Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
The Acer looks nice as well, and I've had slightly better experiences with ATI graphics cards than Nvidia, but your mileage may vary. Certainly the 5650 mobile is probably going to have a little more oomph than the 280M, but I couldn't say how noticeable the difference may be.*

For a laptop, I would also prefer the i5 to the i7 for reasons of heat, battery life, longevity, etc., so yeah, the Acer looks a bit better
Battery wouldn't be a huge problem, as it's mostly going to be a replacement desktop, than can move from Point A (My house) to Point B (Oxford).
Besides, according to this ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=382561 ), it has a silent mode, which extends battery life to about three hours, which is fine for me.

As for Mac, I don't really understand the love or the hate. Ignore their marketing. Ignore whatever "status" they attempt to attach to their products. Just look at the machines and the OS on their own merits, and go from there.
Personally, I think they're overrated for the kind of stuff I'd do on it (Word processing/Internet/Gamez). But that's just my opinion. I won't be doing anything like graphic design or composition on it, so all the neat features it has aren't that relevant.

Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
ati are being cheeky.

what is a 58xx on desktop is a 1600 shader part (2.10B transistors)
what is a 58xx on mobile is a 800 shader part (1.07B transistors)

what is a 57/6xx on desktop is a 800 shader part (1.07B transistors)
what is a 57/6xx on mobile is a 400 shader part (0.67B transistors)

what is a 54/5xx on desktop is a 400 shader part (0.67B transistors)
what is a 54/5xx on mobile is a 80 shader part (0.24B transistors)
Huh? I don't understand


Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
still a £500 laptop with a 400 shader GPU with a 128bit DDR5 bus is good value.
I agree, but as I said at the start, money isn't a problem (Compensation for a car accident that happened when I was 10, but I don't get access to it until I'm 18 ). I should probably be responsible, but I need a new gaming computer anyway, and I deserve a treat after my A Levels