Which laptop is the best for The Sims 3

Marty_J

4743hudsonj wrote: »

Thankyou!

im not the one making a presumption of what people can afford, i merely read what the op wanted to spend.if someone came on here and said i want a car to get me from a to b costing 1k you wouldnt tell them to get a roller would you.

same application

if not a bit exaggerated:rolleyes:

I just made a suggestion.

"over £450ish" sounds pretty elastic to me, but it's up to the OP.

4743hudsonj

Marty_J wrote: »

I just made a suggestion.

"over £450ish" sounds pretty elastic to me, but it's up to the OP.

to 550 maybe but £720? and thats for one that wont perform all that brilliantly with sims 3 seeing as it only has an integrated gpu

FreheitOverture

asininity wrote: »

I'd go for an acer.

I wouldn't. They used to have a pretty horrible reputation according to a few IT professionals I know. While thery may be cheap, its not always the best way to go

asininity

Now now marty you'd make a good politician The full quote states he doesn't want to pay over 450ish.

jamiep198 wrote: »

Hi

I'm planning on buying a new laptop and don't want to spend over £450ish.

Marty_J

4743hudsonj wrote: »

to 550 maybe but £720?

The White MacBook wouldn't be much more than £550 with the education discount that the OP would qualify for (I did mention the discount in my first post), plus it would have a 3 year warranty, and possibly a free iPod Touch or Nano.

and thats for one that wont perform all that brilliantly with sims 3 seeing as it only has an integrated gpu

The NVIDIA GeForce 9400M in the newer MacBooks isn't too bad, and should run the Sims without any problems.

Marty_J

asininity wrote: »

Now now marty you'd make a good politician The full quote states he doesn't want to pay over 450ish.

That's what I meant to say, honest!

asininity

FreheitOverture wrote: »

I wouldn't. They used to have a pretty horrible reputation according to a few IT professionals I know. While thery may be cheap, its not always the best way to go

Well I can only go with my experience of them which is very good actually. Bought my first laptop 5 years ago and have always bought acer, with the exception of my lenovo netbook.

They wont be the thinnest or lightest but they work fine.

If I was going to splash out I'd buy a mac, they only thing that puts me off them is that the models I'd go for dont do HD like similar priced laptops.

jamiep198_2

i have found this is it any good?
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sporedude

Buy a mac? Not many games run on a mac.

asininity

I'd be worried about the processor being pentium as it is they run hot. Slower memory and hard drive and not full HD. Whats the price? Its not too bad.