So I'm looking to get a new laptop for school this fall. Gaming isn't a huge issue, but I would like it to be at least capable. I'd like to spend somewhere around $1000 on the laptop. Any ideas DLP?

 

If mobility wasn't an issue then he'd get a desktop.

 

I have this one and like it pretty well. I've got a bad graphics card though, so I need to send it in. (Was Shitty on Arrival...didn't break while using it, lol.)

 

Well... I use a mac. Guess what I'd suggest?

 

Something which plays games. ^_^

I like Dell laptops.

Great warranty.

 

Let's see specifics... Umm... screen size isn't a huge issue. Anything around 15" is probably okay. I'd like it to be fairly portable if just to take to class and such. Battery life around 4 hours seems to be pretty standard and I'm fine with that. As for games, I probably won't be playing anything too high end as I'm more into the Age of Empires type of deal than anything like Crysis, most of my gaming will be on my 360. And I'm not sure about resolution, whatever you guys would suggest I suppose.

 

I'm also looking to buy a laptop, for Uni, replacing my desktop. How much of a power loss should I expect going a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 on the Inspiron from a GeForce 9500 GS on my desktop. The levels of RAM are equal but my desktop's a quad core, while the Inspiron looks to be a Dual.

 

Heres some benchmarks: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4330.13973.0.html

Not much difference except a couple of frames i would assume. You won't really notice a difference between quad-core and dual-core simply because most applications barely utilize dual-core. Of course, its always good for multi-tasking and such.

In terms of brand, i would definitely go for anything Asus-made, great build quality.

www.tigerdirect.com has some decent refurbished ones for cheap if you are on a budget, though not as good for gaming.

 

I believe this is what you are looking for: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...p?CatId=17&sel=Mfr;Mfr_107&srkey=Asus Laptops

You can filter it even more on the left, generally i would go for the EEE series for a great netbook (10+ hour battery life), and G series for anything gaming.

 

Speaking of new laptops, I was wondering if anyone could let me know about the quality of this one that I am about to buy for $450.

the laptop is a Toshiba satellite L500D/015 model
the specs are:
cpu is amd athlon dual core
15.6 inch screen
4gig of RAM
320 gig hard drive
Graphics - ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics (256MB - 1471MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory)
only 3 usb ports
webcam
sd slot
2.72kg

The screen size is good for me and I don't plan on playing too many games on it, if anything the original Halo, audiosurf and a couple others. Mainly I'll be using it for storing music and fiddling around on Reason and Fruity Loops. Is this a good deal (I'm computer retarded ps)

 

It seems okay for your uses (Halo 1 lolwut) that graphics card is an integrated one so i wouldn't expect much from it.