Laptop

[Starfire]

Moose and I are looking at getting a laptop but neither one of us knows much about them! I found this one at Best Buy, thoughts? Suggestions on a different one? We are wanting to spend around $700 or less. My only requirment is that it has the #pad on it.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavili ... Id=9601317

[VikStone]

The graphics card is Class III (mid-rangish) according to http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Radeon ... 493.0.html

It's not bad but you would want something better for gaming performance. Other specs are okay. 6 GB RAM is a lot, you getting 64 bit with that Windows 7? Chem or Fire should be able to give more info on these specs.

[Starfire]

The graphics card is Class III (mid-rangish) according to http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Radeon ... 493.0.html

It's not bad but you would want something better for gaming performance. Other specs are okay. 6 GB RAM is a lot, you getting 64 bit with that Windows 7? Chem or Fire should be able to give more info on these specs.

Not really going to be a PC for gaming, since we are only playing SWGEmu, and I'm sure it'd run that. We arent playing anything else at the moment.

It's mostly a PC for Moose to use at School, me to do bookkeeping with (QuickBooks) and for SWGEmu.

[Shreder]

The Intel Core i3 and i5 just release last month so when I was looking @ laptops I only looked at those. Intel's i cores are amazing. Problem is the cheapest one I found was @ Dell for $650 and that comes with an integrated graphics card. 2nd looks like its even cheaper now: http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebook ... td-anav3~~

You will get less RAM but you will be getting DDR3 instead of DDR2, better processor, slightly better FX card, same HD space, and a bigger screen.

Chem was crapping on Dell, but I definitely could not find a laptop for a better price.

[firespyer]

Chem was crapping on Dell, but I definitely could not find a laptop for a better price.

Where dell shines is in there 'Complete care' offering, Which is a very expensive warranty package. there formerly stellar support and awesome customer service has been outsourced and is pretty horrible. All in all Dell is only still alive because all they do is box products made by someone else. They don't actually invent anything like the HP's, IBM's of the world so they don't have an RD budget to offset.

If you are not going to go for the complete care, then just get the best deal that you and roll the dice on your hardware holding out. TBH for something that's just for school work and some personal accounting, you might want to take a look at a netbook. Hell if the system reqs are the same for the EMU as the original SWG you will probably be able to play it pretty well on one, or atleast better then you are used to. I remember you had some pretty bad machines back in the day.

[Starfire]

Netbooks don't have the numberpad on them, so sadly that's my only requirement lol.

Gonna keep looking around. I'm not sure I want a Dell, honestly. but if they have the best PC for the Best Price, then I'll consider it.

[Starfire]

I just looked at this Dell online. Would it be better than the HP? Its $699

SYSTEM COLOR Obsidian Black IMR edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Works 9 HS Trial Version with CDSK edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1 Year Basic Service Plan edit
In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis: *Remote Diagnosis is determination by online/phone technician of cause of issue; may involve customer access to inside of system and multiple or extended sessions. If issue is covered by Limited Hardware Warranty and not resolved remotely, technician and/or part will be dispatched, usually in 1 or 2 business days following completion of Remote Diagnosis. Dell sells In-Home Service provided by the following: Dell In-Home Service provided by Dell Marketing L.P.; BancTec In-Home Service provided by BancTec Third Party Maintenance, Inc.; and QualxServ In-Home Service provided by QualxServ LLC. Third parties may be used to deliver the in-home service. Availability varies. Other conditions apply. For complete details about In-Home Service, visit www.dell.com/servicecontracts
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
PROCESSOR NEW 2010 Intel®Core™ i3 - 330M
New Inspiron 15 Inspiron 15 Notebook
BATTERY OPTIONS Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)
HD DISPLAY 15.6" HD WLED
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
HARD DRIVE 320GB, 5400 RPM
VIDEO CARD 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE 8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1397
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Internal (2.1)
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0
Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Adobe Reader Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0

[firespyer]

only changes I would make is for a larger 9 cell battery, and 7200 RPM HD

[Darian_Carr]

Comment to your original find:

I have always had good luck with HPs. Never a problem, and like you said, it'll run SWGEmu and do everything else you need it to do...


Most importantly....it'll run SWGemu....