In september i'll be going to uni to study CS (I think it's called CS in English) and I was told it would be handy to have a laptop (really? :v:)
I'll mostly be getting java I think, and some php + html, but i'd also like to be able to play some games on the laptop.
Now, I have no experience whatsoever with buying laptops, different brands etc, no idea what a good laptop would cost either.
I don't really have a set budget but I would think €1000 - €1500 should be more than enough?
The laptop can't be too big because I obviously have to take it with me to uni in my bag, don't feel like getting a laptop carrier because that just screams "Hey I'm walking around with a laptop, rob me!!".
Any advise as to what I should be looking at?
No one? :saddowns:
Come on, help me out :saddowns:
What type of games would you want to be playing? Recent ones or?
[QUOTE=RoFLWaFFLEZZ;31615540]What type of games would you want to be playing? Recent ones or?[/QUOTE]
Since I don't want to distract myself too much (it's for uni after all), so mostly games like transformice and runescape, but since my olde dual core can handle mw2 just fine I would think a new laptop would be able to handle that aswell. I don't really have a lot of demanding games that I play regularly.
My dad keeps bugging me to pick one, but I really don't know, there's so many to choose from. Instinctively I would just want to take the easy road and buy an alienware...
Since its for school primarily, an alienware might be abit unpractical. But with your budget you can buy a laptop which can run anything on close to high settings. When you choose such a high end laptop designed for gaming, you must be aware the battery would be drained quite quickly. That won't be usefull at school either. You should put your priorities on a list such as battery time, graphical power, harddrive space and such. When you've done that, you should do some research on the web and just compare different laptops.
MSI GT683R-242 is nice, dunno what site you want to use
[QUOTE=MuivirT;31631387]Since its for school primarily, an alienware might be abit unpractical. But with your budget you can buy a laptop which can run anything on close to high settings. When you choose such a high end laptop designed for gaming, you must be aware the battery would be drained quite quickly. That won't be usefull at school either. You should put your priorities on a list such as battery time, graphical power, harddrive space and such. When you've done that, you should do some research on the web and just compare different laptops.[/QUOTE]
Would the battery be drained as quickly on load as on idle (or only running word or something)?
When the laptop is under load it will use more power, draining the battery faster. When using something like Word this would be significantly less then playing a game. Although when the laptop has a high end gpu the battery would be drained faster while using Word then, lets say an onboard gpu.
As you mentioned Alienware, they should probally be plugged in into a power outlet 99% of the time, it just depends if you always have a power outlet near you and can be bothered to plug it in everytime you use it.
[QUOTE=MuivirT;31636125]When the laptop is under load it will use more power, draining the battery faster. When using something like Word this would be significantly less then playing a game. Although when the laptop has a high end gpu the battery would be drained faster while using Word then, lets say an onboard gpu.
As you mentioned Alienware, they should probally be plugged in into a power outlet 99% of the time, it just depends if you always have a power outlet near you and can be bothered to plug it in everytime you use it.[/QUOTE]
I was joking about getting an alienware, they might be awesome but they're overpriced as shit :v:
Might aswell get a macbook.
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;31636648]they might be awesome[/QUOTE]
they're not, sorry.
If you've got €1 500 to blow, then a Macbook would probably be up your street, aspesherly with the battery life and such being quite impressive, although I don't know how you'll be on the 'gaming front' of things if you decide to play some [I]'real games'[/I], if you will.
[QUOTE=Hizan;31636683]they're not, sorry.[/QUOTE]
My opinion, leave it alone.
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;31636711]My opinion, leave it alone.[/QUOTE]
hahahahaha
[QUOTE=Hizan;31636683]they're not, sorry.
If you've got €1 500 to blow, then a Macbook would probably be up your street, aspesherly with the battery life and such being quite impressive, although I don't know how you'll be on the 'gaming front' of things if you decide to play some [I]'real games'[/I], if you will.[/QUOTE]
If I ever were to get a mac I'd put win7 over the osx install, so I might aswell get a normal laptop.
[editline]10th August 2011[/editline]
Is that even possible? :v:
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;31636769]If I ever were to get a mac I'd put win7 over the osx install, so I might aswell get a normal laptop.
[editline]10th August 2011[/editline]
Is that even possible? :v:[/QUOTE]
yes, it is.
I also have an Acer Aspire 5551-A which I picked up for relatively cheap, around £350 if I remember correctly. Works well, the only time I've had it on battery is when I've been watching videos and such and I've gone through an hour long programme before and the battery was still holding up at about 75% charge.
The battery lasts around 3 hours or so if you're doing something all the time, as far as I can remember reading or estimating, the specifications are also pretty decent. It does the job, and can handle some quite modern games well.
[editline]10th August 2011[/editline]
inb4 "but can it play crysis?"
I just realised €1500 on a laptop for uni is ridiculous, so I'll go and have a look at that acer you posted hizan.
I've been looking for a laptop that plays games as well as having a decent battery life performance for some classes :P
Aim for a laptop with a mobile 2nd gen i5 (they do almost identical to the 2nd gen i7 cpu's for gaming)
and anything with GT 500 series graphics. There's videos of ppl playing GTA IV/COD/BC2 on pretty high settings on youtube :P
Certain Asus N53 models have this :P they go for around $899 and up
Finally found something (Read: I forgot about it and only now realized I needed the laptop in a week).
I'm going to get a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 15. What do you guys think?
if you dont want to game (runescape and transformice dont count) i highly recommend the macbook air or one of the upcoming intel clones (look up 'ultrabooks') because they're ridiculously light and get [i]fantastic[/i] battery life but most people on facepunch will continue their blind apple hate and not realize the merits
[QUOTE=demonguard;31850478]if you dont want to game (runescape and transformice dont count) i highly recommend the macbook air or one of the upcoming intel clones (look up 'ultrabooks') because they're ridiculously light and get [i]fantastic[/i] battery life but most people on facepunch will continue their blind apple hate and not realize the merits[/QUOTE]
I won't ever ever ever get a mac, sorreh.
Also I couldn't possibly get a mac with the specs of the thinkpad for €700
/blind hatred.
Macbook air's or low spec Macbook's are actually really nice to use, my friend got an air for college (cheapest one) and it's very nice to look at, carry around and use for college'y things, plus the battery life is really a huge pro for that sort of stuff.
And if you can get a student discount they can be affordable.
Although at the same time you can spend three/four times less and just get a netbook with similar battery life and usability, but honestly it depends what you plan to use it for.
I don't know if it's different, but the college I plan on going to actually provides laptops for the students that include all of the software (Autodesk, Office, etc) plus free upgrades during your education (including upgrading the laptop). If your college is like that, definitely do that.
[QUOTE=Agent766;31863778]I don't know if it's different, but the college I plan on going to actually provides laptops for the students that include all of the software (Autodesk, Office, etc) plus free upgrades during your education (including upgrading the laptop). If your college is like that, definitely do that.[/QUOTE]
My college has a library with computers that anyone is free to use, but they do recommend getting a laptop because the computers are always in use. They do not provide us with laptops.
[editline]21st August 2011[/editline]
Anyways, already ordered the thinkpad edge 15 for €925. Lenovo has a deal giving back €100 to people buying one to that's 825, and my dad bought it for his company so that's minus 19% TAX coming to €670. Cheap enough for what I'm getting I'd say.
Least it's not an Alienware.
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