Hows this for a gaming laptop replacement at $1200?

[LightingBird]

Ok I'm trying to replace my current laptop that I play some real time war games and a MMO game called dark age of camelot. This is my current.

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Acer 4400 Travelmate

This is the one I'm thinking of buying:

Vostro 1700 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
LCD Panel 17.0 inch Wide Screen XGA+ LCD Display with TrueLifeâ„¢
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
Hard Drive 250GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
Integrated NIC and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
Optical Drive 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability
Sound Card Integrated High Definition Audio
Wireless Cards Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Mini Card
$1216 Free shipping

Is this the best gaming laptop that I can get for $1200 and/or is a good deal?

 

[Drizzt]

ewwww vista

 

[LightingBird]

Haha trust me I was thinking the same thing. But I've been told to utilize the dual core I must have vista and not xp.

 

[westy159]

Thats utter BS. At least if I was to get Vista id get the Home Premium, with lappys theres not much choice though..

 

[Merkwürdigeliebe]

Haha trust me I was thinking the same thing. But I've been told to utilize the dual core I must have vista and not xp.

My bullshnazz alarm went off as I read that. Whoever told you that is a doochebag and deserves to be stabbed repeatedly in the eyes with a butter knife.

 

[LightingBird]

Oh!

Haha I guess I'll revert back to xp then! Ha.

 

[veg1992]

The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

for $963 u can get quite similar to that one.. just change the Vid card, HD, and to the monitor that says Add 0 (its the TrueLife one)

 

[krazyq]

The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

for $963 u can get quite similar to that one.. just change the Vid card, HD, and to the monitor that says Add 0 (its the TrueLife one)

darn, you beat me to it vernong, ive had that deal on my mind for a while...
that is suppose to be the "BEST DEAL EVER" apparantly for that laptop.

My sis might be buying that soo, but i think ill get her the 8400 instead, since my BIL plays games like fifa, so it should be fine.

 

[LightingBird]

Yup thats where I got the laptop that I posted from on that dell website.

But hmmm

Vostro 1500 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
LCD Panel 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM
Video Cards 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8600M GT
Hard Drive 160GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
Integrated NIC and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
Optical Drive 8X CD/DVD Burner w/ double-layer DVD+R write capability
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0
Wireless Cards Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Wi-Fi Mini Card
$947 smaller screen, same video card, and same hd.

I think I might get this one instead. Thanks for making me look at this again.

 

[krazyq]

Yup thats where I got the laptop that I posted from on that dell website.

o thats good then.
Well to make things clear, you dont need vista to optimize a dual or quad core, but you do need vista to use DX10...just in case you didnt know.