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New (Gamer's) Laptop for University

Postby MOUSY » Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:39 pm

Looking at a laptop to order in the next month. Would like you all's opinion and suggestions. Here is what I expect from it:
- Dedicated Video card (preferably over 512MB.)
- Fast memory (preferably over DDR2 800MHz and 4GB)
- CPU speed and HDD space are flexible (Just 2.0Ghz+ and 250GB+ are suitable for me)

-All on no more than $750 (started at $500 but decided to stretch it a bit).

Dont know much labout laptops but everything else is really all secondary.

I will be majoring in Mechanical Engineering, so the primary purpose will be to easily run any demanding programs I may have to... as well as play FS9 marvelously (and maybe even FSX decently).

This is what I have found to suit me nicely.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6834115592

Acer Aspire AS5739G-6132
Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 2.1GHz
15.6" Screen
Resolution - 1366 x 768
4GB DDR3 1066 -  8-)nice
1GB NVIDIA GeForece GT 130M Graphics -  8-)nice
250Gb SATA HDD
$749.99 -  8-)nice


19 reviews gave it a 90% 5 Egg rating.
If you think there is a better deal out there for please let me know.
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Re: New (Gamer's) Laptop for University

Postby Alonso » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:21 pm

Looks good!

You will run FS9 very good with that ;)
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Re: New (Gamer's) Laptop for University

Postby MOUSY » Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:30 am

Nice! Thoughts on FSX or anything else... anyone?
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Re: New (Gamer's) Laptop for University

Postby SubZer0 » Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:01 pm

FSX?

the processor is 2.1 dual core... won't do much in FSX. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try though ;)
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Re: New (Gamer's) Laptop for University

Postby 757200ba » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:49 pm

Did you read the review on the right, did you also google it to know people opinion.......if yes and still happy
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Re: New (Gamer's) Laptop for University

Postby MOUSY » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:37 pm

OK guys... thanks for the reviews and opinions.

Looked at the MSI, 757200ba, but I think i'll stay with this one for a bit less.
Think I'm satisfied. Won't expect too much but it should get the job done.
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