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Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Jimbo on 11-14-2008 at 08:00 PM

Im looking to get a good laptop/PC for christmas. I have a budget of around £1000.
The only main specification i want is 4GB RAM and at least a dual core processor. A good graphics card would be good, preferably NVIDIA.
I dont mind either a laptop or a new PC but what would you guys recomend?

UK btw :P

RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Menthix on 11-14-2008 at 08:04 PM

If you don't care if it is a laptop or PC, definitely go with a PC.

Because apparently you don't need to drag is around, which is really the only advantage of a laptop. With a budget like that you should be able to get a very decent PC easily.

Chirstmas budgets these days... max I would get here is maybe a game

RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Jimbo on 11-14-2008 at 08:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MenthiX
If you don't care if it is a laptop or PC, definitely go with a PC.

Because apparently you don't need to drag is around, which is really the only advantage of a laptop. With a budget like that you should be able to get a very decent PC easily.

Chirstmas budgets these days... max I would get here is maybe a game
Ok i will thanks.

Anyone recomend any good PCs? I was thinking about Alienware but you can get so much more for your money if you buy from somewhere else right?
RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Kenji on 11-14-2008 at 08:43 PM

Build one yourself. You will get much more for the money.

RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by prashker on 11-14-2008 at 09:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dazzy
Build one yourself. You will get much more for the money.
(y) don't do a Nathan :p
RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Jimbo on 11-14-2008 at 09:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Dazzy
Build one yourself. You will get much more for the money.
Ive never done that before and dont really want to try it. Anyone know of some good stores to buy from?
RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Nathan on 11-14-2008 at 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by SonicSam
quote:
Originally posted by Dazzy
Build one yourself. You will get much more for the money.
(y) don't do a Nathan :p
Since when could you build a laptop?

Either way, I love this laptop, it's performance is insane for gaming.
RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by prashker on 11-14-2008 at 09:44 PM

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Originally posted by Nathan
quote:
Originally posted by SonicSam
quote:
Originally posted by Dazzy
Build one yourself. You will get much more for the money.
(y) don't do a Nathan :p
Since when could you build a laptop?

Either way, I love this laptop, it's performance is insane for gaming.

I was refering to Dazzy's reply to Jimbo saying he may order from Alienware :p You can't "build" a laptop. But you can waste money at Alienware :p
RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Nathan on 11-14-2008 at 09:54 PM

Yeah I know :p, and i dont regret going down the AW route, and you can't waste money on the m15x considering it's still the most powerful 15 inch laptop around - still to this day.

Anyway let's not go off topic:

If you have a tight budget, AW is probs not the right route for you, but building your own, and it's not that hard... seriously.

RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by Th3rmal on 11-14-2008 at 10:07 PM

Get one from a local computer shop (well known computer shop preferably). They are cheap and assemble it themselves if you dont want to risk assembling it :)

RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by prashker on 11-14-2008 at 10:15 PM

I don't care what you get. Just make sure it has a Intel i7 CPU and a GTX 280 GPU :p

RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by RebelSean on 11-14-2008 at 10:21 PM

The new Dell Studio Hybrid is stylish and a good bang for the buck, not a high-end PC though :).

RE: Looking to get a laptop/PC for Chirstmas by roflmao456 on 11-14-2008 at 10:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Th3rmal
Get one from a local computer shop (well known computer shop preferably). They are cheap and assemble it themselves if you dont want to risk assembling it :)
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