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Since I have an interesting educational situation, (I'm a first year mid-year student meaning I start school in January) I figured it was finally time I go about buying a college laptop. A friend referred me to a very nice bargain on Slickdeals.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1655999
Default stats:
- Intel Core 2 Duo processor T6600
- 15.6 HD WLED Glossy, 1366x768 with 1.3M integrated Camera
- Windows 7 Home Premium (64 Bit)
- 4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3
- 500GB Hard Disk Drive
- nVidia Geforce G 210M graphic card with 512MB memory(upgradable to 240M)
- Bluetooth
- DVD Recordable drive
- 6 Cell Lithium-Ion 2.6Ah battery
I paid $579 for it after messing with some settings, and with taxes it came up to just over 600 dollars.
I ended up downgrading the hard drive (to 320GB), removed blue tooth, and got the less shiny one. I did however upgrade the graphics card to the 240M because even though I'm not a huge gamer, I think the 240 would be just enough power for games like Starcraft 2 in the future. The resolution might be a problem at 1366 by 768, but it's one I'm willing to live with.
Unfortunately, the deal ended about 10 minutes after my order went through, however there's still a coupon for 15%. Sorry guys, but I'm sure there will be an even better deal tommorrow.
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Is it a brag ?
I prefer desktops 
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On November 12 2009 06:57 Boblion wrote:Is it a brag ? I prefer desktops
Partially, but I also want to know what people think about the laptops stats and overall performance.
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On November 12 2009 06:59 Athos wrote:Partially, but I also want to know what people think about the laptops stats and overall performance.
Well it looks decent for a laptop and i think it will be enough to play Sc2 in high details but for serious gaming any cheap desktop kills it 
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On November 12 2009 06:59 Athos wrote:Partially, but I also want to know what people think about the laptops stats and overall performance.
Good deal, you're looking at medium settings SC2 at that resolution though.
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Incredible price for the money, good job.
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Nice price for something that will run it med-high. Grats.
Anyone that's looking to buy a laptop should use http://www.notebookcheck.net/ BTW. I've never seen such a detailed site. It's got everything you need to know!
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Excellent laptop! Hope it runs SC2 smoothly!
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600 dollars for a laptop like that? Man I'd instantly buy that also.
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That was an -incredible- deal you got. Seriously, you should be ecstatic.
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That's one hell of a deal!
On November 12 2009 08:11 El.Divino wrote:
Excellent laptop! Hope it runs SC2 smoothly!
I hope you're joking...
Edit: forgot to look at the graphics card.. Still doubt it will have any issue running sc2..
(I dont know the graphics card itself)
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Should be able to run sc2. Nothing else is important. gg
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Since he upgraded it to 240M it will run sc2 med-high np, if it was 210M then it will have problems possibly even at medium.
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Pretty decent laptop, too bad no centrino2 but not a big deal i dont think. The screen size is the only thing that would bug me about that, i'm at 1680x1050 and i can't imagine using anything smaller now that i've used it.
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