$400 laptop ps2 emulation

[kv2012]

Well, I'm getting a new laptop,but having some trouble when coming to specs.
Can you help?
1. What is your budget?
~$300-~$400

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
14" or preferably 15"

3. What screen resolution do you want?
N/A
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable

5. How much battery life do you need?
Not specially, but the best I can while meeting my needs.

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
light ps2 and lower emulation.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Just general things plus above.

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
Same as 5,but prefer 320.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Amazon, Sams, Newegg, best buy. Prefer a local store.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Quite a while

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
Blueray would be nice, but not required

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
I heard bad things form hp,but I'm not to sure myself. No Mac. Some reason I'm kind of anti- Dell and Gateway. Want a reliable brand.

13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

 

[blazorthon]

Lenovo is usually stellar in durability, but I don't have recent experience with them, os I don't know if they're still as good as they used to be (I think so because I rarely ever see problems with Lenovo computers on the Tom's forums).

Whether or not Win 8 is worth it depends on one or two things:
1. Do you mind Metro.
2. If you don't like it, are you willing to take the few minutes to install the free program called Classic Shell.

If either of these is a yes for you, then go for Windows 8. Except for the controversial Metro, 8 is better than 7 in every way, albeit not by a whole lot (more than enough to spend $15 IMO).

 

[kv2012]

1)Don't like it from what I seen. It really for touch interfaces.
2)Oh really? I didn't mind installing it.

Um... mind elaborating what 8 has over 7.

 

[blazorthon]

8 is faster, uses less memory, has a better task manager, and several other advantages such as connecting to wireless networking devices much faster and more. 8 also more efficiently uses multi-core and multi-threaded processors and that can be a big thing, especially for AMD's Trinity APUs that would benefit the most from it of all mobile CPUs.

 

[kv2012]

This would be the full version of what they are trying to sell right?
How much it usually cost?


Will I be able to make it a dual boot or is that unnecessary with classic download?

 

[blazorthon]

That would be Windows 8 Pro that you get in the deal.

It would probably cost upwards of $200 or $250 if not for this deal.

I'm not sure if the way that the upgrade will work would allow it, but maybe you can dual-boot. However, I don't think that would be too useful, let alone necessary.

 

[kv2012]

With that money , I could really get a gaming laptop. Lol
You sir convinced me to get it. Thanks.

 

[blazorthon]

You're welcome.

 

[kv2012]

Not really sure what the best answer is because I didn't have a higher budget and bought that Lenovo,haven't tested a lot of games on the emulator. So far, I have two out two games working.

 

[blazorthon]

Glad to hear that it's working for you. If you don't feel that any of our answers was really the best, well you don't have to choose one if you don't want to. It's your choice to do it or to not do it.

 

[BeWop]

I would definitely consider this one. Flat $400, way better GPU, and according to the reviews works really well. I do not know if it runs PS2 emulation, I haven't bought it yet but I plan to, and I'll definitely tell you if it does when that happens.

 

[kv2012]

Already got my laptop,but I would like to know.