Help on buying a laptop

xalo

Peru80 Posts

March 30 2010 03:16 GMT

Hi, this is my first blog and i wanted to get help from tl community.
Im planning on buying a laptop i have low budget and i need it for MS office mostly.
i was thinking about dell inspiron 1464 but.. is it a good choice?
will it run sc2? its not that important but it would be nice to play sc2 on my free time in school.
well that's all =)

mOnion

United States5660 Posts

March 30 2010 03:18 GMT

dell inspiron is a great laptop. me gusta.

runs sc2 but not without minor lag problems. i was able to ladder though so its recommendable.

FragKrag

United States11567 Posts

March 30 2010 03:20 GMT

anything in the world will run MS Office. Do you have any requirements? How much $? Screen size?

xalo

Peru80 Posts

March 30 2010 03:21 GMT

that's nice i think im gonna buy it i dont really care about minor lag problems i always ran games in low specs pc's so im used to it.
thanks for your help mOnion

xalo

Peru80 Posts

March 30 2010 03:22 GMT

well here in south america it is kinda $870 so it is my budget, buying a laptop in usa is not an option
screen size i dont care about it

anderoo

Canada1876 Posts

March 30 2010 03:37 GMT

i just got my inspiron 1545 last week
it's nice and was really cheap ($611 CAD including taxes and a 9-cell battery) but it's a little fragile (flexes quite a bit when the edges are squeezed) and both the interior and exterior absorb fingerprints like mad
SC2 plays at about 20FPS on lowest settings and gets pretty choppy
(i just have intel 4 series mobile integrated graphics)

PatandPat

Canada29 Posts

March 30 2010 06:21 GMT

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/webca/LenovoPortal/en_CA/catalog.workflow:category.details?current-catalog-id=12F0696583E04D86B9B79B0FEC01C087&current-category-id=F198C04106DF4DD7B98FBE36D2A97E2E

get this (with coupons u can save 15-20% just google them)
i recommend it however u might need a monitor cause playing it on 14.1 is kinda gay
i kno its knida more expensive but yeah this comp is fuckin unreal for the price i believe and you can def play sc2 on medium settingsl.

edit :actually just realized it was 1200 for the one with dedicated graphics card but still with the coupons about 1000?

CorsairHero

Canada9491 Posts

March 30 2010 09:34 GMT

get something that doesn't have an intel integrated card and you'll be able to run sc2 on lowest at least whether its ati hd 3200 or nvidea 8000/9000 series
if your going with dell than i might suggest the studio 14 which comes with a 9400 gs which performs significantly better than the x4500 from intel

Myrmidon

United States9452 Posts

March 30 2010 13:45 GMT

If all you want to do is run MS Office, you can go significantly lower budget and get one of the cheapest laptops/netbooks. I wouldn't recommend trying to play the game at 20 fps and lower, which is what you would get with a laptop with integrated graphics like the popular Intel GMA X4500. I say either forget about playing SC2 on the laptop or go for a cheaper laptop with discrete graphics.

The Inspiron 1464 with the ATI Mobility 4330 would run the game fine, but I noticed that a Studio 14z with the Nvidea 9400M is cheaper and would also run the game very well on lowest. The 1464 does have a much newer and better processor though, but wouldn't matter running MS Office and SC2 on low settings.

xalo

Peru80 Posts

March 31 2010 04:47 GMT

#10

and what about the Acer As7736zg would you prefer it against the dell inspiron??

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