Never, ever, buy anything gateway or dell
Build a desktop, if you *must* have a laptop, get Asus
And don't buy it from fucking Best Buy. If you've got $1000 to spend, it damn well better be able to play TF2 ;P. And if you don't need it to play games, you can get something for a lot cheaper.
after getting only laptops for 5 years... i had alienware (heat issues and death weight) compaq (low power gpu - heat issues) and acer (sucked but was fast for office work) and on and off my moms old ibook g3 (lolz). i dont think any of them are worth it for anything, school work, porn, games. they all suck. this isnt rage, just experience. use a pad and paper, use some GTD skills the old fashion way. get a moleskin notebook and a damn expensive pen.
I had an emachines back in the day. I'm so glad I bought the warranty on it, as I ended up sending it in for repairs 15 times in 3 years. Go with something namebrand, you won't regret it. Oh, and forget about playing games on a laptop that isn't ridiculously expensive (unless it's on lowest settings
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(10-29-2008, 03:50 AM)CopulatingDuck link Wrote: [ -> ]I had an emachines back in the day. I'm so glad I bought the warranty on it, as I ended up sending it in for repairs 15 times in 3 years. Go with something namebrand, you won't regret it. Oh, and forget about playing games on a laptop that isn't ridiculously expensive (unless it's on lowest settings )
$1000 is plenty for a laptop that can run games reasonably well =P.
Meh, in the long run it is just cheaper and easier to play games on a desktop. There are less cooling issues, parts are easier to replace, and it's more comfortable. I'm with Caff on the Asus thing though. I don't know too much about how well their hardware works, but I know that they have some of the best customer service around so that if something does fuck up. When I called them concerning an issue with my motherboard, not only did I get an actual American on the phone :o but he actually knew what the hell he was talking about, even gave me a few pointers on building a computer while he was at it.
Dell's aren't awful. Especially when I get a really damn good discount. But yeah, barring that, get an Asus if you must have a lappy. Only reason I didn't build a rig was because I can't haul it around/dial into a home computer on a reliable basis.
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Dell's aren't awful. Especially when I get a really damn good discount.Â
Dells are awful, you just don't think they are because you get them on the cheap. If I could get dells for like $50 - 100 I wouldn't think they were shit either.
Buy Asus or don't buy at all
(10-29-2008, 07:37 PM)CaffeinePowered link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=[fr31ns]Karrde link=topic=1666.msg46543#msg46543 date=1225313806]
Dell's aren't awful. Especially when I get a really damn good discount.Â
Dells are awful, you just don't think they are because you get them on the cheap. If I could get dells for like $50 - 100 I wouldn't think they were shit either.
Buy Asus or don't buy at all
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If you call that a deal you're a chump. It's not too difficult to talk them down at least $200/$1000 spent
(10-28-2008, 10:08 PM)CaffeinePowered link Wrote: [ -> ]Build a desktop, if you *must* have a laptop, get Asus
qft
Asus laptops have a 2 year manufacturers warranty ( most others have a 1 year ), and a 1 year accidental laptop protection (coffee spills, droppin , stupidity. others come with none ) also they come with a 2 day repair turnaround ( or something to that effect, look into it for more details )
I got my computer from Dell, from way back when I was a computer newb. It was expensive but worth it. Still plays newly released games at high settings.
Some of the dell servers are nice, but that's about it.