Hard Light Productions Forums

Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: SuperCoolAl on May 24, 2005, 12:59:53 pm

Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: SuperCoolAl on May 24, 2005, 12:59:53 pm
^^ See the title!

Oh and don't tell me to get a desktop, I definitely need portability.

UK links please.
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: kasperl on May 24, 2005, 01:04:12 pm
Portability, or gaming power?

Battery time important?
Durabilty?
Strength?
DVD/CD burner?

Think of that kind of stuff before you spend your money.
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: SuperCoolAl on May 24, 2005, 03:03:38 pm
Battery isn't that important, it just need to be transported easily.

Gaming power + DVD burner :D
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: Liberator on May 24, 2005, 08:52:58 pm
1500 lbs sterling(I don't have that key on my keyboard) is roughly $3000.

Hmmm...that's not a lot for a top end good brand laptop...but  have at it (http://www.alienware.co.uk/Configurator_Pages/area-51m_7700.aspx?SysCode=PC-EU-LT-AREA51M7700&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT)
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: SuperCoolAl on May 25, 2005, 01:05:28 am
Ouch!

1. 512MB RAM

2. 40Gb Hard Drive

3. No DVD Burner
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 25, 2005, 01:15:38 am
Although it does have a GeForce 6800 Go
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: SuperCoolAl on May 25, 2005, 01:30:04 am
Yea i suppose, but it'll still only be able to run HL2 at medium settings smoothly.

RAM is very important really to me. Run out and all hell breaks loose. I have 512 on this desktop and I know how bad it is, especially as laptops can't be upgraded easily.

I also think it should be 64-bit so its ready for the future. I know I'm asking for a lot here but it should be possible to be found. Just askin my buddies to help ;)

I guess the 6800 go is better than the X800 then? PS 3.0 and all that.
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: Kosh on May 25, 2005, 02:44:29 am
Quote
I guess the 6800 go is better than the X800 then


I thought they were about the same.....
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: Grey Wolf on May 26, 2005, 07:21:57 pm
The 6800 has a sllight edge, mainly in standards compliance and OpenGL.
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: SuperCoolAl on May 28, 2005, 04:13:50 pm
OK I've had a look around and I've found a decent Dell (yes I know...)

Intel ®Pentium ®M Processor 740 (1.73 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB)
1024MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Go graphics card, PCI-Express x16
60GB (7.200rpm) IDE Hard Drive
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with Software
17" UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WUXGA (1920 x 1200) Display with TrueLife™
Optional USB 3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive
Internal 56K v.92 Capable Fax Modem (won't be using this lol)
Intel® ProWireless 2200 802.11b/g Mini PCI Wireless LAN Card
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home SP2
Primary 6 Cell 53 WHr battery
9300 second 9-cell , 80 Whr Li-Ion primary battery (optional)
Microsoft® Works 7.0
Nylon Black/Grey Carry Case X-Large
1 Year European Collect and Return Service

£1491 inc VAT inc shipping

Main concern of course is the CPU
Title: Laptop, £1500, What Can I Get?
Post by: Grey Wolf on May 28, 2005, 04:19:50 pm
It's a Pentium M, so that's not bad at all for a laptop CPU. I'd put it roughly equal to a 2.6 or 2.8GHz Intel processor, or a 1.8GHz AMD.