LAPTOP LOL

zole · Post by **zole** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:51 pm

Nobs

need to buy a laptop for AZIA, i posted a topic like this before, but is out of date now.

Want it for the usual things, including some light gaming. I don't expect it to be able to play the newest games etc but should be able to run uo/wow/AOK/Team fortress 2 etc. That kind of stuff.

My budget = as little as possible. I don't need a beastly machine, but i want one which wont make me tear out my hair because its slow opening skype or firefox.

HELP PLZ.

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:45 pm

Post by **Calix** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:17 pm

Laptops are shit and slow in my experience unless you spend a lot of money, just get a second hand one for 50 quid or whatever. Basically ebay or fridayads or something.

Noxin · Post by **Noxin** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:29 pm

Zim Zum · Post by **Zim Zum** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:15 pm

What Calix said. I've stopped looking for fast game splaying laptops now, that involves paying £1,500 on crap like Alienware that weights 3 tonnes.

Now I just like the idea of portability. Can't beat the Asus EEE PC! £200, small and light.

zole · Post by **zole** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:26 am

obviously laptops are shit, but i dont have a choice. Its laptop or internet cafe etc.

I reckon spending 6-700 should allow me to get a laptop which can play UO at least. I wont be playing wow cos i realised that MMO in japanese just wont work. Imagine that, trying to do a new instance and all i hear on vent is CHING CHONG CHING CHINON RICE SUSHI CHING

not racist.

King Cyric · Post by **King Cyric** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:29 am

dell vostro 1700, cost me 500 notes and plays css etc no worries with good fps.

Superfast Oz · Post by **Superfast Oz** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:11 pm

You can play uo with no lag, 32mb video card, 256 ram (192 in reality)

So basically any laptop will play uo. I'd suggest paying 400 at most.

Post by **Benn** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:20 pm

Those Dell Vostros are really pretty good

zole · Post by **zole** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:29 pm

seems pretty good from the reviews i've seen. what gfx card/ram did you get etc?

i will hold off buying anything until just before i leave, for the obvious reason of newer stuff getting released, prices dropping etc etc.

zole · Post by **zole** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:38 pm

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2-cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Business - English
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display
3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (1x1024 + 1x2048 MB)
250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
256MB nVidia® GeForce® 8600M GT
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software

£633.

Seems like it would be ok to me, input?

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:29 pm

OH NO NO NO JOHNNYFIVE.

Superfast Oz · Post by **Superfast Oz** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:49 pm

remove windows vista and its a smart laptop

Noxin · Post by **Noxin** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:56 pm

What a complete waste of money...
Just buy something mediocre from Ebay for like 200 and it'll run everything you need it to, a dual core laptop?
Why? It's not needed, it's like buying a shroud of Ari in UO when you only need 5 phys not 10.

Villa · Post by **Villa** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:00 pm

Noxin wrote:What a complete waste of money...
Just buy something mediocre from Ebay for like 200 and it'll run everything you need it to, a dual core laptop?
Why? It's not needed, it's like buying a shroud of Ari in UO when you only need 5 phys not 10.

Why have bread&butter when you can have Caviar ?