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someone recommend a laptop for me!
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I've had this sitting in my shopping cart all weekend and haven't quite pressed the checkout button yet 🙂
the cpu is certainly subpar, but it'll be upgradable to a penryn if they ever hit retail.
someone had a pretty decent idea of getting the cheapest dell available with the fastest penryn proc with a $300 off coupon and then swapping the cpu's. hah.
heymrdj
Diamond Member
Take a look at this HDX build if you want. http://www.shopping.hp.com/web...id=in_r329_emailconfig Now that's with the 4 year warranty and accidental repair, which i love, but to you may not be worth 430$. It's up to you. If you want subtract that and go to the X7900 Core 2 and 2x250GB HD's instead of the 2x160GB. I you can go 4G, you can get every single feature. http://www.shopping.hp.com/web...id=in_r329_emailconfig
Have fun 😀.
Oh and future reference, if you get an HDX, take pictures!! 🙂
Have fun 😀.
Oh and future reference, if you get an HDX, take pictures!! 🙂
Rockinacoustic
Platinum Member
Acer's build quality has gotten substantially better; many people on these forums will back me up on that through their purchases.
OP: I see no problem with the CPU. Unless your playing games at less than the laptop's native resolution (and with a GPU like that I doubt it), then there's no serious bottleneck.
But going back to my original post, if you have the money to spend on a decent laptop, then I wouldn't bother with a pre-configured Gateway and such. However if your not willing to splurge money and want the best gaming PC for your dollar, then it's by far the best choice I've seen.
VinDSL
Diamond Member
On the subject of "people on these forums"...
When I was shopping for my current lappy, I talked to a Service Tech at PC Club, and he claimed Acers were no better and no worse than anything else.
He said they repair HPs more than anything, and suggested staying away from them!
LoL!
MANY ppl on these forums *think* HP lappys are invincible, so caveat emptor when listening to them! 😀
the bill for the furniture that I bought before christmas arrived today, so I decided to take that as a sign to hold off on buying a laptop for a paycheck or two. haha.
if the HP HDX's w/ 8800's are released by then, that's probably what I'll go with; if not, I'll probably go with the 8800 gateway.
I know laptops =! servers, but I've worked with HP/compaq servers every day for the past 5 years and have always thought the build quality was pretty high.
if the HP HDX's w/ 8800's are released by then, that's probably what I'll go with; if not, I'll probably go with the 8800 gateway.
I know laptops =! servers, but I've worked with HP/compaq servers every day for the past 5 years and have always thought the build quality was pretty high.
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