Advice on laptop purchase required!

**Mubbers** · June 27th, 2003

I'm buying a laptop, mainly for work but as I'm working away from home I'll need it for RnR too.

Obviously DVD player...

But what are the top five features I should be looking for in a laptop these days - I might want to play DIII on it should this game ever be released. But definitely UT2k3.

Ta

Mubbers

**NetRyder** · June 27th, 2003

You would definitely need a very good graphics chipset to run those games - probably the Mobility Radeon 9000 or better.
Try to get a DVD/CD-RW combo drive. In fact, Dell offers a free upgrade to a combo drive on some models.
Another thing to consider is weight and battery life. The Centrino laptops with Pentium-M's have superb battery life, and excellent performance. If you have the money to spend, I'd say go for one.
A 5400rpm hard drive would also be nice (that's the fastest for laptops btw), although 4200rpm drives aren't all that slow either.

Check out Dell's site...they have some really good deals. You might find something you like. Good luck!

Goatman · June 27th, 2003

http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/produc..._notebooks.htm

The Inspirion 8500

or

http://www.alienware.com/system_pages/area-51m.aspx

Alienware Area 51 M

**Taurus** · June 27th, 2003

NeoTech PC

they supply alienware their parts... so they should be cheaper. (and look better, if you ask me)

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Mubbers Shoot! Joined: December 2001 Posts: 1,081 Reputation: 60 Power: 137	Advice on laptop purchase required! I'm buying a laptop, mainly for work but as I'm working away from home I'll need it for RnR too. Obviously DVD player... But what are the top five features I should be looking for in a laptop these days - I might want to play DIII on it should this game ever be released. But definitely UT2k3. Ta Mubbers

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 298	You would definitely need a very good graphics chipset to run those games - probably the Mobility Radeon 9000 or better. Try to get a DVD/CD-RW combo drive. In fact, Dell offers a free upgrade to a combo drive on some models. Another thing to consider is weight and battery life. The Centrino laptops with Pentium-M's have superb battery life, and excellent performance. If you have the money to spend, I'd say go for one. A 5400rpm hard drive would also be nice (that's the fastest for laptops btw), although 4200rpm drives aren't all that slow either. Check out Dell's site...they have some really good deals. You might find something you like. Good luck! http://kunal.kundaje.net

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Goatman Ska Daddy Joined: December 2001 Posts: 676 Reputation: 20 Power: 134	http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/produc..._notebooks.htm The Inspirion 8500 or http://www.alienware.com/system_pages/area-51m.aspx Alienware Area 51 M

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Taurus hardware monkey Joined: May 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 3,206 Reputation: 90 Power: 155	NeoTech PC they supply alienware their parts... so they should be cheaper. (and look better, if you ask me)