Need help buying a laptop.

[sk0rch]

Moving into a dorm next week, need a laptop.

Anything from 800-1300$.

Has to have:

AMD processor

1024 RAM

atleast 80 GB

atleast 1.8 GHZ

And a decent video card that is not integrated.

If you don't know what im talking about, don't even bother posting.

I want one that can support gaming, but I do not want a hardcore gaming laptop.

If anyone knows any good deals for laptops, let me know ASAP.

Right now I'm checking out the notebooks at www.cyberpowerpc.com

[522viper]

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ntbkx649500.asp?v=d
how's that?

[chefwaffles]

laptops suck, trust me. PCs are so much better in terms of performance and cost. I owned and used both. Dont waste money on them.

[Caveman]

laptops suck, trust me. PCs are so much better in terms of performance and cost. I owned and used both. Dont waste money on them.

Some dorms require that you have a laptop. Besides, he is going to college... he may have to bring his laptop to class.

sk0rch, check out http://hp.com

They have some good deals now.

[chefwaffles]

why would you bring your laptop to class...

[sk0rch]

Yes PC's are better.. but my dorm is small enough as it is.

Thanks caveman, but .. I just purchased the

Acer Aspire AS5672WLMi-ATI X1600 NoteBook Intel Core Duo T2300(1.66GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA 1GB DDR2 533 120GB 5400rpm DVD±R/RW ATI Mobility Radeon X1600


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115246

For a grand total of 1080$.


Someone told me "Nice buy, you should check if you can get the hard drive upgraded to a 7200 rpm, 5400 could be a bottleneck."

What do you guys think of that?

[Morpheus]

Someone told me "Nice buy, you should check if you can get the hard drive upgraded to a 7200 rpm, 5400 could be a bottleneck."

What do you guys think of that?


If you can upgrade the drive , do it, I don't think you'll be sorry.

My 2 cents

~SP

[sk0rch]

Well newegg hasn't opened yet, but I doubt they would let me upgrade it, I mean they aren't one of those customizable sites, so they wouldn't do it for me, right?

[jeffrok]

Ohhhh, you bought an Acer.. I hear bad things.

[Morpheus]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834115246

After looking at the specs on this machine, I can't imagine that it would come with a 120 gig 5400rpm. I'ld be willing to bet it's a 7200, though I could be wrong.

I would atleast ask about it.

~SP

[sk0rch]

Yeah I'm going to ask about it also, in 15 min. But I thought that as RPM increased, the GB was lower. That might just be for like 300 GB desktops though.

Ohhhh, you bought an Acer.. I hear bad things.

Like what?

[sk0rch]

Yeah they said they can void it and then I can buy another item, I figured they wouldn't upgrade it.

[Morpheus]

But I thought that as RPM increased, the GB was lower. That might just be for like 300 GB desktops though.Like what?

I don't think so. On my PC I have from 40 gig on up to 200 gig that are all 7200 rpm.

My laptop is 40 gig 7200 rpm

Examples:

Seagate / 100GB / 7200 / 8MB / 2.5" Mobile / Hard Drive

Hitachi / 7K100 / 60GB / 7200 / 8MB / 2.5" Mobile / Hard Drive

And on the other side of that:

Seagate / Momentus 5400.3 / 160GB / 5400 / 8MB / 2.5" Mobile / OEM / Hard Drive

Hitachi / Travelstar 5K100 / 100GB / 5400 / 8MB / 2.5" Mobile / Hard Drive

Just some info for you to work with.

~SP

[guest2005]

Yeah ive heard problems with acer, when i worked at staples we had over
2/3's of acers returned. when buying a laptop i always recomend a HP or Toshiba. definatly near the top for quality while still in an affordable price range.

[sk0rch]

Hmm .. well looking at the specs, this was a great deal for just 1080$. You guys think it is because it was Acer?