Re: Advice

[MWISimmer]

I have a nice wood rolltop desk in my room, so it will not fit a desktop. Plus, with a laptop I can sit somewhere else when I am doing other things.

If you can fit a laptop on your desk, you'll fit a nice 22" LCD monitor on it..  
With the desktop tower UNDERNEATH the desk  ;)

[Brando14100]

Wouldn't fit. I would like to be able to close it.

[MWISimmer]

Aah, That type of desk...

[Brando14100]

Kind of like this:



Little darker than mine, but almost exact same desk.

[ThatOnePerson]

Whats your budget?

[Brando14100]

Under $1,000,000 Pretty much anything because, as I said before, if I am going to get my own laptop, (I am so I am not constanly kicked off during flights and everything else) I want to get something that will run the sim (FSX) really well. I have

[ThatOnePerson]

To get a laptop that would run FSX to a level that I would call "respectable" you'll be looking at at least 2500. For starters, get the fastest processor possible, FSX loves that.

You will never see that performance from a laptop that you wopuld from a desktop. I would say my pc is fast, and Nick's is much faster and better tweaked than mine. Unless Nick has some super secret skunk works hardware I don't know about (which he might) I'm pretty sure even he cant even get the total of what this sim is capable of.

[Slotback]

1.8G processor
VIDEO CARD Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz


I give it a 1.. or 2 to be nice

2

1/2.

That is gone. No longer being considered. Now I want to know about the XPS above.

It's an extremely good laptop, but as a laptop the aim isn't usually speed - but power efficiancy. Therefore you'll never be abled to get a laptop as fast as a desktop.

Spend the same amount of money on a Desktop computer (NOT a Dell - they suck) and you should have a computer rated maybe 6 or 7.

5.

[Brando14100]

Would it be better than a computer with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, T2250 @ 1.73GHz (Running now) (assuming the XPS is way better)?

[markag]

It probably would be slightly better than that. I agree with nick and would rate it about a 5.  

Things you could improve upon.  

Processor: FSX likes processor and you can always have more
RAM: 4GB is good, but it is kind of slow.  Also it is being shared with the GPU
Graphics: 8600 isn't that great of a GPU. An 8800 would be a much better option. Or even a 9800 if they are offered in a mobile format yet.
Hard Drive: 5400 RPM drives should be off the market, but unfortunately for laptop owners, they aren't. Something with 7200 RPM and a decent amout of Cache would be a much better option.

For the $1500 you could spend on a mediocre laptop, you could build a really kick ass dekstop that would run FSX at at least a 9. I know space at your desk is a concern, but you could always put the tower on the floor under or next to the desk and run the cables to the desk.

Markag

[Slotback]

Would it be better than a computer with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, T2250 @ 1.73GHz (Running now) (assuming the XPS is way better)?

Yes, an 8600 is better. The 2.4ghz Core 2 is also a fair bit faster than a 1.83ghz Core 2.