ATTN: Laptop peoples

[elementxero 10+ year member]

cheese

 

[Alaxan 5,000+ posts]

Whoa there, buddy ... I never said they COULDN'T game or run games well ...
The reason why you SHOULD get a desktop if you're looking for a gaming computer is because it's significantly cheaper to build and upgrade, you have a much wider variety of parts available, and it will generally be more reliable (more space, more airflow ... assuming you know WTF you're doing, of course).

Yes, if you're the type that LANs a lot, then a gaming laptop may be worth the extra cost, but for most people who game, they would be better off w/ a gaming desktop and a basic laptop which they could get for less money than the gaming laptop itself ...

lol... sorry my sarcasm gets the best of me at times... Yes I agree and that's why I have desktop systems as well, but... I rather enjoy the laptop much more often than the desktop these days.

 

[Alaxan 5,000+ posts]

vista sucks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif crashes my computer, switching back to XP!

You have to be mentally capable of operating a computer to handle using the new OS... wait about another 5yrs and you might be able to grasp the concept of operating a computer

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

cheese

 

[Pop da Hatch 10+ year member]

You have to be mentally capable of operating a computer to handle using the new OS... wait about another 5yrs and you might be able to grasp the concept of operating a computer

Say what you want but it sure doesnt like to run AutoCAD!

I vote Dell btw.....

 

[Alaxan 5,000+ posts]

Say what you want but it sure doesnt like to run AutoCAD!
I vote Dell btw.....

Wow... autoCAD 2008 works w/ Vista... and is even suppoted as such... again wait another 5yrs and u can be a bit more updated tho

 

[snova031]

Ok, took a look at the Lenovo's, and really like the X61 (12.1"). Right now they're running a 20% off deal on them, built the following system:

ThinkPad X61 - 1 Year Depot Warranty

Edit

Ships within 2-3 weeks** $1,022.40 $1,022.40

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 NV (2.2GHz, 4MB L2, 800MHz FSB)[1]

Genuine Windows XP Professional[12]

12.1" XGA TFT, 2x3 Ultraconnect II antenna

1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)[8]

TrackPoint

100GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm Serial ATA (2.5")[4]

ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wi-Fi wireless LAN Mini-PCIe US/EMEA/LA/ANZ[10]

ThinkPad X60 Series 8 cell High Capacity Battery[60]

7675: Express - 1 Year Depot Warranty

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

I'm on my x61s and I love it...just got it 1 month ago. Also consider Vista business because you can downgrade for free.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=VSTA-DWNGRD#downgrading

 

[snova031]

Well I went with a Dell Inspiron 1420. I put a lot of thought into the x61, but no trackpad really turned me off there...I'm not a big fan of the trackball.

This is what I ordered:

222-9485

1 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)

320-5528

1 Midnight Blue

311-7253

1 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz

320-5521

1 High Resolution, glossy widescreen 14.1 inch display (1440x900)

320-5496

1 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GS

341-4864

1 Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

310-9171

420-5769

420-5924

420-6436

420-6556

420-7076

420-7622

463-2282

1 Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition

430-0493

1 Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

420-7468

1 Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1

313-5277

420-6464

1 CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)

313-4783

1 High Definition Audio 2.0

430-2337

1 Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card

320-5523

1 No Camera

412-1397

1 No Productivity software pre-installed

461-8389

1 No Security

312-0539

1 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)

950-3337

960-2780

983-3180

987-5397

987-8139

1 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service

461-3063

1 No ISP requested

466-7693

1 Inspiron 1420

430-2348

1 Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR)

310-9348

1 Intel Centrino Core Duo Processor

310-8628

1 Windows Vista™ Premium

420-7091

420-7092

987-4817

988-0099

1 Included 3 GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Yr

Came to $960 w/ the $300 off coupon.

I'll be upgrading to either 3 or 4gig ram. I originally was going to go with a 7200rpm drive, but for the upgrade price, I figured I'll stick with the 5400rpm, and if I feel the need to upgrade, I can do so down the road.

 

[snova031]

It's included

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

no point in upgrading to more than 2gb of ram if that OS is 32bit

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

you also have 2 different processors listed

 

[snova031]

Why does it say Vista Premium twice?

Not sure...?

no point in upgrading to more than 2gb of ram if that OS is 32bit

32bit will still recognize 3.xxgigs from what I've been told...