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[Arcane]

I build my own rigs usually but when it comes to laptops I know absolutely nothing!! Can anyone help me not get completely ripped off buying a laptop for around $700-$1000? Who is the strong brands in laptops? I was thinking about going with an Acer Laptop. What are your thoughts? I'm basically going to be running a lot of outlook, adobe acrobat site plans that seem decently intense on everyone elses work laptops that are a few years old, photoshop high resolution pictures and such. I just want it to be fast enough to handle opening and closing things and cruising at the rate I'm used to computing. Is this possible for that kind of price these days?

This is the laptop I'm eying right now. It's quite a deal for an I7 I felt like.


I'm also going to pick this display up for when I'm in the office too.

http://www.newegg.co...-212-_-Homepage


I have the Acer GD235HZ right now at home and I love it. Acer seems to do me right.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

Edited by Arcane, 08 September 2011 - 12:17 AM.

[dirtylarryuk]

Arcane, on 08 September 2011 - 12:14 AM, said:

I build my own rigs usually but when it comes to laptops I know absolutely nothing!! Can anyone help me not get completely ripped off buying a laptop for around $700-$1000? Who is the strong brands in laptops? I was thinking about going with an Acer Laptop. What are your thoughts? I'm basically going to be running a lot of outlook, adobe acrobat site plans that seem decently intense on everyone elses work laptops that are a few years old, photoshop high resolution pictures and such. I just want it to be fast enough to handle opening and closing things and cruising at the rate I'm used to computing. Is this possible for that kind of price these days?

This is the laptop I'm eying right now. It's quite a deal for an I7 I felt like.


I'm also going to pick this display up for when I'm in the office too.

http://www.newegg.co...-212-_-Homepage


I have the Acer GD235HZ right now at home and I love it. Acer seems to do me right.

Any help is extremely appreciated!

After a couple of weeks of research i could not find better than the ASUS N53s new models as they have the new sandy bridge i5 or i7 at 32nm, so they run cold and have the best eco modes I have seen yet on laptop CPU, but have some real power when plugged into a wall for games or apps. Have cheap yet decent batteries come with a GT 540m which is basically a mobile GT450 desktop GPU with 1-2GB VRAM and 96 shaders which is fine for games and apps at 720p and have a blueray-dvd for media. All the MSI Acer and Dell laptops i the UK had the older GPU and CPU and could not come close on price and in the sub $800 price range most have the 20 shader Nvidia GPU's if your lucky, those frankly around the power of the IGP in the new SB I5 and I7 CPU's!

Just search asus n53s on new egg, just remeber the 1080p display models would have trouble with games with the G540-550m Nvidia GPUs as both don't really have the power for 1080p but are fine for 720p. So the I7 versions with 720p would suit games and apps as they have GPU and CPU horsepower for 720p no issue.

Right now the mobile new I5 and I7 32nm Sandy bridge models offer insane value and can run decent eco modes as well as full power and are very decent for mobile cpus. The G540-550m is the best value mobile GPU as unlike most it really can run games well at 720p (even stuff like crysis 2!) But that doesn't extend to 1080p and lots of laptop makers add a 540-550 and then a 1080p screen and frankly you would be trying to run that screen in games at 720p to cope.

Edited by dirtylarryuk, 08 September 2011 - 11:33 AM.

[Righthooks]

A colleague of mine purchased a Precision(non-touch) last month, and it is quite powerful for a mobile unit. He does spreads for cardiovascular injuries, and the demand is quite similar to that of a 3D CAD program. It should tackle your targeted Adobe software quite well. Knowing Dell, I am sure there are a plethora of options available to disregard needless software packages. You really cannot beat their services in the mobile division for expandability and dependability on the Windows OS.

For laptops, Dell currently gets my vote. Good things tend to follow in the wake of reviewers, and first hand I can say they are fine units. Since gaming isn't your present scope I believe you will get the most for your money.

-Hooks

[dirtylarryuk]

Righthooks, on 08 September 2011 - 12:21 PM, said:

A colleague of mine purchased a Precision(non-touch) last month, and it is quite powerful for a mobile unit. He does spreads for cardiovascular injuries, and the demand is quite similar to that of a 3D CAD program. It should tackle your targeted Adobe software quite well. Knowing Dell, I am sure there are a plethora of options available to disregard needless software packages. You really cannot beat their services in the mobile division for expandability and dependability on the Windows OS.

For laptops, Dell currently gets my vote. Good things tend to follow in the wake of reviewers, and first hand I can say they are fine units. Since gaming isn't your present scope I believe you will get the most for your money.

-Hooks

I wasn't anti dell laptops till a friend in the UK had issues with one and then almost a week later Trubritar had some issues with a new alienware (also made by dell) So of late somethings gone a bit wrong at Dell in regards to laptops. All that could be just bad luck, till another 2 friends bought cheap dell laptops and that also had massive tech issues and even when people had the full Dell extra Warrenties Dell took ages to sort the issues. So although i would recommend Dell over HP I would recommend MSI and ASUS over Dell these days for value or tech in a notebook.

So for value right now nothing comes close to the Asus N53S series due to it having the new CPUs and a decent GPU for most app or games needs at 720p. A similar Laptop from dell in the UK is over 2x the price and thats without the warrenty.

Edited by dirtylarryuk, 09 September 2011 - 02:17 AM.