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post #1 of 37
10/29/06 at 9:25pm
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So which of these do you guys think is the best bang for the buck for all around gaming, music, and videos... and survive college for 4 years.... and all of them will give me a Windows Vista Premium for free, also im not worried about the HD since i can always buy another external one or just burn everything on CD's
Only American companys... had bad customer experience with my Toshiba

they all come around $1200-1300

HP 15.4 inch
Windows XP Media Center
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0 GHz)
256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7400
1.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x512MB)
80 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

HP 17 inch
Windows XP Media Center
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T5200 (1.60 GHz)
512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600
1.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x512MB)
100 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
High Capacity 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

HP 14.1 inch
Windows XP Media Center
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor T7200 (2.0 GHz)
128MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7200
2.0GB DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024MB)
80 GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Alienware Sentia™ m3450
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5600 1.83GHz 2MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Windows® XP Media Center Edition
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 512MB
60GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 5,400 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Intel® GMA 950 Extreme Graphics

Alienware Area-51® m5550
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5600 1.83GHz 2MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Windows® XP Media Center Edition
512MB Single Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz
80GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 5,400 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
256MB Nvidia GeForce Go 6600

XPS M1210
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.86GHz/667MHz/2MB)
indows® XP Media Center Edition
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
80GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Driv
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Dell Inspiron E1505
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7400 (4MB Cache/2.16GHz/667MHz FSB)
Windows® XP Media Center
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIM
80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
128MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1300 HyperMemory™

Dell Inspiron E1505
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB Cache/2.00GHz/667MHz FSB)
Windows® XP Media Center
1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
120GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™

Also is it better to get a good video card etc 512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 7600 or more RAM? Which one do you think it would be better in the long run (4-5 years)?

Thanks
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post #2 of 37
10/29/06 at 9:28pm
Since I am an Alienware fanatic get the Alienware M5500 though if your looking for portability just get the M1210 or Alienware Sentia I really recommend the m5500 because of how portable it is and how much power is in it, though if you get the M1210 get one with the 7600 GPU the 7400 won't last you 4 years on gaming.
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post #3 of 37
10/29/06 at 11:17pm
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post #4 of 37
10/30/06 at 12:24am
Depending on what you are looking to spend I have an alienware M7700 available for sale it will beat alot of those you listed in terms of preformance and quality

I will PM you my ebay link
~kal
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post #5 of 37
10/30/06 at 12:37am
I say Go Alienware or Dell, look around you can get a 1705 for about 1300 with a 7900GS or a m170 with 7800GTX for about 1000.


Alienware if you can spend the extra mula, HP's are great cheap everyday use laptops but not much for gaming.
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post #6 of 37
10/30/06 at 12:51am
i say get the m1210. i have heard great things about it and i can tell you from experience that hp uses cheap parts. my ze2000 series is in right now on its 3rd repair in under 2 months STAY AWAY FROM HP!!!!!!!!!! AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!!!!
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post #7 of 37
10/30/06 at 1:03am
I love my sentia m3450. It probably won't play most games, I only play WoW on it.
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post #8 of 37
10/30/06 at 1:06am
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What do you guys think of Sony?
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post #9 of 37
10/30/06 at 1:18am
No on sony, not a gaming lappy.

If you want a cheap everyday lappy, get a NC6000 HP, its what I have, my parents have, both are working wonderfully with 0 issues and are sleek black looking.


Gaming Laptops, are Alienware and Dell. Dell performs better but Alienwares look nicer, its up to you.


Its like this, a Alienware is a Ford GT, and a Dell is a SuperCharged Z06. Sure the corvette is nice looking and faster but the Ford GT is just a dang nice car.
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post #10 of 37
10/30/06 at 1:30am
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Okay thanks for all your help next question...
Should I go for the better graphics card, 2GB of RAM, or Core 2 Duo T7200+?
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post #11 of 37
10/30/06 at 1:37am
Depends on what the graphics card is...

Might help us to know what games you play.

If you are serious about gaming don't get integrated it is going to hold you back.

Core 2's are good but a core duo will suit you fine as you probably won't be maxing out a game at 1920x1200 on the machines you listed

Keep in mind most all computers are designed outside the united states some are built here many are not.

2gig is a luxury option 1gig should be fine even with vista and if you choose to upgrade later that can also be done.
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post #12 of 37
10/30/06 at 1:38am
Depends, no matter what vid card you have, if you don't have 2gb of ram you cannot play BF2 on high settings.

7800GTX and higher is the min graphics card i'd get, and 2gb memory. As for processor, thats the least of my concern, a Core Duo is a nice processor.
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post #13 of 37
10/30/06 at 1:57am
Yeah it would help us to know what games you want to play and what resolution you want to play them at.
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post #14 of 37
10/30/06 at 2:47am
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BF2 and BF2124, although I don't even know if gaming is gonna be my first priority on this laptop...
Most engineering colleges require you to get a power laptop good enough to handle their engineering programs
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post #15 of 37
10/30/06 at 3:14am
If you are doing CAD or open GL programs you might wanna look into a dell outlet precision M90

it will handle games and still push those engineering apps. quite nicely
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post #16 of 37
10/30/06 at 6:24am
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Originally Posted by SteveMB
Considering that HP uses cheap components in their laptops, I would not reccomend getting an HP.
you might wanna add dell to that and actually youre wrong, they use Infineon ram, which blows the Hynix out of the water (what dell uses) AW > HP > Dell > gateway > emachines soulsaver
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post #17 of 37
10/30/06 at 6:37am
Soulsaver, if you honestly believe HP is better then dell, then your mis-informed. Dell hands down performs better then AW, the quality is not OUTSTANDING like AW or Voodoo but its decent for the price you pay for it.
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post #18 of 37
10/30/06 at 6:00pm
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Why is HP so bad?
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post #19 of 37
10/30/06 at 6:23pm
i have an M1210 for sale, its a steal for what you would get with it.....

here is the link................. with a free RAZR too...........

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread179572.html
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post #20 of 37
10/30/06 at 8:23pm
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Soulsaver, if you honestly believe HP is better then dell, then your mis-informed. Dell hands down performs better then AW, the quality is not OUTSTANDING like AW or Voodoo but its decent for the price you pay for it.
i ment build quality, i can press into any dell palm rest and feel the motherboard, i press into an hp, it goes no where thats how youre able to get a nice gaming laptop from dell for a little over 1900 bucks, cause its cheap parts, put into a cheap plastic laptop shell, how do you think dell stays in business? thats like IBM, what are they known for? amazing build quality and no bloatware, its the staple you make for yourself as a company that defines who you are give me an HP/Asus/AW over a dell any day, i dont need ELEVENTYBILLION fps to play, hell i dont even play halo demo on this laptop at full rez cause i play to play, not to see blood EDIT: here we go ill just find a few posts that you decided to be so kind to help me with
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Man I LOVE HP notebooks, she still goes strong, music , aol, downloading, no lag WOHOOO
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Consider trading for a desktop with 24 inch lcd? Just giving you some options.
<---- that having to do with an AW laptop, and yet you go on flaming someone whos offering a AW laptop saying it has poor preformence just give it up and get your act togheter soulsaver
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