This a good gaming laptop for under $1000?

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Looks good to me :p
even though laptops can't really compete with desktops in terms of gaming performance.... without getting expensive that is
 
Go to dell, search for Vostro, upgrade the GPU to an 8600 series.... It only adds like $99... And do some other upgrades if you would like.
 
sweet deals on those $1000 laptops nice catch and true to that no price comes close to that...
 
I would agree with maroon.
8400gs is horrible for gaming.

I customized a Dell Vostro notebook that came upto $909 before taxes, but could be cheaper and this is what it included.

Dell vostro 15" with truelife
C2D 2ghz
2gb ram
8600gt
1490 wireless card
84whr battery
2.0mp intg camera
120gb hdd

it could be much cheaper if you take out some unnessary stuff.

And btw, the vostros are on sale right now and wont last too long. ANd they dont come with all the crap usuall retail laptops come with cos vostros are directed to businesses.
 
Fat.clown said:
Looks good to me :p
even though laptops can't really compete with desktops in terms of gaming performance.... without getting expensive that is
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QFT

A laptop's upgrade capacity is highly limited compared to a desktop machine, making its gaming life much shorter. If you're shopping for a game computer, I would highly consider a desktop. It will save you some money too :)
 
Cerulean said:
QFT

A laptop's upgrade capacity is highly limited compared to a desktop machine, making its gaming life much shorter. If you're shopping for a game computer, I would highly consider a desktop. It will save you some money too :)
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Agreed for the price you could build a crazy cool desktop that won't be oudated near as fast. Now if you need the portability than The lappy that your looking at might not be so bad for the price sad thing is theres not going to be a lot of decent gaming laptops out there for under a grand.
 
Hey guys,

Came up with this on Dell - what do you think?

PROCESSOR Intel® Celeron M® M550 (2.0GHz, 1M L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows XP Home Edition, SP2, English edit
LCD DISPLAY 15.4 in UltraSharpâ„¢ Wide Scrn XGA+LCD Display w/TrueLifeâ„¢ edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm edit
HARD DRIVE 160G 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability, w/o Roxio Creator edit
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT edit
WIRELESS CARD Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
Essentials
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE No Microsoft Office, English edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Anti-Virus/ Security Software edit
HARDWARE SERVICES 1 Year Return to Depot Service and Technical Support edit
ONLINE DATA STORAGE 10GB for 1 Year Online Data Backup by Dell DataSafe edit
DELL NETWORK ASSISTANT DELL NETWORK ASSISTANT 1.7 edit
AUTOMATED PC TUNEUP 1 Year Dell Automated PC Tuneup edit
BLUETOOTH Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal (2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate) edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery edit
Accessories
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Integrated NIC and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
TBU Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08

It's not perfect but in balancing cost and performance seems decent. Surfing/Office stuff/occasional WoW play......
 
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