After ridiculously over researching my laptop purchase, im down to the final two.
In the red corner, weighing in at at a sleek 6.6lbs we have the amazingly valued Acer Aspire 2012WLMI. This has everything that I want except it only has the 64mb ATI9700, as you all know.
In the blue corner, also weighing in at 6.6lbs, we have the ABS Mayhem G2. Costs a load more than the acer but is much better spec'd.
Acer
1.5 Pentium M (would be praying for a dothan if i ordered)
512mb ram (most likely would need to upgrade to 1Gb)
60gb 4200 HDD (would have to use it for a while to see if its a problem)
64mb ATI 9700 (wont be so sweet to play games on)
Win Xppro
DVD burner
As of this writing, $1319 at newegg
missed the 1285!
Mitac
1.7 Pentium M 1.7 (735 w/2Mb cache...quicker than the acer)
1024mb ram
60gb 5400 HDD
128mb ATI 9700
Win xphome
CD/DVD rom
At this spec ABS charge $1899 for this rig
Could I have some suggestions please folks!! Do I save money, or splash out?
Is the 64mb card really going to bother me as much as I think it will? I play alot of cs, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor (hmmm theres a theme here i think!)
I know that the Acer will be fine for all the college work side of things, Im just concerned that the lesse gpu will piss me off after a while. The notebook wont be my primary gaming machine, but i fly back and forth alot from the states to the uk, so being able to frag at 40,000 feet would be uber cool!
In the red corner, weighing in at at a sleek 6.6lbs we have the amazingly valued Acer Aspire 2012WLMI. This has everything that I want except it only has the 64mb ATI9700, as you all know.
In the blue corner, also weighing in at 6.6lbs, we have the ABS Mayhem G2. Costs a load more than the acer but is much better spec'd.
Acer
1.5 Pentium M (would be praying for a dothan if i ordered)
512mb ram (most likely would need to upgrade to 1Gb)
60gb 4200 HDD (would have to use it for a while to see if its a problem)
64mb ATI 9700 (wont be so sweet to play games on)
Win Xppro
DVD burner
As of this writing, $1319 at newegg
missed the 1285!Mitac
1.7 Pentium M 1.7 (735 w/2Mb cache...quicker than the acer)
1024mb ram
60gb 5400 HDD
128mb ATI 9700
Win xphome
CD/DVD rom
At this spec ABS charge $1899 for this rig
Could I have some suggestions please folks!! Do I save money, or splash out?
Is the 64mb card really going to bother me as much as I think it will? I play alot of cs, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor (hmmm theres a theme here i think!)
I know that the Acer will be fine for all the college work side of things, Im just concerned that the lesse gpu will piss me off after a while. The notebook wont be my primary gaming machine, but i fly back and forth alot from the states to the uk, so being able to frag at 40,000 feet would be uber cool!
