looking for a laptop

albear · #1 Jul 29, 2007, 10:11 AM

im looking for a laptop that will help me with my course at uni, (computer games development) ive been to a few shops and had a look online, in the shops they said i would want one with a 'dedicated' graphics card because it would be better than a normal 1 with double the MB and one guy said look at apple macs, does anybody know if this is true or have any information to help thanks.

albear · Jul 29, 2007, 12:18 PM

any laptop experts out there

Curlyben · Jul 29, 2007, 12:19 PM

Yes, but you don't really explain what you are looking for ie main use and budget ?!

albear · Jul 29, 2007, 12:34 PM

im not asking you to look for one im just asking your opinion on what should i look for in a laptop relative to my course comp games development/programming

Curlyben · Jul 29, 2007, 12:50 PM

As I said it really depends.
As ever it's a case of numbers, you go for the biggest ones your budget can take.
CPU - Core2
RAM - 2 Gb
HDD - 100 Gb
GPU - 256Mb Geforce
Screen - 17"
DVD+/-R

there's a few things to look for as a minimum.

albear · Jul 29, 2007, 12:52 PM

wot u reckon of this 1 then
Comet - Computing - Laptops - ACER - 17" widescreen laptop

Curlyben · Jul 29, 2007, 01:07 PM

It'll do the job for a few years.
Acer do make good value machines

albear · Jul 29, 2007, 03:23 PM

what do know about the 'dedicated' graphics cards

benn11 · Jul 30, 2007, 02:42 AM

Check out cnet laptop review >>

HVAC888 · Jul 30, 2007, 09:37 AM

Information on Geforce dedicated laptop graphics can be found here

ATI notebook graphics can be found on the amd site.



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