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post #1 of 6
1/12/07 at 1:31am
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OK this isn't really support I'm looking for, more like opinion. I'm looking for a computer for school/gaming. I want a laptop that can play F.E.A.R and it doesn't have to be at max settings, and Warcraft III Frozen Throne, which essentially any computer can play. It has to have a 3-year warrranty (No company is reliable enough yet), Core Duo or better, 80GB hard drive or bigger, and it has to be less than 1700 or just a little bit over. Right now I'm deciding between, the dv9000t, the dv6000t, the apple macbook, and the dell e1505
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post #2 of 6
1/13/07 at 7:45pm
the Macbook will laugh at you if you try to play F.E.A.R. As for warcraft, it should work great. If you really want to play F.E.A.R. I would reccomend a Macbook PRO, or the dell e1505 (make sure you get a good GFX card or it will regurgitate the F.E.A.R. disk right out of the drive. )

E1505
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
No Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Selected
15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen WXGA+ Display with TrueLife™
FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM
120GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
FREE 8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory™ (Note this will not give you a very good F.E.A.R experience, however it should be playable a low settings. )

and a 3 year warrantee comes up to $1,709

The warrantee is really what jacks up the price by the way
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post #3 of 6
1/13/07 at 11:26pm
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post #4 of 6
1/14/07 at 3:16am
When i put it together it came up around $1,800.. did you forget the warrantee? or you just put diff specs than i did, (matched it to the dell as much as i could).
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post #5 of 6
1/15/07 at 7:22am
hi. i need help. i'm planning to get laptop. from around 900 $. Screen size 15". ram memory 1GB+. HD 80Gb would be enough and the only thing that bugz me is AMD or Intel Processon. I have Desktop PC with AMD processor & im really pleased with it. Im thinking like AMD X2(1Mb cache) or Intel Core Duo 2(2mb cache). I was looking at Dell, HP, Gateway and some other stores. I wanna hear from u about Gatway laptop experience cuz they offer really good stuffs for that price. thank you!
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post #6 of 6
1/15/07 at 10:35am
To the OP, i would go to a costco near you adn look at getting a membership and a laptop there. I got a dv9033cl. It has the following.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66)
XP media
2 GB ram
200 Gb HD (2X100)
Lightscribe 8XDVD+/-R/RW with double layer support
Nvidia GeForce 7600 256 dedicated,
Webcam, microphone.

It is an awesome notebook so far, adn i only paid$1500 for it, Also costco has there 180 day (6month) return policy, no strings attached. Plus it has a full keyboard, which is useful to me.
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