google is your friend for finding things like weight out, not much point in me relaying things back to you...But seeing that the sony is a 15.4" screen i'd imagine it's almost the same weight as the vostro. When you say you want to play games, what are we talking here, latest and the greatest or a few years old?

Just to note, there's no point looking at play, they don't deliver electronics to Ireland.

Alanstrainor

The vostro 1310 weighs 2kg, i haven't seen one myself so i can't really comment on what they're like. I've read good reviews though. You won't get as good a spec with the smaller size, the graphics aren't that great, it'll run older stuff though.
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100 (2.1 GHz, 3 MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Business - English
SUPPORT SERVICES 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day Included -
LCD 13.3" Widescreen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Glossy Black without Camera
MEMORY 2048MB (1x2048) 667MHz DDR2 Single Channel
HARD DRIVE 320GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD 128 MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8400M GS (64 bit) Graphic Card
POWER SUPPLY 65W AC Adaptor (3 Wire) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell 58 WHr Lithium Ion battery edit

820 including vat, not too sure if the delivery is still free on these...

Darzinho

Cheers - I reckon I'll go for something along the lines of those two Dells. The main things I need it for are writing, internet and photos etc.

After that, I'd like to get back into playing games again, although I'm not a games fanatic any more so I definitely don't need the latest and greatest; but I don't want to cut down too much on my choice of games. Portability is also fairly important for me as I travel quite a bit.

I'm swaying towards the latter Dell now. Such a bloody hard decision!!!!

Thanks for all your help.

Alanstrainor

Yeah man, glad i could help. Just a note, the vostro 1310 (the latter one) says it could take a while to fulfil orders...not too sure why, probably because they're new to the market. Good luck with yo choice!:pac:

An Fear Aniar

Dell XPS might do the job. A good quality screen and graphics card would be important though.


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