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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 25-08-2008 12:44
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Matthias, what are you going to use the laptop for? |
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| mattiasgt |
Posted on 25-08-2008 15:33
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CrueTrue wrote:
Matthias, what are you going to use the laptop for?
A little of everything. I want to be able to play PCM 08. I don't play games that often but I sill want a pretty good graphic card so I'll be able to play if I feel for it. I will watch TV on it.
Why is Toshiba shit?
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Posted on 26-08-2008 07:23
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And could das experts rate the different laptop brands? Which is the best?
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| brun sweater |
Posted on 26-08-2008 09:57
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You can get perfectly good Fujitsu and Acer laptops, but they'll cost you! I myself have an Acer, and it has been running flawlessly for three years, and is capable of running PCM2008. It cost me 2500 euro at the time though. Generally speaking, laptops beneath 1500 euro sucks I'd say, unless you ain't gonna use it for graphics (games, video rendering etc etc).
...and Intel may be better than AMD, but in value for money AMD is best imo.
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Posted on 26-08-2008 11:47
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are alienware laptops any good |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 26-08-2008 11:59
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brun sweater wrote:
You can get perfectly good Fujitsu and Acer laptops, but they'll cost you! I myself have an Acer, and it has been running flawlessly for three years, and is capable of running PCM2008. It cost me 2500 euro at the time though. Generally speaking, laptops beneath 1500 euro sucks I'd say, unless you ain't gonna use it for graphics (games, video rendering etc etc).
...and Intel may be better than AMD, but in value for money AMD is best imo. Not any more... That was true until 2 years ago.
Asus is quite a good brand for laptops actually. |
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Posted on 26-08-2008 12:20
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Intel and AMD are equal now?
And probably ASUS is a good brand? I have no clue! I have an ACER! 
My point is, you usually get more or less what you pay for! And when wanting a computer able to handle state of the art graphics, there really is no shortcuts? Maybe you can get nice specs for processor, gfx and so on, but if the other components are crap, then you haven't gained anything. As an example, you can get a 5 megapixel camera, but if the chip "reading" those pixels is crap, you'd get better pictures with a 3 megapixel camera, but with state of the art components. You usually get what you pay for? |
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Posted on 28-08-2008 09:41
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Edited by issoisso on 28-08-2008 09:41
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Posted on 28-08-2008 10:47
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issoisso wrote:
I concur.
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Posted on 28-08-2008 17:58
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[url]https://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article85048.ece
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RUN!
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Posted on 28-08-2008 18:01
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and in other news, O.J.'s been attacked by his own daughter 
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Posted on 28-08-2008 18:03
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issoisso wrote:
[url]https://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article85048.ece
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RUN!
Worry not. The racoons are our friends and our most generous benefactors. We can all live in a sense of co-existence.
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Posted on 28-08-2008 18:12
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I love you Waggy
https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&...h&z=17
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Posted on 28-08-2008 18:18
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Fuck off.
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Posted on 28-08-2008 18:37
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Lol, thats Epic |
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Posted on 28-08-2008 18:51
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brun sweater wrote:
Intel and AMD are equal now?
And probably ASUS is a good brand? I have no clue! I have an ACER!
My point is, you usually get more or less what you pay for! And when wanting a computer able to handle state of the art graphics, there really is no shortcuts? Maybe you can get nice specs for processor, gfx and so on, but if the other components are crap, then you haven't gained anything. As an example, you can get a 5 megapixel camera, but if the chip "reading" those pixels is crap, you'd get better pictures with a 3 megapixel camera, but with state of the art components. You usually get what you pay for? Generally speaking, that is true. You can't expect a random cheap computer to be better than a random expensive computer.
That being said, all firms do not have the ability to sell their products to a price fitting their performances. I mean NVidia, and mostly Intel are firms that are more powerful than their challenger AMD (either for graphic cards, either for processors). Then there are some brands which will slightly increase their prices just because of the name. At the moment AMD Phenom processors are cheaper than Intel Core 2 processors, but their performances are also weaker. The price may be 15% cheaper (random number here) but the performances will be 30% weaker (also random number here).
There's another thing to consider : some brands increase the prices because of their name. Example : a videocard with the reference design provided by NVidia/AMD. Gainward or Zotac will sell it 300 €, whereas MSI and ASUS will sell it 330 or even 350 €. Of course the box will be more trendy with MSI, but well, it's a videocard afterall, and you don't really keep the package, bundle, etc. once it's been installed.
It's better to regularily browse website comparing devices and components for a good while before you really buy something. |
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Posted on 28-08-2008 19:07
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If its not a laptop, and youre not a complete idiot, break out the emergency spanner and build your own damn computer. Im sorry, but its just a lot better.
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Posted on 28-08-2008 19:24
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Yes, of course. Problem is if you want to remain 100% legal and not use Linux, you'll need to pay an OEM version of Windows (which is provided with a shop computer). Unless you'd build a Mac... |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 28-08-2008 19:27
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Aquarius wrote:
you'll need to pay an OEM version of Windows
You do know that Windows does release non-OEM versions of their systems right?
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Posted on 28-08-2008 19:35
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Or you could be a former student of a college that has a Microsoft sponsorship and thus get any Microsoft OS for free, as many copies as you want
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