Best laptop for $1800

AphexDreamer · May 25, 2009

Can you guys recommend me a great laptop for that price.

So far I am looking at this one right here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220538

Somewhere along the lines of these specs.

IINexusII · May 25, 2009

check out the gateway ones, i think they're better overall with nice graphics too

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101179

AphexDreamer · May 25, 2009

IINexusII said:
check out the gateway ones, i think they're better overall with nice graphics too

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101179

Which one would perform better.

And is more cores at a lower clock necessarily better?

Kantastic · May 25, 2009

AphexDreamer said:
Which one would perform better.

And is more cores at a lower clock necessarily better?

It really depends on what you're going to do with it.

lemonadesoda · May 25, 2009

You won't love me for this comment, but IMO, in the $1500-$2000 range, the Apple MacBook Air running bootcamp is one of the "best".

I really dont like OSX, but under VMware or Bootcamp, the Macbook air is a great machine, if you want portable and workable. Superb keyboard/trackpad too.

If you want the biggest badass gamer/cruncher, then your suggestion is "best".

So, depends what you want to do with it.

AphexDreamer · May 25, 2009

Kantastic said:
It really depends on what you're going to do with it.

Gaming is not the top priority but if I do want to run L4D or TF2 I want it to play smoothly.

-1nf1n1ty- · May 25, 2009

AphexDreamer said:
Gaming is not the top priority but if I do want to run L4D or TF2 I want it to play smoothly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152073

I came across this one its not the best but it looks like it could do some damage

and it will save you some money and thats always a plus especially if you dont think the hardrive is big enough you can buy an external

jamesrt2004 · May 25, 2009

well going to throw this out there cos its cheap..ish

Get a refurb inspiron 9400 (diff name in US just type it on ebay) E1705

make sure it has a dedicated gfx ... I.e radeon or geforce...

then easy upgrade to a 7800gtx!
put in 4gb ram

then you got a 2ghz+ dual core
7800gtx
4gb ram
Wuxga
1900x1200
17"
will play tf2 etc.. superbly

heres a link to upgrade it instructions
http://eduncan911.com/archive/2007/12/11/why-the-inspiron-is-a-king.aspx

maybe not what your looking for, but it's a great deal nonetheless

-1nf1n1ty- · May 25, 2009

AphexDreamer said:
Can you guys recommend me a great laptop for that price.

So far I am looking at this one right here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220538

Somewhere along the lines of these specs.

to be honest the one your looking at looks pretty good so if anything I'd go for that one also but you may want to look some more

smee · May 25, 2009

The Asus, or the Gateway FX.

BUT I've seen better results and more positive reviews with the Gateway FX series.
Check those, Highly recommended.

IINexusII · May 26, 2009

i would go with the asus i guess, better screen, more hdd.

AphexDreamer · May 26, 2009

Thanks. I think i'm getting the Gateway. Better GPU, quad DDR3. Should run things smoother.

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