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Low end laptop
« on: December 23, 2008, 12:53:16 PM »
What should I look for when buying a new laptop?

What I want, is around 320 GB storage, and a good wireless connection. That should be doable for cheap, right?

Could you guys help me out by giving pointers?
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 12:59:52 PM »
I need a laptop to store the 100GB of content for my Zune.
Besides that I want to download and watch movies on it.

That's about it.

Around 250GB should be enough. Vista is probably going to take up a large amount, right?
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 01:01:25 PM »
vista takes up maybe 10 gigs, tops
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 01:06:07 PM »
Ok, the 160GB models should be good enough.

Can the laptop make a difference in picking up the wireless signal, or should I just get a more powerful wireless router?


Oh yeah, it's probably going to be between Packard Bell, Asus and Acer, which one of those has a good/bad name?
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 01:08:44 PM »
most embedded wireless chipsets are largely the same. i prefer the intel wireless pro agn, but the broadcom chipsets aren't too bad aside from the dumb connection manager they want to install. range depends on the protocol -- 802.11n has the best range, but if you don't have an n router, it's obviously useless. most laptop embedded wireless chipsets support 802.11 a/b/g/n.
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2008, 01:14:02 PM »
Ah, the "100GB EXTRA" thing for dumb people sounds like me...

About the 802.11 thing, does n mean it goes up to n and also includes a through g?
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2008, 01:14:50 PM »
And what about the brandnames, which ones are preferable?

I was planning to spend € 500,- but I could easily spend double...
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2008, 01:16:55 PM »
Quote from: Rebiak on December 23, 2008, 01:14:02 PM
Ah, the "100GB EXTRA" thing for dumb people sounds like me...

About the 802.11 thing, does n mean it goes up to n and also includes a through g?

in my example, yes.

if you can do double, get this. it's a fuck awesome and reliable little gaming laptop.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220461


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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2008, 01:20:58 PM »
It basically comes down to video card, right?
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2008, 01:23:08 PM »
yup, and the 9650GT + 1 GB will give you good performance for most games -- it's roughly performance equivalent to a PC dekstop 8600GT
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2008, 01:24:30 PM »
So, when I'm not planning on playing games, what do I look for? Not much right, just storage and software?
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2008, 01:25:01 PM »
yup, pretty much
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Re: Low end laptop
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2008, 01:28:32 PM »
Man, that takes all the fun out of the buying process. ;)

Thanks for the info.
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