I'm planning to buy a laptop soon but I'm trying to save as much money as I can in doing so.. I'll be using it mostly for university work (ie; written assignments and music production) and gaming (last-gen). I'd like to have specs something similar to the following: -C2D T5500 (or another reasonably fast dual-core cpu) -At least 1Gb of DDR2 (preferably 2Gb) -A discrete GPU in the region of a Go7300, but preferably something a little bit more powerful (eg; Go7600) with dedicated VRam. -A 15.4" screen at 1280x800 at the minimum (preferably a 17" at 1440x900) -HDD-size isn't a major issue, anything 80Gb+ will suffice as I'll still be using my main desktop system at home for the most part. -Built-in WiFi -Any half-decent DVD-drive -XP would be vastly preferable to Vista Not asking for much, eh? Anyway, I've been considering these models, as they seem to tick most of the boxes: http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=ECE1443000#spec or http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=ECE1412103# or http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=MME865H514#spec Any thoughts? The main thing I'm wondering, though, is if it would be cheaper to buy a similar laptop in terms of platform/chipset and screen, without any OS; and buy components such as the CPU, HDD, GPU, etc seperately? Or would that be a pointless false-economy? Where would one even buy a barebones laptop of that nature? (ie; not one of the 900-quid MSI ones) I've been a desktop-only person all my life, being loathe to buy any system with a price-premium for portability but I have to cave in now that uni demands it, so any advice is welcome! (Apart from "Get a Mac!" - I don't want a Mac ) Thanks in advance
Laptop chassis are notoriously expensive. Have a google for "bare bones laptop" and you'll see what I mean. Personally, I'd be going for this ASUS F7F-7S066XC. 17" screen, okay processor (if you're not gaming, you don't really need the processor speed) and 2GB memory. Any of the laptops you linked to would be okay (IMO). I just haven't got the brain power today to convert between £ and EUR... Andy P.S. Sorry, just re-read your original post. You are going to be gaming, so the lappy that I linked to probably doesn't meet your requirements.
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