RNorthex said:
HP? i reeeeally don't recommend thatt And why is that? read below
so far from my experience dell notebooks are the best And again, why exactly? from my experience and seen tests
what u should look for imo
intel corei7 Wait for Bulldozer or go for a mobile Sandy Bridge. 'Nuff said. agreed somewhat
ati hd card[though geforce is more compatible with intel cpus] Source? Also, why is AMD better than nVidia? amd is not better than nvdia, i don't rly like amd and i myself go for nvidia
preferably the most ramslots available[with the least ram or at least it should run at 1600mhz and be kingston[not kingmax]]RAM speed doesn't mean jack if anything at all, and you'll need a renown brand like Kingston, Corsair, OCZ, etc. told kingston, never really heard of ocz, corsair i never used, kingston is cheap and hq
led blacklit would be good, lcd sucks really hard on notebooks Personal preference. why is that?
1tb winchester[though look out for rpm and tm] Winchester? Never heard of that, and that's usually not a good thing. Also, TM? Besides that, 7200 RPM is scarcely found amongst laptop harddrives. it's not that easy to upgrade at some of them or it's just costy, better to have top now than latter imo, scarcely but found, if not, even an external would do it, has low cache and just 5,4krpm, wouldn't make much difference would it?
if u go legit, a win7, if not, then no os or max freedos And why is that? i prefer not to pay for 1250+USD for an os[that is converted with extra corruption from my country, but even outside that, brand new, it comes at a high price
the maximum usb ports u can possibly get Should OP need any. read below
QUOTE(Originality @ Mar 15 2011, 07:10 PM)
If you go by "what people say", you should never get a HP, Acer, Dell, MSi, Asus or Apple laptop. That just leaves Samsung and Toshiba from the big names. Anybody saying "don't get products" should be ignored outright and banned from the internet for not knowing what they're talking about.
yes because kingmax ram is surely better than kingston, enermax better cooler than thermaltake etc
Laptops with Sandy Bridge CPUs are already starting to leak into the market, although the uptake is a bit slow with the whole B2-stepping cockup with the motherboards. Given that B3-stepping motherboards are now being shipped, we should see many more mid-high end laptops running Sandy Bridge CPUs, at least until Bulldozer is out which will be a while yet. AMD Bobcat is highly anticipated for the power saving market and has received good reviews so far.
agreed, that is if he's looking for a gaming laptop, i still think amd is not a really good choice, safer, but lacks the power
For the graphics, there really aren't many laptops that use mid or high end nVidia GPU, just the 330 or 335 for Optimus. That's a good reason to look for AMD graphics instead - seeing HD 5750 or better is quite common in gaming laptops.
agreed, said
For the point on RAM, I call B$.
No laptop on the market can make use of 1600Mhz RAM. With laptops, size is more important than speed, and most laptops come with 3-4GB of RAM. There is no point in considering what brand of RAM it has because that jacks the price much higher than necessary.
sometimes, sometimes not, i can give u 3 bad kingmax 2gb rams while all my kingston rams still work, 1600mhz is a possibility, 1333mhz-1066 is way more common, that is true
Finding a laptop with an LED screen is rare. Don't bother looking specifically for one - just take whatever screen it has.
agreed somewhat, one of the last things to consider, but it's still something, i mean after you bought it, u'll be stuck with it prolly
For the HDD, I would stick with whatever it comes with. You can always upgrade it later, but for extra space it's usually better to use externals.
at a gaming laptop it's important, i'm aware that it's rare they got good internal hdds, but it's still a good thing to look after
Nearly all laptops on the market come with genuine Windows 7 anyway. No need to say anything there.
not rly
USB ports......... why the hell are you giving advice on USB ports? The most I've ever needed is two, or three to charge my phone whilst doing transfers between the other two. Most laptops I see come with 3 or 4. Nobody ever should decide on a laptop simply because it has 1 or 2 more USB ports than another.
if i'm not using it on the run: 1 wireless keyboard and mouse[+1 to charge it], 1-2external drive[1 for sure], 1 razer headphones, and 1 at least i would need to swap between gamepad/graphicstablet - 2 is definately not enough, 3 not rly, 4 are barely, 5-6 would be ideal, that is again if the guy just need the laptop occassionally, it's not a big deal, but if this would be used as a home pc as well, then imo it counts
