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2nd Feb 2008, 07:57
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| I'm looking to buy a new laptop. I need some advice on system specs. I'll be using it for 2D design (Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash etc); Gaming (Call of Duty 4) & watching films. Basically I want it to be portable (but not necessarily tiny), with high battery life but high powered. Being a designer I also have this need for it to look damn good. So basically I need to spend loadsa cash on a laptop, except I can't. I'm setting myself a budget of £750. Tech specs: 2GB RAM Widescreen display Vista Home Premium Core 2 Duo Can you recommend how many GHz I need in a processor? And I also need recommendations of retailers, or specific laptops. ATM I'm looking at the Dell M1530, would you guys recommend this? |
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2nd Feb 2008, 09:16
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| Middle-range price, portable, good battery life, good performance. Pick two.
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2nd Feb 2008, 11:25
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2nd Feb 2008, 17:57
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| No, my point was that expecting all of the above in one package is naive. Want a gaming laptop? Prepare to have it be over 8lb (hardly portable) and cost a lot, with mediocre battery life. Want a laptop for occasional business use and some light games? Not really possible, as most retail laptops have integrated cards. So what I'm saying is this - you need to relax your requirements and state which ones are more important to you. Battery life trump gaming potential? Sure you can only spend that much?
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2nd Feb 2008, 18:33
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| I've been doing some window shopping last month. I got to know that if you want a laptop which you can play games with and with the proccesor that you want, you're a actually looking at the price range of £700 onwards, and I'm only referring to the gaming part and with specs that you actually want with your laptop, I'm quite sure yout budget of £750 wouldn't be enough. Choose your processor wisely because it plays a big role on the price. I'm playing CoD 4 with NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS Just like what Carbon has mentioned, you have to choose your specs because all rounder laptop is not going to be easy on your pocket. Hope this helps a little :) |
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3rd Feb 2008, 03:26
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What iw as asking is are the specs I've chosen well rounded, are any of them going to bring down the overall performance of the laptop? I've already done some research and it is realistic that they can be bought for the price I quoted, £750 (Not USD). I'm no hard core gamer, just the occasional game of CoD4. What I'm really after is what processor I should be looking at because that's the area I have no experience in. |
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3rd Feb 2008, 06:38
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| The M1530 will be fine, then. I'd get the one with the T7250 & the 8600M GT. Note that like I said battery life is going to be impacted.
__________________ "I loved the P182 so much that, when my wife's system was all noisy and needed all sorts of cleaning, I bought her one. Then, when I wanted a cat, I bought a P182. The P182 is not a cat per se, but it's still an excellent buy." |
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4th Feb 2008, 07:13
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| you can always buy a spare battery with it and keep it in the carry case. |
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