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| Thread ID: 53040 | 2005-01-06 02:14:00 | How to spend my $3k? | Spartacus (3313) | Press F1 |
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| 311085 | 2005-01-06 02:14:00 | I'm after a new laptop for work, going for $3000 to $3500 - need help finding the right one. The minimum requirements I have are as follows. The main reason for the graphics card is that the comp will also house a couple of game installations that I'd like to see at a decent framerate and detail (games like battlefield and MOH) - grunty chip (not too worried about battery life, and no qualms with amd either) - 15" screen min (weight/size not really an issue either) - 512MB ram - 60GB hdd - decent vid card with dedicated memory - DVD/CDRW combo (DVD writer not reqd but a bonus) - 100M network card (wireless networking a bonus) - XP Home (Pro a bonus) - tv out a bonus On the work side of things, there'll be a fair bit of paintshop pro graphical editing (no real video editing), and constantly multiple mem-hungry programs all running at once. Would prefer not to have a whole bunch of crappy manufacturer programs all pre-loaded Do you have any suggestions in terms of models, retailers, bits and pieces? Any help will be much appreciated, Darren |
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| 311086 | 2005-01-06 02:24:00 | Asus A2500K 15" TFT, DVD Writer, AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb DDR333 DRAM, 60Gb HDD, ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro 64MB VGA, 802.11b/g wireless, Windows XP Pro, 2 year International warranty, Free bag and mouse | Metla (12) | ||
| 311087 | 2005-01-06 02:43:00 | As to where to purchase? what is your location? |
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| 311088 | 2005-01-06 03:10:00 | We're in Chch but am happy to buy from reputable stores elsewhere in NZ. I don't know if anyone does interest-free deals on pc's at all, but that would certainly help our decision... | Spartacus (3313) | ||
| 311089 | 2005-01-06 03:14:00 | Hmm.....I don't know the retailers in that country, Pretty sure some locals posts here though. | Metla (12) | ||
| 311090 | 2005-01-06 03:24:00 | Thanks for the suggestion Metla - had seen the Asus in the current PCWorld and it certainly caught my eye. It's been a matter of convincing the boss that there are better deals than spending 3k from the dell catalogue... Who sells Asus? I know Ascent have it for something around $3,300. Do Asus machines tend to have a decent reputation? |
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| 311091 | 2005-01-06 04:40:00 | DSE sell Asus | Prescott (11) | ||
| 311092 | 2005-01-06 04:42:00 | Asus have a very good reputation, Im using one right now. But then, I sell em so im as biased as one can get. Although I speciffcily chose ASUS as the brand to sell....... |
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| 311093 | 2005-01-06 05:04:00 | www.computerfuture.co.nz Gasson St. |
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