'Gaming' laptops??
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Topic: 'Gaming' laptops??
Posted By: norty303
Subject: 'Gaming' laptops??
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 12:21pm
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Ok, so I'm looking for a new laptop for my laser work and probably to replace my desktop (which will be repurposed as a dedicated server/transcoder for my home media I expect) However, when i look for 17" laptops, I get a lot of what seem to be marketed as 'gaming' laptops around £1k and then a few 'workstation' units at quite a bit more ££, but I'm not sure where the extra ££ is going TBH, certainly the workstations often seem to come with a lower grade GFX (nVidia 840 instead of 850/860 on the gamers) So, my query is, should a decent gaming laptop (i7) make a good workstation and general use PC too? Backlit keyboards and all the useful 'gig tools' seem to be prevalent too. I quite fancy having a go at the new Elite game too when it hits general release, so a gamer will be no bad thing.  Obviously the downside is they all seem to come in 'bling' cases these days, but I'm sure I can find a nice toned down one that doesn't look like its going to transform into a robot and walk off... They do all seem to come with SSD's and loads of RAM which is a bonus. I'd probably just go for a Lenovo Y series but they don't do a 17" and the W series are a LOT more. MSI and gigabyte seem to be very competitive and I've heard good things about the MSI build quality (their MOBO's were very good when they first appeared on the market I recall) ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |
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Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 12:32pm
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"new" elite? Whats this? ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: norty303
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 12:58pm
Keep up, been on limited beta for a few weeks now and public beta from tomorrow  Lots of youtube vids to marvel over - same old game brought up to date Elite: Dangerous http://elite.frontier.co.uk" rel="nofollow - http://elite.frontier.co.uk The scale is just unbelieveable. there's a vid that really demonstrates the size of the galaxy. Apparently, once the programmed limits are reached, it auto generates as people discover it ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |
Posted By: burningbush
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 1:15pm
Wow, sorry Norty had to ask. Will check that out. ------------- music is the message |
Posted By: MarjanM
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 2:32pm
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Alienware is your friend then :-) ------------- Marjan Milosevic MM-Acoustics www.mm-acoustics.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/MM-Acoustics/608901282527713 |
Posted By: mini-mad
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 2:43pm
...lost their edge when dell bought them out... ------------- If it sounds like a gorilla is trying to escape, turn it down. |
MarjanM wrote:Posted By: MarjanM
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 3:16pm
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Are there better machines out there? BTW Dell was manufacturing them since the start as OEM. ------------- Marjan Milosevic MM-Acoustics www.mm-acoustics.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/MM-Acoustics/608901282527713 |
Posted By: mini-mad
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 3:35pm
????????????????????????????????????????? ..then they lost their way somewhere. there are one or two others but cant for the bloody life of me remember their names. ------------- If it sounds like a gorilla is trying to escape, turn it down. |
Posted By: MarjanM
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 3:43pm
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http://www.laptopmag.com/gaming-laptops.aspx
------------- Marjan Milosevic MM-Acoustics www.mm-acoustics.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/MM-Acoustics/608901282527713 |
Posted By: mini-mad
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 3:45pm
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...theres all arguments quashed. ------------- If it sounds like a gorilla is trying to escape, turn it down. |
Posted By: norty303
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 5:49pm
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Thats an interesting link, thanks. The Y series LEnovo actually gets a decent rating, I might be steered back that way, especially after reading about how un-portable the 17" units can be. ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |
Posted By: norty303
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 6:51pm
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Blimey, just completely by accident bought a Y510p Lenovo! And i was only browsing ebay, and I got sucked into clicking the Buy It Now button.... (you know how it happens.... )To be fair, its not that much of an impulse buy - I'd been looking at them for about a year, and for an i7 with 1TB HDD with 8GB SSD, dual (SLI) 750M gfx cards, backlit keyboard, etc, etc I was prepared to spend ~£900 for one, but I just got a Lenovo refurbed one for just over £700. A lot of laptop for the money I think. Downside is, its got Win8 :( Easily fixed though ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |
Posted By: ceharden
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 7:40pm
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I was really against Win8 to start with but it got forced on me at work for my new desktop machine. Once you upgrade to 8.1, turn off all the 'charms' and corner activations and I installed Pokki as the start menu replacement which I really like, it's actually not so bad. It definitely seems to run quite quick.
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Posted By: norty303
Date Posted: 28 July 2014 at 8:13pm
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My missus got a Win8 laptop around Xmas time, so I've had a good practise run in making it work like a 'proper' OS. ------------- My laser stuff: http://www.facebook.com/SubsonicSystems" rel="nofollow - Frikkin Lasers |