Hello guys, I've been reading this forum, all your reviews and im in need of help. My old ominbook2100 pent233 got damaged in my basement due to a water pipe busting. Not a big lost..but a great gain since Insurance is giving me 1300 roughly to replace it. Along with all the other stuff in my basement..I can spend maybe another 400 on top of what insurance will pay. Grand total 1700 not including tax and shipping if I go that route. Now to my problem.
Games, Im not a hard core gamer..but I do game when something is out I actually want to play. My next game will be everquest2. I'd love to get the sager, but that is out of my budget. And I want to be able to run this game on my laptop. Im not concern over battery life, but the weight of the Acer makes me a little leery. Bare in mine i only move my current laptop on occassion..as of now Im sitting in bed with it on my lap. Even that small task seems it would be difficult with the Acer and the heat issue.
Emachines. Seemingly the best bang for the buck. So where their desktops I had the misforturne of once owning heh. But I read on here it is pretty much the same chasis as one of the voodoo laptops. What concerns me of course is the GPU. The ram and HD can be upgraded later as I need. And I've read the great overclocking scores with the 64mg card in this machine. But do you feel this card will still be good enough say 2 years from now? And I love the AMD64 processor in this machine. I've yet to understand why its better for gaming..hopefully someone can explain this. Will this processor help extend the life of the 64 bit card?
The Acer. I love this machine. I am an Nvidia person. Mainly because i've always ended up pulling out my hair when it comes to ATI Drivers. But again it is so heavy but it has the 128bit card, Ram..desktop parts..a dream machine...except for the weight. I know Adam put it side by side with the Sager. But other then the screen looking larger. I couldn't get a feel for just how big it is. If anyone out there has it and another laptop please post more pic's side by side. As to the Acer, The GPU being removable leads me to hope it will end up with an upgrade, later down the line. But I would think its specs should take me for 2 to 3 years of gaming easily. Again, the 64 big card on the Emachine is scaring me away, if not for that I would go for that machine.
Compal. I didn't know what that was til I came here. Its far more moble, not that it matters since im not really taking it anywhere. And I hear with tweaking and o'c it is getting impressive scores. But how does the 1.7ghz chip stand up to the P4 or AMD realistically? Or in the process of gaming, does it even matter since its mostly the GPU that does all the work? Which, once more leads me back to my debate on the Emachine. I should point out the only reason Emachine is my second choice beneath the Acer is because of the AMD64 and the crazy Rebates and reward points.
Pretty much insurance will buy this machine with little added to me..not to mention i can get it in my hot little hands now..and not have to wait. 
So for you experts, this is my debate. I will have my insurance money before friday and after two weeks of reading this board, other then understanding the benchmarks..I still have no clue which machine will end up being better for gaming 2-3 years down the line. Any help you can offer will be greatly loved
Games, Im not a hard core gamer..but I do game when something is out I actually want to play. My next game will be everquest2. I'd love to get the sager, but that is out of my budget. And I want to be able to run this game on my laptop. Im not concern over battery life, but the weight of the Acer makes me a little leery. Bare in mine i only move my current laptop on occassion..as of now Im sitting in bed with it on my lap. Even that small task seems it would be difficult with the Acer and the heat issue.
Emachines. Seemingly the best bang for the buck. So where their desktops I had the misforturne of once owning heh. But I read on here it is pretty much the same chasis as one of the voodoo laptops. What concerns me of course is the GPU. The ram and HD can be upgraded later as I need. And I've read the great overclocking scores with the 64mg card in this machine. But do you feel this card will still be good enough say 2 years from now? And I love the AMD64 processor in this machine. I've yet to understand why its better for gaming..hopefully someone can explain this. Will this processor help extend the life of the 64 bit card?
The Acer. I love this machine. I am an Nvidia person. Mainly because i've always ended up pulling out my hair when it comes to ATI Drivers. But again it is so heavy but it has the 128bit card, Ram..desktop parts..a dream machine...except for the weight. I know Adam put it side by side with the Sager. But other then the screen looking larger. I couldn't get a feel for just how big it is. If anyone out there has it and another laptop please post more pic's side by side. As to the Acer, The GPU being removable leads me to hope it will end up with an upgrade, later down the line. But I would think its specs should take me for 2 to 3 years of gaming easily. Again, the 64 big card on the Emachine is scaring me away, if not for that I would go for that machine.
Compal. I didn't know what that was til I came here. Its far more moble, not that it matters since im not really taking it anywhere. And I hear with tweaking and o'c it is getting impressive scores. But how does the 1.7ghz chip stand up to the P4 or AMD realistically? Or in the process of gaming, does it even matter since its mostly the GPU that does all the work? Which, once more leads me back to my debate on the Emachine. I should point out the only reason Emachine is my second choice beneath the Acer is because of the AMD64 and the crazy Rebates and reward points.
Pretty much insurance will buy this machine with little added to me..not to mention i can get it in my hot little hands now..and not have to wait. So for you experts, this is my debate. I will have my insurance money before friday and after two weeks of reading this board, other then understanding the benchmarks..I still have no clue which machine will end up being better for gaming 2-3 years down the line. Any help you can offer will be greatly loved
