Recent content by Forde3654Eire

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    Friend off to college, needs a new laptop

    1. What is your budget? $1300 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15" - 16" 3. What screen resolution do you want? 1920x1080 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Preferably portable, ultrabooks are an attraction 5. How much battery life do you...
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    Opinions please?

    Found an Acer with very good specifications for the price: i5 2450m and GT630 for $640. However, I am concerned about the reliability of the laptop... how long does an Acer last? I've heard Acers overheat pretty badly and are full of problems... what do you folks say? Is this laptop a diamond...
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    Laptop died - suggestions for replacement?

    Hi there. Sorry to hijack the thread, but I too am looking at a few Lenovo laptops. I found a G570 (i3 2310m) retailing for just over $450. My question is: Can I depend a Lenovo laptop? Are they reliable? Will it give me peace of mind? I'm quite skeptical. Since IBM sold off their laptops to...
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    Budget laptop for a student.

    Sounds good, I've been doing a bit more researching and found a similar model, except it has a Core i5 2410m and an Nvidia GT540 GPU with Optimus. It's $300 more where I am. Is the better CPU and GPU here really worth the money? Or is it simply not enough for good gaming? Correct me if I'm...
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    Budget laptop for a student.

    Thank you for your quick reply. Please take a look at this laptop and let me know what you think of it. Practically, it seems very well suited for a student. I'm not expecting any major gaming from it, but I would like to be able to play Direct X9 games and below (2000 - 2006) at medium to high...
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    Recommend a $400 laptop for a student please.

    1. What is your budget? Max $500 / 2000 Saudi Riyals, maybe a little over but not by much. 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 13.3 - 15.6 inches 3. What screen resolution do you want? Doesn't matter, native resolution is fine (E.g 1366 x 768 for 15.6 inch). 4. Do...
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    Budget laptop for a student.

    Hi there folks, I need a laptop for college soon. I'm looking at 2 options. One with an Intel Pentium B940 and the other with an AMD E-350. I'm already aware of another similar thread to this, but my approach is a little bit different. I can't live without a little bit of gaming, so I would...