Hi guys. So, coming into a new year, I need a laptop. I've got a mac, and while that's great, I need a powerful Windows laptop that can handle heavy stuff like encoding (mainly encoding). So, specs? At least 3+ Ghz (not upto, but actually 3+ ghz) 8 GB of RAM 500 GB+ HDD 1GB+ of dedicated graphics I'm not sure how much it would cost, but I'm willing to pay about $1000. Thanks in advance.
AUD1000? That would just get me a moderate standard spec 'high end brand' laptop. Speaking based on the computer market prices in my country that is. I think you need to up the budget some more, at least by 50% if you're going for a high end spec laptop. I could get a really good (more than decent) high quality PC (if most of the budget is allocated to custom build a CPU). But of cause that means, I get the other PC hardware (monitor, keyboard, etc.) of medium quality just to squeeze the budget to fit that amount. Again, this is the price situation on my end.
Well, you know where I am. It's conversion rate to the USD is steep. And all electronic goods are priced in USD, thus fluctuate a lot. Me and Loony lives in different country from where you are. So, it's best to inquire about what's the best spec to fulfill your computing need. From there you can check with your local computer store to know if your budget suffice or not.
That is a nice piece of a work. Thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it on my iPod. I'll give it a good look tomorrow.
buying a powerful laptop isn't sensible, they tend not to last because the case can't cope with the heat they're producing
they help a bit but they're not a solution when the laptop produces more heat than the case can get rid of.
Well, I need a laptop. I can't use a desktop because it just takes too much space. Is there any good laptops with good cases? And no Alienware. That stuff sucks.
theres no way of knowing if a laptop is adequately ventilated or not before you buy it, that's why they're such a lottery.
I guess you could rely on reviews, but even then that's a lottery because who knows if the person giving the review is actually a competent user...
Well, I've been looking and pushed my cash a bit. Now up to $1500 give or take. I had a look at the ASUS website, and found these: http://www.asus.com.au/Notebooks/Gaming_Powerhouse/G75VW/ It looks up for the job I'd like to do. The reviews look good but I'd just ask you guys if anyone has had one or still does. Also built up a custom computer with Puget Systems. Not planning to buy there, but it's nice to be able to choose parts and see what prices they should come up to when together. Click here to see my configuration. Comment on any changes that you see necessary.
that computer isn't going to run games. Intel onboard video is complete shit. You want the ati 7750 at least. also change the case to the coolermaster HAF or the antec 900, fractal designs is a no-name and may not cool very well (the case makes a huge difference) Pay the $7 for the arctic MX-2, since decent thermal paste makes a big difference. 500GB disk won't take long to fill up, especially with games these days. windows 7 home premium does not have xp compatibility mode, you need at least professional for that. If you're only getting the i7 3220, you might as well get an AMD and save yourself money. Best bang for buck intel (and the lowest one at which it makes sense to go intel over AMD) is the i7 3770k
True. 500 GB doesn't take long to fill up. I've filled my 500 GB internal HDD, my 500 GB external, my 1 TB external, and my 500 GB internal PS3 HDD. I'm running close to 10% free space on each of these drives, which is pretty much writing into my MFT zones.
Meh, he could circumvent that by getting Oracle's VirtualBox and create a Windows XP machine on it. That's what I did with my laptop, which runs Windows 7 Home Premium. Perhaps the real incentive for him to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional is in case he will need more than 16GB of RAM.
