Re: Gaming Laptops?


"REMUS" <suk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am going to university in September and rather than upgrade my
> antiquated pc which I was going to do, my parents have offered to put £750
> toward a laptop and I already had £700 stashed for my pc upgrade so now I
> have £1450 to spend on a laptop. Possibly a more if it is worth the
> stretch?
>
> Could anyone give me some recommendations since I know next to nothing
> about laptops! I want to be able to play games like half life 2...etc
> comfortably and Microsoft office wouldn't hurt but I could just transfer
> the office 2000 license from my old pc.
>


Here's another group test, mostly regular 4.3 GHz Pentium desktop
replacements from Feb 2005 Personal Computer World Mag

http://images.vnunet.com/v7_static/grouptests/notebooks.pdf

but the reviews are only in detail in the printed version. The Avaretec is
the cheapest at £765 and is the slowest. Rock is most expensive at £1866
and is the fastest but the Dell isn't far behind.

So you get (mostly) what you pay for

rusty



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