Recent content by simplejim

Thanks for all these replies. My laptop will be used as my main home pc: A bit of office work, internet, dvds, sometimes encoding movies - and i'd like the ability to play games if possible. So the best all round machine looks like it could be an i5 with more graphics power. I'm a...

- don't have the specs to hand. but if I have a guideline I can look next time i'm in the city centre. do you know of any rating/ test scores which show certain i5's perform relatively better than others. -i'm also interested in previous comment that i5 for laptop may not be quad core. i...

Thanks for all the replies. I cant post links to the laptops as I can't find them online. I'm in china, but the shop selling them is japanese. these things usually have similar models overseas, but they are invariably slightly different specs and almost always differently badged. I tried...

thanks for your help. i'd like to build a new desktop - but its not practical for me at the moment. It will have to be the laptop for now. sorry, whats i5 quad?

Hi, What will give me better performance in a laptop/ desktop replacement: sandybridge i5 and 2gb Geforce graphics? or sandybridge i7 and 1gb discrete graphics? (i ask because i haven't found an i7 laptop with more than 1gb GPU for a good price) Thanks!