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Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: A Twig on September 05, 2004, 02:34:13 PM
I am going to Uni, and intending to purchase a laptop, as I'm doing engineering, there will be a fair amount of graphics, 3d modelling etc etc, so I want a high end laptop that can do graphics well. Do these actually exist? The majority of laptops I've seen have shoddy graphics cards.  :unsure:
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: Norm on September 05, 2004, 02:43:01 PM
Acer make some with 9700 graphics.I have 2 acer laptops atm and they are nothing flash to look at but are robust and very stable. :)

BTW I did engineering degree,good luck with ya studies ;)
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: A Twig on September 05, 2004, 06:52:37 PM
Cheers mate! Dunno if I can justify the cost ( £1,190) but would be sooo good if I could! It would beat my desktop PC hands down!  :D

http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page4.do?da...K&crc=169043422 (http://www.acer.co.uk/acereuro/page4.do?dau22.oid=5074&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=17&ctx1=UK&crc=169043422)

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Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: Norm on September 05, 2004, 08:46:46 PM
£700-£800 will get you 64bit amd and gforce4  :)
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: A Twig on September 05, 2004, 09:13:18 PM
hmmm, would i be able to play HL2 on it as well tho?  ;)
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: Norm on September 06, 2004, 09:01:15 AM
Nope. :lmfao:

Its all about compromise m8. :)
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: suicidal_monkey on September 06, 2004, 12:17:19 PM
I did engineering and survived with a desktop...just get a memory stick to cart info between the uni computers and your own desktop, ...or get broadband in halls/digs and use ftp ;)

...not that I still don't want a laptop! Going to try and wangle one out of the next years computing budget. Or pick up an old one that can just about cope with word and dvd-playing for trips...maybe some gentle programming :rolleyes:
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: target on September 06, 2004, 12:24:18 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by suicidal_monkey@Sep 6 2004, 11:17 AM
I did engineering and survived with a desktop...just get a memory stick to cart info between the uni computers and your own desktop, ...or get broadband in halls/digs and use ftp ;)

...not that I still don't want a laptop! Going to try and wangle one out of the next years computing budget. Or pick up an old one that can just about cope with word and dvd-playing for trips...maybe some gentle programming :rolleyes:
I have a laptop from work - its been the bane of my life (people now think you can/want to take work home with you :lmfao: )

The only really useful part is the DVD player for when I'm away with work ;)
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: suicidal_monkey on September 06, 2004, 12:50:04 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by target+Sep 6 2004, 11:24 AM-->
QUOTE (target @ Sep 6 2004, 11:24 AM)
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: A Twig on September 06, 2004, 08:37:45 PM
well as I want to be able to play HL2, watch DVDs on boring train journeys etc, the top spec one its gonna have to be, now where was my trusty shotgun and balaclave, I have a bank to rob! :D
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: Armitage on September 06, 2004, 08:48:59 PM
go mad twig

treat yourself (http://www.alienware.co.uk/product_detail_pages/Area-51m/area-51m_features.aspx?SysCode=PC-EU-LT-AREA51-M&SubCode=SKU-EXTREME)

:)
Title: High-Spec Laptops
Post by: A Twig on September 06, 2004, 08:51:02 PM
:dribble:
Its spec is virtually identical to the Acer one tho, and the Acer one is cheaper! :D
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