Thinking about buying a new laptop

[Scott006]

Hi,
Currently I have an Advent 7302 Laptop, when i click view system Info i am told that it runs at 1.73GHz and has 896 MB of ram, also when i look at the C: Drive properties i only have 22.4GB of space left (With a total size of 63.9GB)

Basically i started thinking about buying a better laptop as i was going to buy and download some new games, but I don't think my current laptop could handle many more games. (orange box for steam)
The laptop i have been looking at is Acer Aspire 5536G-744G32Mn Laptop, this website gives a full list of stats for it,
[url]http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5536G_LX.PAZ0X.092/version.asp[/url]

Really I want a decent, fast laptop where i don't need to seriously worry about how much space I have when I download something.

So is it worth upgrading to a better laptop, or is there no point in spending the money?

Thanks in advance :)

[Tea]

To be honest, if you want a High performance laptop worhty of playing modern games well you should be looking at something like the alienware M17X.
[url]http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-alienware-m17x/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-alienware-m17x&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1[/url]

But you didn't say anything about a budget so I'm just suggesting [i]one[/i] of the best there is.

[Scott006]

[QUOTE=Tea;17920186]To be honest, if you want a High performance laptop worhty of playing modern games well you should be looking at something like the alienware M17X.
[url]http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-alienware-m17x/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-alienware-m17x&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1[/url]

But you didn't say anything about a budget so I'm just suggesting [i]one[/i] of the best there is.[/QUOTE]

Im not a hardcore gamer, I want to use it for school work, internet ect also, the games i would play on it are probably Garrys Mod, Counter Strike Source and some orange pack games.
I would install more games from time to time but when I get fed up with them I uninstall them and then re-install them when I have the urge to play them again.

Also the alienware laptops are far too expensive, 1 and a half thousand pounds!!
Im thinking more along the price range of the one i have posted a link to, and i would like to know if its worth switching to the one i have linked. But i am open to suggestions for other similary priced laptops.

[editline]12:10AM[/editline]

[B]So Basically i need to know if it is worth switching from my current laptop to a new one (the one I have linked)
I am also open to suggestions for similar new laptops to the one I have linked.[/B]

[Tea]

Yeah, that laptop seems quite good for the price, and having read a review of the graphics card it should be able to run those games well.

For your needs, the one you linked to is great.

[Scott006]

[QUOTE=Tea;17928950]Yeah, that laptop seems quite good for the price, and having read a review of the graphics card it should be able to run those games well.

For your needs, the one you linked to is great.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for your help :)
I think this is going to be the laptop I choose, its at a very good price for the laptop and im pretty sure that it will have a noticeable difference from my current Advent laptop.

[Scott006]

Found a similar laptop for about 30 pounds more,

Can someone tell me if this laptop,
[url]http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5738_Laptop_LX.PAJ0X.172/version.asp[/url] [b](Acer Aspire 5738)[/b]

is an overall improvement on, basically better than, this laptop,

[url]http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5536G_LX.PAZ0X.092/version.asp[/url] [b](Acer Aspire 5536G)[/b]

Just so i know which to focus on.

[Tea]

The Acer Aspire 5536G has parts that would be better for gaming, but less storage on the hard drive.
But I'd reccomend that as I have half of what that has on it's hard drive and I'm fine.

[MetricMoose]

I'd go with the 5536G looks better, hard drives are pretty cheap nowadays.