Laptop

[Lemonstein]

Some with classes beginning soon, i'll need a laptop, but im terrible at those things.

I want something that can last a while since ill probably need it for about 7 years

Also something that can run a couple games such as CSS and Gmod and softwares like photoshop.

But then, ima start my bachelor degree in psychology, not anything that requires a really great computer.

So yeah, i really dont know what i should get

 

heres what i had in mind though after looking at sony's laptops ( http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921666179668&categoryId=8198552921644712012 )

 

Intel® Core™ i5-520M processor (2.40GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz

320GB hard disk drive (7200rpm)

4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066

ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 GPU (512MB VRAM)

 

hope u can help me thanks

[Robfal]

Whatever you get make sure you have the ability to upgrade the hardware later on so dont be too cheap on it.

[Bilbo Baggins]

Well. If you want to get seven years of life out of a laptop and be able to play games on it that entire time you'd need to buy the most high end laptop you can find. But for basic internet surfing, work and mild photoshop that laptop should be fine for the amount of time you plan on having it. The only thing that you should be aware of is that with laptops the graphics card is in there for the life of the laptop so for gaming you'll prolly be able to play css fine for now, but should there be another source engine update that could change and there really won't be anything you can do about it.

[PotshotPolka]

you're better off buying a cheap $200 netbook and a low-grade quad core desktop. Seriously.

[Lemonstein]

you're better off buying a cheap $200 netbook and a low-grade quad core desktop. Seriously.

 

i have no idea what ur talking about

 

but i think i found something nice

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

• AMD Phenom™ II Quad-Core Mobile Processor P920 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)

• 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA]

• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

• 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

• Microsoft® Office Starter 2010

• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard)

• 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Display (1366x768)

• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

• Wireless 802.11b/g/n Card

 

for 750$

[Bilbo Baggins]

i have no idea what ur talking about

 

but i think i found something nice

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

• AMD Phenom™ II Quad-Core Mobile Processor P920 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)

• 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA]

• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

• 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

• Microsoft® Office Starter 2010

• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard)

• 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Display (1366x768)

• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

• Wireless 802.11b/g/n Card

 

for 750$

 

Well what he was saying was that in terms of performance the best thing you could do was buy two separate computers, one a low end netbook and a desktop which you can upgrade over the years to meet your evolving computing needs. Anyhoo, that laptop seems to be nice enough, but you must know that laptops really don't perform as well as desktops and a few years from now even the cheaper desktops will run circles around your laptop.

[tinkerbell]

i have no idea what ur talking about

 

but i think i found something nice

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

• AMD Phenom™ II Quad-Core Mobile Processor P920 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)

• 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA]

• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

• 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

• Microsoft® Office Starter 2010

• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard)

• 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Display (1366x768)

• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

• Wireless 802.11b/g/n Card

 

for 750$

 

just no!! for a gaming laptop, for starters, all of the modern games require a processing speed of more than 2GHz, majority of games dont even support multi-core CPU's. the mobile gfx is shit, and you will get about 50 mins battery life out that while trying to play games. for $750 you will struggle to find a "decent" gaming laptop. you need a budget of excess of $1000 for anything considered a gaming laptop.

[Lemonstein]

well im not really looking for a gaming laptop, the only game i really use is CSS

i only play Gmod once in a while and most of other games i have (prototype, GTAIV, Guild Wars, Frozen Throne) i never play so i wont even install them. And i really dont plan on buying new games cuz with the studies and work ill already be busy most of the time.

 

Also Bilbo, im concious that laptops arent as good as desktop, but since its a computer i plan on bringing in class and elsewhere, i really need a laptop

 

here are other PCs i found

 

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

• Intel® Core™ i5-450M Dual Core processor (2.40GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)with Turbo Boost up to 2.66 GHz

• 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5650 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA] - For Dual Core Processors

• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

• 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

• Microsoft® Office Starter 2010

• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard)

• 17.3" diagonal HD+ High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1600 x 900)

• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

• HP TrueVision Webcam and Fingerprint Reader

• Intel Wireless-N Card

 

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

• Intel® Core™ i5-450M Dual Core processor (2.40GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)with Turbo Boost up to 2.66 GHz

• 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA]

• 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

• 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

• Microsoft® Office Starter 2010

• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard)

• 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display (1366x768)

• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

• Intel Wireless-N Card

[tinkerbell]

please post the links where you found these laptops as well

[Lemonstein]

they are both from hp

 

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Screen+size&v1=Over+16.9&series_name=dv7tse_series&jumpid=in_R329_prodexp/hhoslp/psg/notebooks/Over_16.9/dv7tse_series

 

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Screen+size&v1=15.0+-+16.9&series_name=dv6tse_series&jumpid=in_R329_prodexp/hhoslp/psg/notebooks/15.0_-_16.9/dv6tse_series