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post #1 of 7
1/4/03 at 10:55pm
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ok, lets say i got about 2000 to spend on a laptop (not including accessories and shipping), how would you configure a 5660 or 8886?
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post #2 of 7
1/5/03 at 1:38am
First of all, make sure you make the most of your 2000. Meaning, buy from the reseller who charges the least. Meaning, buy from PCTorque.

Second, it means, use the MOST of your 2000 (especially if its not yours.) If it IS yours ... do whatever you feel like.

Third, it depends on what you're going to do with it. If you're going to travel a lot, get a 5660 with a dual battery setup. If you're going plug to plug and like BIG screens, the 8886 is the one for you. If you want your laptop painted, the only option is 5660. If you're going to be doing a lot of developing or extremely intense gaming, get a 1 Gig upgrade.

That having been said, if I had a 2000 dollar budget, I'd get ...
Sager 5660
UXGA
2.66 GHz
512 MB RAM
40 Gig 5400 rpm HD
Dual Batt setup
-Total price: 1975 (1929.58 cash)-

The UXGA screen is based on preference, but an SXGA+ is just as good. 2.8 GHz goes a little over the 2k, but that's including a dual batt setup, which you may not need. the 5400 rpm is a must, and I don't need more than 512 MB RAM. I plan to upgrade when the need arises, at which point it will cost much less.

Still, I think i'll wait for the next product cycle. And until I get money.
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post #3 of 7
1/5/03 at 7:14am
The 8886 V is at this moment the one i would take
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post #4 of 7
1/5/03 at 10:32am
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well, its my cash, however my parents put strict restrictions on it; i can only use it for educational purposes, because i can already play games on my piece of **** dell according to my parents...(they say games damage the computer) which is sayin they dont want me to break the laptop

yea anyways...i know that when they arent watchin, im going to play games anyways... shh dont tell them..

hopefully i can convince them that games dont hurt computers. im gonna see what i can do when we go on our family trips, maybe theyll let me play some...

i plan to install all my games on it, but never play them..

once i get my licence (may) im gonna go wardriving just to see how my neighborhood is set up
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post #5 of 7
1/5/03 at 4:32pm
Wow, your parents sound a lot like mine. Whenever a computer problem arises around here, I'm always the first to get blamed. "You keep playing games on this computer!"

Bleh. I've learned to stop playing games altogether, except for the occasional Counterstrike on my own computer. Half-Life was the last game I bought.

It is possible for a game to damage a computer. According to my dad, the game designers care very little about your computer; they only care that their game sells. Sometimes it'll screw up some settings, do some damage to VRAM or maybe RAM (apparently) but it's nothing that a good ol' format doesn't fix.

He's probably trying to scare me out of playing on his computer (which has worked, because I hate getting blamed) but it sounds like the game industry all right.
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post #6 of 7
1/5/03 at 11:32pm
Bah, I hate hearing things like this. I have been in this business since 1981 and have heard it all. It is true early on that some games overwrote files without checking things first, but this was years ago. Today game companies have to be compatible with so many different systems, they are more careful than most other software companies.

In the Windows world, the installation problems usually come from the installation program not doing what was intended. This can happen with any program. Actually most games today actually do very little custom Windows changes like they used to. Most rely on DirectX that is already installed. The worst thing they can do, if you want to call it that, is install a new version of DirectX. Sometimes this breaks things, but it is usually not specifically the fault of DirectX. Sometimes another program has installed a non standard driver that conflicts. Welcome to the world of Windows programming.

I feel for you people that have to suffer from uninformed opinions. Hang in there, things change and education is a good thing!

Martin Parrott
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post #7 of 7
1/6/03 at 7:57pm
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Originally posted by denkc
That having been said, if I had a 2000 dollar budget, I'd get ...
Sager 5660
UXGA
2.66 GHz
512 MB RAM
40 Gig 5400 rpm HD
Dual Batt setup
-Total price: 1975 (1929.58 cash)
Or if you don't need the extra battery, you can forgo that option and get 2.8 GHz processor for just about the same price.
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