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29 April 2005 11:01  Edited by Jammin on 29-Apr-05 at 11:01 Reply (Quote this message)
Well i know i was supposed to be upgrading my PC and all, but then i got thinking, Would it be better to get a laptop?
I'm going to uni in september, and have the mobility will be a great help, i know it will probably cost more, but im working now and i still havesome money. Some of the new ones that are coming out look quite nice, obviously i wont buy one til nearer the date of leaving (so i get a better spec one cheaper ) but what do you think?
Desktop or Laptop ?



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29 April 2005 12:55 Reply (Quote this message)
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It's hard to play games on a laptop tbh so I'd do some minor upgrades to your PC so it's at last playable in modern games, then buy a cheap lappy.



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29 April 2005 14:58 Reply (Quote this message)
U can get nice laptops with GF 6800's PCI-E's in em, 3.0ghz processors and all that jazz, i mean.. Thats pretty good in my book?
As long as i plug in my MX510 I shouldnt have trouble at all?



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29 April 2005 15:04 Reply (Quote this message)
At a price you can yes.



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30 April 2005 13:39 Reply (Quote this message)
Well hopefully i can hit them in the summer sale, when thinks have moved along a little bit, and they all go "HEY! STAY INDOORS! STOP GOING OUTSIDE!" get me a nice cheap laptop!



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02 May 2005 19:03 Reply (Quote this message)
I got curious and had a look at prices.

Seems £1900 plus will get you a decent performance gaming latop.

While a decent work laptop can be had for 8-900 quid. Assuming you upgrade yer PC nicely for under a grand, you have MUCh better value imho.



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03 May 2005 11:37 Reply (Quote this message)
where were you looking?
Found some HP laptops on ebay (they were HP the company selling revamped laptops on ebay)
Going for about 600-700 final price

Nice ones as well



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03 May 2005 17:34 Reply (Quote this message)
You won't be able to game on one of those, no chance.

You specified a 6800 or X800 mobile gfx card, so that's what I was looking for, youre looking at almost 2k for a machine with one of those inside with a gig or ram and a decent sized screen.



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03 May 2005 18:20 Reply (Quote this message)
hmm true cry cry :/ Maybe buy a cheap one like u said, and have uber PC



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05 May 2005 12:35 Reply (Quote this message)
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05 May 2005 13:04 Reply (Quote this message)
we have? why are u in here you perv?



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