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17th July 2007, 11:56 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Editorial: Gaming laptops are a complete joke THERE IS A RAGING debate between me and the rest of the world over gaming laptops. Most people think they are the hottest thing since sliced bread, I think they are about as dumb as you can get. It begs the question, if all of your friends said enemas were cool, would you get one? The concept is a good one, in theory, but falls flat in reality. The promise is to have a portable machine that plays games as well as it does all the things you want a laptop for. All the machines to date fail on both accounts, with only a nod to portability. http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41039
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17th July 2007, 12:50 | #2 |
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| Bull. Almost every laptop has a 7200rpm HDD if you wish. My upgraded Dell 9400 is about the fastest laptop you can have, and it's dirt cheap, if you look around. |
17th July 2007, 13:21 | #3 |
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| Case €50 PSU €70 CPU E2160 €90 Mobo €100 2gb DDR2 €100 200GB HDD €70 DVDwriter €30 7900GT €70 17" TFT €200 ---------------- €780 Laptop with smaller screen and similar HW specs http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...=dhs&cs=bedhs1 €1500 double the price... and can't be upgraded as easily and as cheap as the C2D system. Sorry but double the price of the desktop version IS NOT "dirt cheap".
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17th July 2007, 14:20 | #4 |
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| You can't bash the one inquirer article that is right this month. |
17th July 2007, 14:34 | #5 |
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| A laptop is always more expencive than a desktopsystem. Every component is smaller and harder to produce. I changed my desktop for a laptop, and will not switch back. |
17th July 2007, 16:02 | #6 |
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| Of course they are more expensive, but you still won't find a portable desktop that you can toss into your backpack in 3 seconds and go. You don't need bleeding edge hardware to play games on a laptop, and therefore you can get some fairly small, light, and efficient models and game on them. I played HL2 on mine ~1920x1200 when it came out and loved it. |
17th July 2007, 16:34 | #7 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| hence the "low value"
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17th July 2007, 17:18 | #8 |
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| The best idea is to get a small laptop with big battery life that will last several years for portable use and a desktop for gaming. Both together won't cost more than a gaming laptop over their lifespan and you get a better portable as a bonus. |
17th July 2007, 17:24 | #9 | |
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| We're not buying them for value. We are buying them for portability and traveling... Quote:
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17th July 2007, 17:26 | #10 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| my €750 system takes 10minutes to pack, your €1500 gaming laptop about 2minutes tops. By sacrificing 8 minutes to pack I just saved €750 AND have a faster system AND more upgradeable AND easier to service I also was looking into swapping my desktop with a portable desktop (laptop) , but it turned out way too expensive and slower Portable Desktop aka Laptop Deluxe you might notice most people in that thread suggest a Cube/barebone/shuttle like PC
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