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I'm after some advice.
I turn 18 on the 26th of October, and my parents have asked me if I'd like a laptop for my birthday.
They asked me to come up with the specs I'd like, then find some prices for them.
I do game a bit, so decent dedicated graphics is essential, preferably an 8600M-GT or HD2600.
2gb RAM is a must have, as well as a quick Core 2 Duo, 2ghz+.
I'm looking for a 15.4" model, preferably >1280x800, although that isn't essential.
I've done a bit of research and the models that seem to fit the bill are the gaming-oriented Asus G1S, the 'Gemstone' Acer Aspire (apparently it was co-designed by BMW), the Dell Vostro 1500 (plain looks, but cheap and powerful), the Dell Inspiron 1520 (not half bad looking, the colour options are nice, and just as cheap and powerful as the Vostro) and of course the ubiquitous Macbook Pro.
To be honest I find the Asus to be just a tiny bit tacky looking, the whole glowing gamer's laptop slathered in carbonfibre is nice, but not really my style. Acer looks decent, and supposedly has excellent speakers, but most people seem to recommend that I steer clear of Acer in general. The Dells seem to be awesome value, on the online configurator a machine with 4gb RAM, 250gb HDD, 1680x1050 LCD and a 256mb 8600GT came out to be just over $2500! And the Inspiron in chocolate brown looks quite nice. The best looking one of the lot of the Macbook Pro, and most of the appeal of the thing for me is in how it looks. As a bonus it is well-specced and there's always the bonus of OSX, which seems to be a good thing, although I've no preference one way or the other, I'll be installing Windows on it anyways, as like I said, I do game. I find them to be decent value too, once you factor in the Student Discount.
So, recommendations/responses? Anything I've missed? Anything I should take a closer look at?
Cheers, Revolution
I turn 18 on the 26th of October, and my parents have asked me if I'd like a laptop for my birthday.
They asked me to come up with the specs I'd like, then find some prices for them.
I do game a bit, so decent dedicated graphics is essential, preferably an 8600M-GT or HD2600.
2gb RAM is a must have, as well as a quick Core 2 Duo, 2ghz+.
I'm looking for a 15.4" model, preferably >1280x800, although that isn't essential.
I've done a bit of research and the models that seem to fit the bill are the gaming-oriented Asus G1S, the 'Gemstone' Acer Aspire (apparently it was co-designed by BMW), the Dell Vostro 1500 (plain looks, but cheap and powerful), the Dell Inspiron 1520 (not half bad looking, the colour options are nice, and just as cheap and powerful as the Vostro) and of course the ubiquitous Macbook Pro.
To be honest I find the Asus to be just a tiny bit tacky looking, the whole glowing gamer's laptop slathered in carbonfibre is nice, but not really my style. Acer looks decent, and supposedly has excellent speakers, but most people seem to recommend that I steer clear of Acer in general. The Dells seem to be awesome value, on the online configurator a machine with 4gb RAM, 250gb HDD, 1680x1050 LCD and a 256mb 8600GT came out to be just over $2500! And the Inspiron in chocolate brown looks quite nice. The best looking one of the lot of the Macbook Pro, and most of the appeal of the thing for me is in how it looks. As a bonus it is well-specced and there's always the bonus of OSX, which seems to be a good thing, although I've no preference one way or the other, I'll be installing Windows on it anyways, as like I said, I do game. I find them to be decent value too, once you factor in the Student Discount.
So, recommendations/responses? Anything I've missed? Anything I should take a closer look at?
Cheers, Revolution