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Old 07-07-2006, 08:22 AM   #1
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Wusup guys I'm looking to buy a laptop for 1400$ or less. so that you can have an idea of what i want ill tell you my situation. i already have a desktop for gaming but i just got a job as a security guard for the apartment complex i live in. ill be at work for 16 hours a day 5 days a week any way its like 20 feet away from my apt so i can access my wireless Internet from work. I'm not up to speed on laptop performance but i want to play games like world of war craft, recent FPS and Mame emulator that said Ive got my eye on a couple of laptops but I'm not sure about the hardware like this dell;

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...=E1505S2&s=dhs

or this Compaq (i don't know if the video card is worth crap or if the processor is decent);

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh...computer_store

and this one just looks sweet but again I'm not sure about the video card;

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...44c21&GSCID=10

same here;

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...44c21&GSCID=10

any help will be appreciated and if you know of any other laptop I'm open for suggestions thanks guys .

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Old 07-07-2006, 09:44 AM   #2
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If you want a good graphics card, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115246

Otherwise I'd just get the Dell with an X1400 card. I would not buy a Compaq and it has an inferior card to the Dell anyway.
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Old 07-08-2006, 09:10 PM   #3
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Amazing deal on the link above. Can't beat a mobile X1600 and 1GB of DDR2 for just a little over $1,000. If you wanted to work up to spend your entire $1,400... look into buying a replacement hard drive that is 7,200 RPM rather than 5,400 for even more of a performance boost.
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