What would you do if 2 Grand was burning a hole in your pocket
angelyne:
I forgot to mention that this is 2K Canadian.
I figured I'd go with Dell, just to save myself the trouble of building my own machine. That's what I did the last time and really I didn't save that much money, if any. Dell is overpriced mostly if you let yourself get suckered into "upgrading" from their offered specs. If you choose a discounted system and stick to their spec (or upgrade it yourself later), you won't get ripped off. At least that's what I think.
I also get an additional 15% discount on the system, because Dell is our supplier at work.
I guess this is a case of "shinie envy". I want it and I want it now, and I don't feel like having to work for it. Building it yourself is definitively work
I guess it would be more precise to say that I have 1k burning a hole in my pocket. I'm getting a 1k bonus at work, and I need to buy something with it. (I can't get it in the form of cash).
But I get your point, maybe I should research it a bit more.
Quinctia:
I bought a Dell laptop a couple of years ago, not because I don't know anything about computers, but more because it's not realistic to build your own laptop like you can do a desktop computer...and Dell was shipping computers with XP instead of Vista. I picked a rig where I could choose all the components myself, and it's still running everything I would like it to nicely. I'm thinking about upping my RAM from 2GB to 4GB, though, because I like CC, and I can.
If you're insisting on using a laptop for gaming, you have to be very careful before you make your purchase. Check out reviews for that model, determine where all the fans are, that sort of thing. Laptops overheat a lot easier than a regular box...a lot of times if your box is getting too hot, you can stick in another fan. That's not possible on a laptop. Even if you have a good fan in the laptop, depending on where the heat is channeled out, you can have problems with the heat damaging other components. There is an HP laptop series where the hinges all break because the heat outlet goes right past the metal clips that hold the hinge on and they melt.
I'd also doublecheck the components. The model I ended up going with offered choices on the videocards, and I went with an ATI instead of an nVidia because of the infamous issues EA has with getting Sims 2 compatible with nVidia cards.
The vast majority of laptops aren't upgradeable. You can add more RAM, assuming you haven't topped out what your OS can handle, you can change the harddrive, and that's about it. If you buy a laptop, buy it with the knowledge that if it's not top of the line, and you are using it for top of the line things, you will be wanting to replace it within a couple of years.
rufio:
Quote from: Quinctia on 2009 March 03, 19:25:22
and Dell was shipping computers with XP instead of Vista.
That was the deciding factor for me, too. I'd much rather have a computer with subpar hardware than one that runs Vista.
Lorelei:
My Sony VAIO laptop with an NVidia card runs Sims 2. I do have a cooling pad under it, but that is a fairly recent purchase. Prior to that, I rigged up a way to prop it up on a laptray that has a lip on it so air circulated under it at all times.
Brand new, with all the stuff it has, it would have cost $3500 US. I got it for around a grand through UBid, and insisted on XP. Other than some drama when Geek Squad farked up my installed programs and some minor glitches that had nothing to do with games, it has been serviceable and has a huge screen, which I need for artz, and lots of storage, which I need for packrattiness and large artz & audio and video programs, and is maxxed out on RAMz.
The only slot to stick things in that it does not come with is the Olde Skool floppy drive. If I really need one, I still have the craptop running 98.
Yes, it is a SONY, and I got it before the SecuROM fiasco. Interestingly enough, SecuROM farked up the SONY CD/DVD functionality. That is boneheadedness beyond adequate description, really.
nekonoai:
pssh. I can build you a computer better than those dells, for 1/3 of the cost. :P I've done it recently for a friend.
newegg is your friend. :P but you also gotta know how to parts shop.
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