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Alrighty. let see how many replies I can get before I'm moved to offtopic.


I'm in Canada...
So school is starting and I am in need of a laptop for educational, video and gaming purpose.

So I am wondering if anyone would help me look/find a laptop under these guidelines? (remember these are just guidelines)


My price range is around $1100

Mini requirements
- least 2G of ram
- core 2 dual of 2.0GHz (with a nice speed)
- a individual graphic card (Geforce graphic card 8600 perferred)
- good wireless connection


brand does not matter much, I have been searching over 3 days long.. yet i cannot find any that satisfy my tastes..
this will be my first time owning a laptop too...

Here's one

http://www.velocitymicro.com/category.php?cid=3

it's $1500

but meets your specs i think
Core2Duo 2.4g
8600GT 512mb
120gb hdd
8x DVD +/-R with Dual Layer
1gb ram

the laptop is a little big but it meets the specs

i wanted to recommend the macbook pro
but it cost $2000 and the specs are slightly lower than the one above
(it looks better, is much more portable, and run os x (also dual boots xp) tho ^^)

hmm... it's a bit over .. and it does not have everything

i seriously need some help

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

ouch

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

that is what you say so more people will help you =="
do i have to say sony or toshiba etc?
btw. its not for extreme gaming so it's al'good..
dun be a doofus in my thread..

Aura wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

that is what you say so more people will help you =="
do i have to say sony or toshiba etc?
btw. its not for extreme gaming so it's al'good..
dun be a doofus in my thread..

U totally missed my point, again.

ONLY COMPUTER NOOBS BUY PACKAGE DEAL COMPUTERS!

Gosh

Get someone to custom build it for you. Much cheaper, much better. Even better if you can do it yourself, but by the look of things you cant. That is why im choosing not to help you. Go to your local handy man at Harvey Norman and he will pimp you out well. Remember you MUST listen to w/e he sais. If he sais its good then it MUST be good.

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

that is what you say so more people will help you =="
do i have to say sony or toshiba etc?
btw. its not for extreme gaming so it's al'good..
dun be a doofus in my thread..

U totally missed my point, again.

ONLY COMPUTER NOOBS BUY PACKAGE DEAL COMPUTERS!

Gosh

Get someone to custom build it for you. Much cheaper, much better. Even better if you can do it yourself, but by the look of things you cant. That is why im choosing not to help you. Go to your local handy man at Harvey Norman and he will pimp you out well. Remember you MUST listen to w/e he sais. If he sais its good then it MUST be good.

sux we can't custom build laptops ourself (very impracticle atm, no laptop parts readily available online or at the store) , only way to sorta custom build a laptop is through a dam reseller

& he wants a laptop, not a desktop , so u totally missed his point b4 even shooting off ur gun

tedtwilliger wrote:You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

I agree.

lmao
a bunch of jackasses

and who said i was buying package deals..
im not even gonna argue.

sunmoon wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

that is what you say so more people will help you =="
do i have to say sony or toshiba etc?
btw. its not for extreme gaming so it's al'good..
dun be a doofus in my thread..

U totally missed my point, again.

ONLY COMPUTER NOOBS BUY PACKAGE DEAL COMPUTERS!

Gosh

Get someone to custom build it for you. Much cheaper, much better. Even better if you can do it yourself, but by the look of things you cant. That is why im choosing not to help you. Go to your local handy man at Harvey Norman and he will pimp you out well. Remember you MUST listen to w/e he sais. If he sais its good then it MUST be good.

sux we can't custom build laptops ourself (very impracticle atm, no laptop parts readily available online or at the store) , only way to sorta custom build a laptop is through a dam reseller

& he wants a laptop, not a desktop , so u totally missed his point b4 even shooting off ur gun

If you know what you are doing, or like me have a best mate who has ready parts to laptop computer parts, you can do it. It may be harder, but it is possible. GG

Aura wrote:Alrighty. let see how many replies I can get before I'm moved to offtopic.

dude.. why post it here when you know it belongs in OTL? i dont get it.

I heard of Custom built Desktops... but custom built laptops?.... hmmm... I must be a noob.

-Evan wrote:I heard of Custom built Desktops... but custom built laptops?.... hmmm... I must be a noob.

Must be ^^

I play on a laptop and i love it... neat and compact.
this isn't a game that needs a $5000 computer....

cin wrote:

Aura wrote:Alrighty. let see how many replies I can get before I'm moved to offtopic.

dude.. why post it here when you know it belongs in OTL? i dont get it.

because i thought there were more ''helpful'' people in the general section

Im on my laptop all the time, have been since start of '06 playing SRO. No problems ever.

I have a Dell latitude D510. Preety standard.

No, the battery diddnt explode.


But you dont need a top line desktop for SRO.

imo anyways.

exactly.

btw
is AMD processor any good?
like this one
http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/conf ... px?mid=255

--
btw is Mobility 256MB NVIDIA 8600GT Video the same as 256MB NVIDIA 8600GT ??

my laptop has an amd turion x2 TL52 processor.. basically just an amd turion
dual core with 64 bit capability. for the rest i run a nvidia geforce go 7600 with
256mb dedicated memory. everything runs smooth, as long as i have either
the shadows or the bloom effect turned off.

cin wrote:my laptop has an amd turion x2 TL52 processor.. basically just an amd turion
dual core with 64 bit capability. for the rest i run a nvidia geforce go 7600 with
256mb dedicated memory. everything runs smooth, as long as i have either
the shadows or the bloom effect turned off.

I got a sister of this one, but the same vid card. Dosnt have any problems running sro. But im playing with my normal PC and my laptop runs a stall 24/7. Cost less energie

but dont buy a laptop for gaming, for that money you got a much much bether computer.

not for gaming but just occasionally..

btw.
hows this one?
http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/conf ... px?mid=256

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

that is what you say so more people will help you =="
do i have to say sony or toshiba etc?
btw. its not for extreme gaming so it's al'good..
dun be a doofus in my thread..

U totally missed my point, again.

ONLY COMPUTER NOOBS BUY PACKAGE DEAL COMPUTERS!

Gosh

Get someone to custom build it for you. Much cheaper, much better. Even better if you can do it yourself, but by the look of things you cant. That is why im choosing not to help you. Go to your local handy man at Harvey Norman and he will pimp you out well. Remember you MUST listen to w/e he sais. If he sais its good then it MUST be good.

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@people, i have a Dell, it works fine. stop calling everyone noobs just because they dont know everything about pc's...

Aura wrote:

cin wrote:

Aura wrote:Alrighty. let see how many replies I can get before I'm moved to offtopic.

dude.. why post it here when you know it belongs in OTL? i dont get it.

because i thought there were more ''helpful'' people in the general section

AHAHhahahah!! Oh man that was rich.

As for your laptop, just say you're a girl. There's bound to be a few buttwipes who will jump to help like flies to shit.

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

that is what you say so more people will help you =="
do i have to say sony or toshiba etc?
btw. its not for extreme gaming so it's al'good..
dun be a doofus in my thread..

ONLY COMPUTER NOOBS BUY PACKAGE DEAL COMPUTERS!

Gosh

So...? Do you care?

tedtwilliger wrote:Get someone to custom build it for you. Much cheaper, much better. Even better if you can do it yourself, but by the look of things you cant. That is why im choosing not to help you. Go to your local handy man at Harvey Norman and he will pimp you out well. Remember you MUST listen to w/e he sais. If he sais its good then it MUST be good.

You want to HELP him or not? If youre going to help him dont b*tch and whine, just help.

If youre not going to help him GTFO.

You do NOT own this thread. He's asking for help, he made the thread.

And so what if he's a pc nub? you care?




Anyway, is nothing wrong with package deal laptops. Works fine. Maybe not as good price / quality proportion as a custom built one, but hey, no worries to get all the spare parts, just buy and use it.

thanks

btw.
are the laptops in this site
http://www.ibuypower.com/mall/notebook.asp
any good?

sunmoon wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:

tedtwilliger wrote:

Aura wrote:brand does not matter much

You truly know nothing about computers. You dont deserve my help. Do not get a laptop for a gaming device. It really isnt worth it at all.

that is what you say so more people will help you =="
do i have to say sony or toshiba etc?
btw. its not for extreme gaming so it's al'good..
dun be a doofus in my thread..

U totally missed my point, again.

ONLY COMPUTER NOOBS BUY PACKAGE DEAL COMPUTERS!

Gosh

Get someone to custom build it for you. Much cheaper, much better. Even better if you can do it yourself, but by the look of things you cant. That is why im choosing not to help you. Go to your local handy man at Harvey Norman and he will pimp you out well. Remember you MUST listen to w/e he sais. If he sais its good then it MUST be good.

sux we can't custom build laptops ourself (very impracticle atm, no laptop parts readily available online or at the store) , only way to sorta custom build a laptop is through a dam reseller

& he wants a laptop, not a desktop , so u totally missed his point b4 even shooting off ur gun

+1

tedwilliger wrote:Get someone to custom build it for you. Much cheaper, much better. Even better if you can do it yourself, but by the look of things you cant. That is why im choosing not to help you.

If he knew how to build a custom laptop, do you think he'd be in here asking the rest of us for advice on a good laptop to buy? So if he knew how to do it himself, then you'd help him? Then he wouldn't need the help.

exactly

wow...im actually looking into laptops to buy and while its for school i'd like to at leats have the basics

2GB ram
Int core duo
100GB hardrive
nice sound video card


i thought ppl were helping him out instead not 2 post into the discussion someone comes out of nowhere and refuse to offer his o0 wtf....sometimes i set my expectations to high for you OTL

and i don't mean to sound like an advertisement but Hp's got notebooks starting at 599 and it has most of what you want except the video card. *thumbs up* *high five* *ass slap*

well when it comes to gaming or any 3-d things
the graphic card is what makes ur machine break or not