New lap top advice

[stevienando]

Yes.

 

But you do know that manufacturing standards vary from company to company?

 

No, actually I don't. So you're talking build quality here?

[Guest Scaramanga]

No, actually I don't. So you're talking build quality here?

 

Yeah, sorry, I should have been more specific. The actual build quality of Novatech's are pretty poor.

 

I actually remember the first laptops they sold in this country. Re-badged "generic" laptops from a UK distributor, they sent me one as a tester when I expressed an interest. Absolute fucking rubbish.

 

You can still see them online, badged as Acorn laptops.

 

Another manufacturer I would highly recommend staying away from is Medion/Tevion. Again, same parts, but the build quality is so poor it's unbelievable. I used to work in the UK Medion repair centre and saw these things come back in their hundreds.

 

Because they couldn't repair the things fast enough they used to send out new laptops as a replacement. Knowing full well they would inevitably come back.

[INTORRESTING]

If by budget you mean cheap, then:

 

Samsung R700 - Core 2 Duo 2 GHz - 17″ - 2 GB Ram - 160 GB HDD

 

It comes with Vista but that's easily downgraded/upgraded.

 

There's a cheaper one from Novatech. Don't buy from Novatech though. Ever.

 

That's great cheers

[joeyk]

TNF'ers. Does anyone have an Alienware laptop or desktop ? I was thinking of saving a few pennies and getting one around Christmas. My HP Pavillion is on it's last legs after 5 years. You can build your own from the base, and I was looking at this one.

 

Alienware M17x Laptop Details | Dell Ireland

 

It has stuff I want, high performance, gaming, 3D stuff, and it looks amazing. Any thoughts people ?

[md1892]

TNF'ers. Does anyone have an Alienware laptop or desktop ? I was thinking of saving a few pennies and getting one around Christmas. My HP Pavillion is on it's last legs after 5 years. You can build your own from the base, and I was looking at this one.

 

Alienware M17x Laptop Details | Dell Ireland

 

It has stuff I want, high performance, gaming, 3D stuff, and it looks amazing. Any thoughts people ?

 

Great piece of kit but seriously overpriced, you can find similair elsewhere that may not look as pretty but do the same job for less cash

[VladimirIlyich]

Just ask Ian Beales Gut and you can share his!

[joeyk]

Great piece of kit but seriously overpriced, you can find similair elsewhere that may not look as pretty but do the same job for less cash

 

Thanks buddy.

Not sure what you mean Vlad !

[VladimirIlyich]

Thanks buddy.

Not sure what you mean Vlad !

 

You must have missed the thread on the General Forum where they were found to be the same person.:lol:

[Yozzer]

Anyone got any suggestions for gaming laptops like the Alienware that wont cost you an extortionate amount of money? At the moment I've got a 3 year Sony Vaio that I feel has run it's course and is fairly shit at playing games such as Empire Total War etc.

 

I think I'd have a budget of £500 maximum. Thanks in advance.

[George Costanza]

its difficult because as soon as you start looking at 'gaming' laptops the price just rockets up. Memory is dirt cheap so you could easily get a leptop with 8gb of ram for under £500 but its the graphics chip thats the important thing here.

 

Most laptops between 400-500 quid will come with decent processors whether it be pentium dual core, amd dual core of a higher end core I3 or I5. While entry level graphics chips have massively improved in the last 2 years you'll still need more than that. Its certainly worth going for a slightly lesser cpu and higher gpu for under £500.

 

Samsung & Acer are probably your best bet.

[md1892]

its difficult because as soon as you start looking at 'gaming' laptops the price just rockets up. Memory is dirt cheap so you could easily get a leptop with 8gb of ram for under £500 but its the graphics chip thats the important thing here.Most laptops between 400-500 quid will come with decent processors whether it be pentium dual core, amd dual core of a higher end core I3 or I5. While entry level graphics chips have massively improved in the last 2 years you'll still need more than that. Its certainly worth going for a slightly lesser cpu and higher gpu for under £500.

 

Samsung & Acer are probably your best bet.

 

Anything ranked under 200 on herePassMark Software - Video Card Benchmark Charts - Video Card Model List will be a good enough graphics chip (mine is at 199 and plays everything)