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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Dichotomy on September 17, 2011, 02:18:15 PM
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A buddy of mine is looking for a laptop. Doesn't AH but does play WOW.
Suggestions?
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A buddy of mine is looking for a laptop. Doesn't AH but does play WOW.
Suggestions?
Stop playing WOW? lol. Just stay away from HP laptops in my opinion, very fragile.
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Stop playing WOW? lol. Just stay away from HP laptops in my opinion, very fragile.
No laptop usually lasts very long. Then again Apple hardware has been the most durable I've ever used.
Back when our company used to use windows laptops we constantly had trouble with hardware failures. I personally broke my nerves totally after sending the same Fujitsu laptop back to service 3rd time in a row. After switching to Macs there has been only one failure to date and we've been using them for several years now.
The problem with laptops is that they're limited on cooling capacity. They get hot even on normal office work. Gaming stresses them to the maximum. So usually two things will happen with laptop gaming: First you buy a very expensive model with high-end graphics. Then 6 months later it's already clogged with dust and debris and starts to run the fan at high speeds. One year later it just dies due to constant overheat induced malfunction.
If you use compressed air to clean up the vents regularly you might prevent premature death. But I wouldn't count on it. Best option is to get a proper desktop instead.
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Back when our company used to use windows laptops we constantly had trouble with hardware failures. I personally broke my nerves totally after sending the same Fujitsu laptop back to service 3rd time in a row. After switching to Macs there has been only one failure to date and we've been using them for several years now.
that was the number 1 problem, nothing more. fujitsu laptops are full of second rate parts so the company can pack a lot of "cool" features into the unit for low cost. complete craptastic junk, second only to mpc and e machines. i've had the opportunity to work with a large variety of laptops through the years and every generation has had it's ups and downs. the most durable laptops i've ever seen were the old gateway 2000 nomads and the latest panasonic toughbooks.
at work i've dealt with hp, dell, compaq, apple, ibm, lenovo, toshiba and a couple of fujitsu's...the most durable so far have been apples and ibm's. the best performers over time have been apple, toshiba and hp in that order. but as with everything computer related, you have to be careful what model you buy. i just bought the girlfriend a new mid range asus laptop ($385 on sale) to replace the old e machines laptop i bought her 4 years ago that is still going strong. she needed a more robust system for photoshop and the asus is proving to be very good. i wouldn't recommend either brand for business purposes since the screen/lid is a bit thin and the hinges aren't very robust, but for basic home use, not bad.
if the price cap is $1000, 17 inch screen size is within that range, i'd go down to the local bestbuy and look at what they have just so you can get a better feel for what you want or don't want.
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I bought this about a week ago. After deleting all the bloatware, so far so good. Runs AH great. It does seem to run warm though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215120&Tpk=aspire%207551g-7606
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that was the number 1 problem, nothing more. fujitsu laptops are full of second rate parts so the company can pack a lot of "cool" features into the unit for low cost. complete craptastic junk, second only to mpc and e machines. i've had the opportunity to work with a large variety of laptops through the years and every generation has had it's ups and downs. the most durable laptops i've ever seen were the old gateway 2000 nomads and the latest panasonic toughbooks.
I wish it were that simple, we used several different brands and were satisfied to none before Apple. Of course our use was not gaming use so it made a lot of sense for us to virtualize windows and work with snapshots. That's not going to work for any gamer.
Unfortunately the fact that laptops tend to get very stressed from gaming is universal and has a lot to do with the basic design. Laptops need to be small, light and consume little power. This kinda goes out of the window when you run a game on it that pushes the hardware to constant 100% CPU and GPU activity which it's simply not designed to handle unless we're talking about some exotic gaming laptops with 2500+ price tags.
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Unfortunately the fact that laptops tend to get very stressed from gaming is universal and has a lot to do with the basic design. Laptops need to be small, light and consume little power. This kinda goes out of the window when you run a game on it that pushes the hardware to constant 100% CPU and GPU activity which it's simply not designed to handle unless we're talking about some exotic gaming laptops with 2500+ price tags.
very much agree sir. hopefully dicho can find his buddy a good middle ground unit that may not run ah, but could easily run wow.
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In the past, some Aces High players used Cyber Power PC (http://www.cyberpowerpc.com) to custom build or simply select a pre-designed model for playing Aces High.
Obviously do your research, just another option.