Where to buy a new laptop!!?

Kamran

Hey!

Sorry for this, but I'd really appreciate some help on buying a laptop!

I'll connect to broadband, download, computer-gaming (so i'd need a fairly good graphics card), but with so many companies offering such different laptops at such varied prices, i dont know where to start!

Obviously being on MSE I'd like the cheapest price!!

could anyone point me in the right direction? Any brands or companies that are a sure-fire bet?

Thanks very much!

mdean

For laptops I do not think you can beat ebay.
I have bought 2 in the last year both V good Pentium 3 machines.

Not sure about computer games - but good for everything else you mention at about £200- £220. You will need to bid on a few - but can be won at that price

If you must buy new ebuyer.com is the best imho

rdwarr

I buy lots of spares from eBuyer but for laptops themselves I now use Comet. Their prices are just as good and the service is a bit more reliable.
If I buy an Acer machine (they seem good at the moment) I then buy the extended warranty from eBuyer though.
If going secondhand in eBay I'd recommend the IBM Thinkpad T23. Very cheap and they last for ever!

nickmack

Kamran wrote:

Sorry for this, but I'd really appreciate some help on buying a laptop!

I'll connect to broadband, download, computer-gaming (so i'd need a fairly good graphics card)

If you're a serious (or even half-serious!) gamer, why are you buying a laptop?

Laptops although getting more powerful graphics cards in them now are still not really that suited to gaming. If you do find a laptop with enough CPU/RAM/Vid Card power to run new games it comes at a premium price compared to a desktop.

Kamran

Hmm, I'd say that I am a fairly serious gamer, but i find that my desktop is becoming increasingly rowdy, and also other family members reckon that their work is more important than my gaming!! how daft!

And so because I dont have so much space, and I would like a bit of mobility and to take my laptop around with me, a laptop would be the best bet for me..

So in terms of spec, what should I be looking for? I mean in terms of the graphics card and ram etc. mind you i'm not a HARDCORE gamer, so i wouldn't need the most state of the art gaming parts, but I do buy the latest games and would be hoping to play online too..

Any suggestions?

Much appreciated x

ABH_3

Kamran wrote:

Hmm, I'd say that I am a fairly serious gamer, but i find that my desktop is becoming increasingly rowdy, and also other family members reckon that their work is more important than my gaming!! how daft!

And so because I dont have so much space, and I would like a bit of mobility and to take my laptop around with me, a laptop would be the best bet for me..

So in terms of spec, what should I be looking for? I mean in terms of the graphics card and ram etc. mind you i'm not a HARDCORE gamer, so i wouldn't need the most state of the art gaming parts, but I do buy the latest games and would be hoping to play online too..

Any suggestions?

Much appreciated x

There was a similar question here There is also a forum dedicated to Overclocking your laptop and getting the best games performance in amongst that lot.

HTH

nickmack

Kamran wrote:

So in terms of spec, what should I be looking for? I mean in terms of the graphics card and ram etc. mind you i'm not a HARDCORE gamer, so i wouldn't need the most state of the art gaming parts, but I do buy the latest games and would be hoping to play online too..

You can never have a high enough spec for the latest games.

Spec-wise, you should look at 1.8GHz Intel Duo/2GHz AMD Turon
CPU, 1Gb RAM and ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics Card.

If you play the latest games and want to run them at a reasonable speed, you will need a mid-top range laptop. Budget machines won't do the job.

You don't say what budget you have, but I'd say you'd need at least £800 to play with (no pun intended!) for a half decent games laptop.