Buying a Laptop- Input needed.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 08-31-2010, 14:38

No contest really. Get the HP. That Dell and Acer are so deeply flawed you got to wonder why anyone would buy it.

**tibilicus** · 08-31-2010, 17:19

Well I ended up going for neither and got a Sony Vaio. It offered the same as the HP pretty much but came with an extra 2GB of RAM and a built in blu-ray player and so seemed like a win win to me.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 08-31-2010, 19:02

Guess for that kind of money, it does make sense.

**Xiahou** · 09-01-2010, 00:53

My opinion? Trying to spend extra money to buy a "future proof" laptop is a waste. I'd just get the cheapest thing that will meet your needs. Laptops are a major ripoff on the price/performance scale.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 09-01-2010, 01:08

Future proofing in general is a waste of money...

**Motep** · 09-01-2010, 02:32

NOT ACER

**Beskar** · 09-01-2010, 03:21

Originally Posted by Xiahou

My opinion? Trying to spend extra money to buy a "future proof" laptop is a waste. I'd just get the cheapest thing that will meet your needs. Laptops are a major ripoff on the price/performance scale.

Problem is, most laptops struggle to run the simplest of games. Though for "future proofing" laptops is definitely not the right area.

However, with good specs, a good computer can last quite a time. I bought a £1000+ desktop two and a half years ago and I am running everygame I have on high/ultra. Makes you wonder how much better is the latest nvadia sli'd, when my GTX8800 is still at high/ultra performance in games.

**Xiahou** · 09-01-2010, 21:58

Originally Posted by Beskar

Makes you wonder how much better is the latest nvadia sli'd, when my GTX8800 is still at high/ultra performance in games.

Ugh, SLI is another waste of money....
But I agree, on desktops it's much easier to squeeze more longevity out of them. A well planned desktop can leave room for future upgrades that can keep it performing well for a number of years- there's just not much upgrading to be done on laptops.

**Meneldil** · 09-01-2010, 22:01

Well, this thread will come in handy, since my aforementioned laptop officially died in painful circumstances. I'm just gonna grab one that can play EU3/Vicky2 and let the desktop handle the big games.