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Bets laptop for under $2,000?
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Anyone know of the best possible laptop i could get for under 2 Grand?
My parents are getting me one for college.
I want one that is fast, has good WiFi, and can run games well.
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ever heard of a macbook pro?
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go to various computer sites and build a goo dones and see what the price comes out to.
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unless you want to use boot camp on a mac, get a pc for gaming. if i was getting a nice laptop i'd look for a nice sony.
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I have a nice Sony. Cost £1200 and now the softwares sorted its ace
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idk.. i heard vista sucks. I have been running XP on my custom built desktop forever and i have had no problems.
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vista is a huge memory hog. if you get something with vista on it, it will probably have extra memory which is good, and then you can always install some xp on it.
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yeah if you really want gaming then you'll want a huge one, but that is gonna suck carrying around with you on campus if you are planning on it. you could always get a smaller one and just buy a separate monitor to use when you want to play.
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Number 2 most likely.
I wouldn't do a ton of gaming on my laptop. Just when I get bored in class or something haha.
The laptop will mainly be for taking notes, doing school stuff, music, and browsing the net. I want a fairly fast laptop so the internet runs quickly.
I have a desktop PC that is good for gaming anyway.
GeForce 7950GT 256mb HD video card (PCI Express x16)
2GB DDR2 RAM
Intel Pentium 4 HT processor. 3.2MHz
19" Widescreen flat-panel monitor
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i have a nice desktop, but i also just got a cheap laptop from a friend for 350 bucks. it is a year old and not that fast, but it does everything i need. although the processor is slow and there isn't much memory compared to my desktop, it still runs the internet just as fast, or close to it.
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if you have a good gaming rig then you dont need a very expensive laptop at all.
Get a dual core (Core Duo or AMD X2) for sure. Atleast 2.0ghz. Future of everything, single core is a waste of money now.
2gb of ram...eventually Vista will be worked out and you'll be glad you have the balls to run it. Even if you only have XP, 2gb makes sure you wont have any problem with having multiple app's open (Music, word, internet, msn/aim, etc).
If you want to do a little gaming on it, get a small dedicated video card. Stay away from shared ones, they blow, I would know because I have one.
Almost every laptop has a decent wireless card, make sure its brand name and you'll be fine.
shoot for 100+ gb of HD space, it gets taken up faster then you think.
If you want some actual links to one you can buy, then say so and i can show you some shit
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word. thanks for the info.
some links to some that you would recommend would be cool.
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any preference to AMD or Intel?
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I just got my laptop a little while ago, custom build, it's sooooo sick. not to claim or anything
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what brand it is? specs? price?
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under 2 g rand you can get a kick ass dell xps or alienware, hp has a really good laptop for media and shit if your looking for pc's, otherwise you can get a macbook pro for under 2g im pretty sure.
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I pmed you, it's about the same specs as ryan posted, but you can have stuff customized the way you want
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Alienware is way over priced.
If you want something better then the one i posted for 1000 bucks i can find something closer to 2 grand if you want. But it might be better then your gaming rig :P
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nah man, you cant get an XPS, a MacBook, and especially not an Alienware for under 2 g's.
Im pretty sure the base model for all 3 of those laptops are over 2 grand
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nevermind, i take that back. the tiny (13") XPS is around 1500 base.
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oh i was thinking of the macbook Pro
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Plus he wants to game a little.
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Intel Core 2 Duo processer
NVIDIA GeForce GO 8600GT
4 Gig memory
Read/Write DVD drive
15.4" WSXGA Glare Wide Screen LCD (1680 x 1050)
Realtek ALC 268 2 Channel HD Audio
Built-in two 1.5W Speakers with chamber, stereo sound
Built-in Microphone for webcam
Microphone-in and headphone-out
Biometric FingerPrint Scanner
Kensington Lock, HDD Password
Internal Modem with MDC 1.5 SOLUTION V.90/V.92 56Kbps
Broadcom 5786 Gigabit Lan
Built-in Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 a/g/n
Bluetooth Module
Touch sensitive user keys
13.9" x 10.1" x 1.39"
6.2lbs
Running windows XP Pro
$1785
Advanced Notebook Solutions A7400PX
what I got
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i rock the toshiba....its pretty badass.
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you can get an alienware laptop for around 1500 with good specs, i was just looking at them for school
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fuck ben that shit is baller
but 4gb of ram...what the hell are you doing that you need that?
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build your own, you can get the nicest components.
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haha, sorry. i have a math teacher who is a total tech guy, he buys all the components and hardware and then assembles it himself. its fairly complicated, but you can build the best laptop/computer for the least amount of money. otherwise i dont know too much about it.
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The dell XPS is pretty nice for gaming.
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vigorgaming.com
best laptops(imo), smaller company that lets you customize w.e with great customer service
look at the ares or one of the smaller ones
you can go with some of the bigger companies i'd say hp if thats what you want, but i'm gunna advise you to go with vigor i'm on my vigor right now, its a desktop replacement but it doesnt seem like thats what you need.
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fuck xp, osx is amazing, get a mac book you won't regret it.
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whats the point if hes just doin basic stuff? i dont hear him saying he wants to edit videos.... he can get a better deal on xp... though it does seem like his parents are willing to dish out 2 grand on him
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mineeeeeeeeeeeeeee tohsiba satelitte 17 inch gig ram 120 gig hardrive something or other for 899 future sop chea>
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I customized the Ares Pro and for 2019 bucks it hauls some serious fucking ass!
e6600
2gb corsiar ram
100gb 7200rpm
512mn nVidia card
that would smoke a lot of gaming rigs although the mobo's FSB is only 533mhz :/
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haha i my laptop ran up to 2400 its the artorius it so sweet, maybe i'll post the specs later but i gotta catch a plane home
and normand let them keep posting macbook, they dont bother to read so why bother to correct them.
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