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    Jul 29, 2007, 11:11 AM
    Looking for a laptop
    I'm looking for a laptop that will help me with my course at uni, (computer games development) I've 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.
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    Jul 29, 2007, 01:18 PM
    Any laptop experts out there
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    Jul 29, 2007, 01:19 PM
    Yes, but you don't really explain what you are looking for i.e. main use and budget?
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    Jul 29, 2007, 01:34 PM
    I'm not asking you to look for one I'm just asking your opinion on what should I look for in a laptop relative to my course comp games development/programming
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    Jul 29, 2007, 01:50 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.
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    Jul 29, 2007, 01:52 PM
    What u reckon of this 1 then
    Comet - Computing - Laptops - ACER - 17" widescreen laptop
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    Jul 29, 2007, 02:07 PM
    It'll do the job for a few years.
    Acer do make good value machines
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    Jul 29, 2007, 04:23 PM
    What do know about the 'dedicated' graphics cards
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    Jul 30, 2007, 03:42 AM
    Check out cnet laptop review >>
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    Jul 30, 2007, 10:37 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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