CoH Laptops - Dell Edition

[Bob Schroeck]

Wow. Thanks!

Mm. At the beginning of the year, Dell's Vostro series had a major discount on it as a promotional thing, but the first and last look to be in the same
ballpark as the machine we were looking at. I should note the Peggy's specs included a widescreen display (just like the desktop) and Windows XP (because
no one in his right mind wants Vista).
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Kokuten]

tough to get a modern Delltop without Vista anymore

And Vista's proven out enough that it's not the 'oh god no' that it used to be.Wire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

[CrimsonKMR]

Major thing with getting a laptop, do NOT scrimp on the vid card. CoH runs pretty well on a lower speed system (1.4g) but you need that vid card...
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
- Clow Reed

[Foxboy]

I lucked into my laptop which does pretty well on a "we're renovating, we gotta get these things outta here before we drop an I-beam on 'em"
sale.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

[Bob Schroeck]

I know it's hard to get a laptop without Vista. I'm planning on buying a couple XP install discs before the end of June.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Ankhani]

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[Kokuten]

The lenovo has a lesser graphics card, from what I can tell - the nVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M is supposed to be between a 7400m and a 7600mWire Geek - Burning the weak and trampling the dead since 1979

[Bob Schroeck]

What's the CPU in the Lenovo? And to fulfill Peggy's requirements, I do need something in the 8000 range for the graphics card.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Ankhani]

Huh. It didn't show that? It was a Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T9300 (2.5GHz 800MHz 6MBL2). As for Graphics, Dell has one up over Lenovo on that.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

[Valles]

Hn. Laptops, Feh!
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

[Bob Schroeck]

It's what Peggy wants.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Sofaspud]

I don't usually recommend HP, or used, laptops, BUT.

If Peggy's insistent on a laptop, and one that can handle CoX, might I suggest the HP zd8000 series if you can find one in good condition? They're a
couple years old now, but that's what I just landed (for only $500), and it's my gaming rig. It handles CoX without a hitch. Battery life is poor at
best, but it's meant as a 'desktop replacement' laptop, which means it was designed to be plugged in most of the time anyway. I figure, as long as
I get a year or two out of it it'll be worth the investment, as my current rig couldn't handle CoX any more (started crashing again, dagnabbit).

Quick stats:

* XP pro

* Intel Pentium 4 640 w/HT Technology, 3.2GHz

* 17" WSXGA+ blah de blah screen, 1680 x 1050 resolution

* 2 GB DDR2, 120GB HD, 8x DVDRW, etc

* FULL KEYBOARD WITH NUMERIC KEYPAD -- this is a big win for me

* 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon X600 -- I get warnings about drivers being out of date (and HP seems to have stopped updating them), but it hasn't been a
problem at all yet for any game I've tried

* built in bluetooth, wifi, etc... usual stuff

Anyway, point is, if you're looking to save a buck or three, used might be a way to go, if you can find one that works. This one came to me by way of a
former coworker who upgraded to something else, but he was planning on listing it for $500 on eBay, and a quick search turns up several in that same price
range (under $1000).

(This is meant more as a "here's a model that works for CoX" rather than a "you should buy THIS brand instead!" thing, if that makes
sense. I normally avoid HP like the plague, but this one's been incredible for me.)

--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs

[Bob Schroeck]

Thanks for the suggestion, Spud, but I think she's planning on really being portable with it, and something that needs that much tethering might not be up
to her needs.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

[Kokuten]

threw this together in like five minutes as an off-the-cuff reply to Bob in another thread, but here goes.
2000$ "SRS MONEYS, SRS LAPTOP, SRSLY" edition:

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