Recent content by phyco126

A quad-core processor will be up to (but perhaps not quite at) twice as fast as a dual core. Trust me, the money is worth it to go for an i7.

Get this one : Samsung Series 5 NP550P5C-S02IN . Reason being - more RAM. You'll want lots of RAM for rendering/video editing. The other reason is a faster processor.

Alienware is ungodly expensive for what you get. I do, however, support clevo/sager ( www.sagernotebook.com ). Still, nothing wrong with Lenovo (or other decent OEMs).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310662 <--- $1,199. Exceeds all your wants.

Get the HP - it's quad core will last you for a long time. You will never need a dedicated video card for general browsing and basic media viewing. If the HDD is an issue, well, upgrade it yourself sometime down the road. As is, the HP will be much more future-proof for basic media/web browsing...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200509 <--- of the three, I'd go with this one (with the Lenovo coming in next)

Desktop or laptop? Lenovo has great reviews. As with everything, there will always be not so happy customers or laptops that just miss the quality mark (for various reasons). I, personally, avoid HP.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-630M.63761.0.html <---- 630m benchmarks. As shad0wboss stated, it'll play games on low-medium settings with playable framerates

Not going to get the best mobility out of what you are asking. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230617 <- Decent GPU, could be better

Dunk that sucker in LN2. That'll cool it off.

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-U2442N-CF1-14-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0097HL3OO/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1348481087&sr=1-1&keywords=u2442 Looks to be the best you can grab right now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131324

Correction, you *might* be able to unlock the second core, but there is never any guarantee. Its a crap shoot, like playing the lottery. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. In this case, it appears you lost.

I'm still waiting for a do not track feature that prevents ISPs from tracking you too...