EPTIn terms of which one, if they are both so similarily priced, go with the ASUS. Don't worry about the build quality of either one (since you're not buying Acer rofl XD). Just go with the specs. Personally, my Dell can only run SC2 on low quality (yay...T.T) and I'm gonna get that new Lenovo Thinkpad/Tablet X220 (I think) when Windows 8 comes out! Guess it's just low quality SC2 graphics for another couple of years.
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xXFireandIceXx
Canada4296 Posts
In terms of which one, if they are both so similarily priced, go with the ASUS. Don't worry about the build quality of either one (since you're not buying Acer rofl XD). Just go with the specs. Personally, my Dell can only run SC2 on low quality (yay...T.T) and I'm gonna get that new Lenovo Thinkpad/Tablet X220 (I think) when Windows 8 comes out! Guess it's just low quality SC2 graphics for another couple of years. | ||
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Belegorm
United States330 Posts
Also I've literally never heard anything good of Dell computers, generally the opinion I get is that they're crappy computers. | ||
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Z3kk
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POiNTx
Belgium309 Posts
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jtan
Sweden5891 Posts
The space key is terrible, you have to hit the upper center of the key, which I manage like half of the time. The material on the mouse pad makes it hard to use and the mouse key makes way too much noise. The finishing is a smudge-magnet, after a few days it looks like it's been used for years. It came with tonnes of bloatware installed, I think I got rid of most of it by now though. The usb and lan ports doesn't fit properly, you have to push the chord hard and its not clear wheather or not its in place. The hard drive makes annoying noises. It promises 1080p movies, but in reality there is a slight lag (might be due to bloatware). It's heavier than it looks. On the plus side, the computer is fast for such a small machine, the screen looks really good viewing a high resolution for a 12.1''. The battery life is amazing. I'm not so disappointed as it might sound, getting a dell with similar specs would have cost about twice the money. Just make sure the build quality is good before you buy. | ||
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
Build quality is ass. I have the same spec'd out laptop as the Asus you're pointing out, under a different brand, seriously, go for it. | ||
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xXFireandIceXx
Canada4296 Posts
Get the Asus, Dell's are overheating pieces of shit notoriously. That is true. But they still run just fine. | ||
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DragoonPK
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
not even counting how you want to stream games, high is just impossible. The cooling system of non-macbook laptop are so bad to run heavy application. I remember how thegunrun even have to land his laptop sideway to make sure all the heat going through the fan is going up while maintaining the TSL sever. Dell is always cheaper if you are looking for a heavy machine that you can mess around with in computer science major and break it after a year. Asus is a safer choice in term of long warranty but the laptop designed for non gaming laptops is relatively small and compact which is bad for i7 and above where it needs a tons of spaces for cooling. You will end up never be able to run the laptop to its full potential unless you use screw drivers take out the plastic cover and battery or run it in your fridge. This sound dumb but if you really want a machine for gaming, i advice you to go for either macbooks with aluminum cover or a gaming laptop line with big/open stands for cooling (both asus and dell has their own line). | ||
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DragoonPK
3259 Posts
On July 06 2011 03:43 NB wrote: dont even think about running esport on high. everything must be at low or else you performance will strongly decreased. not even counting how you want to stream games, high is just impossible. The cooling system of non-macbook laptop are so bad to run heavy application. I remember how thegunrun even have to land his laptop sideway to make sure all the heat going through the fan is going up while maintaining the TSL sever. Dell is always cheaper if you are looking for a heavy machine that you can mess around with in computer science major and break it after a year. Asus is a safer choice in term of long warranty but the laptop designed for non gaming laptops is relatively small and compact which is bad for i7 and above where it needs a tons of spaces for cooling. You will end up never be able to run the laptop to its full potential unless you use screw drivers take out the plastic cover and battery or run it in your fridge. This sound dumb but if you really want a machine for gaming, i advice you to go for either macbooks with aluminum cover or a gaming laptop line with big/open stands for cooling (both asus and dell has their own line). 1st off both machines have i5s, not i7s so there isn't as much power consumption or heat generated. 2nd obviously I would never runs SC2 on high on this thing, max thing I would wanna get it on is Medium. But running other current games on high for 30fps is pretty solid for me. 3rd I don't have money for a macbook and I'm going to be moving around a lot so I need the laptop on the go. Both of those laptops I listed are a mere 800bucks. | ||
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Slayer008
United States15 Posts
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Atasu
Canada98 Posts
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OpTicalRH
147 Posts
I've used many performance including HP's envy series and Asus K52's, and they get notoriously hot which in no way you can use it without a cooing pad. Now, I'm using dell xps 17 (l702x), aside from its performance and price, there's no "hot spot" on the laptop where it gets hot when you are playing games or running heavy codes. SC2 runs at ~40FPS on high setting, where cpu temp around 50C and GPU temp around 60~80C. For the heat issue, many laptop's hard drives are located under the palm rest area. Just take the HDD out and replace SSD, and use the hard drive as an external one. Yes, a bit costly, but it's worth the expense. | ||
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godulous
United States337 Posts
On July 06 2011 01:42 Tatari wrote: I've had both Dell and ASUS laptops, and I looooooooooooooooooooooove my ASUS. Dell - Absolute garbage quality (goes for their desktops too -_-') - Shit customer service - Laptop lasted for a year before breaking down - Treated it a slight bit roughly, no damage ASUS - My laptop runs just like a desktop ~<3 - Good customer service - Going strong after a year - Treated this thing pretty badly and the only damage it's gotten was a few scratches on the cover. I've got almost the same experience as you, Dell first then an Asus. I can attest to the same pros/cons. | ||
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Midas_
268 Posts
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amd098
Korea (North)1366 Posts
On July 05 2011 23:35 Torenhire wrote: HOWEVER what you're trying to decide between is like...trying to decide if you put your pants on first or your shirt. You're going to be dressed either way run outside without a shirt - no service run outside without pants - police sirens :p my friend's asus is somehow functioning after a year so far of constant abuse, he gets drunk and hits it, and somehow manages to play some games as well [i5 from last year, 6gb ram, 1gb nvidia, 500gb hd] considering how his is still functioning after the beatings it gets, im impressed, he smacks it and drags the thing in one of those wheely laptop bags | ||
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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
Unless you want to be carrying around a gargantuan laptop that might as well be a desktop (with less than the power of a desktop mind you), you might as well go to Sager. What's Sager you might ask? Well, just google, Asus vs Sager and watch as hordes of fanboys rip Asus apart Of course there will be some siding with Asus as they are a great company but sager, great. I own one, an dI do not regret it. NP8130, newer graphics card, better speakres, etc. | ||
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