grogthegreat
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Hi,
Like many new people to these forums, I am also planning on college next year and am looking for some advice. My main question is what is better; a great laptop, or a el cheapo laptop and a completely amazing desktop? I will be doing heavy gaming on games like FEAR, BF2 and whatever comes down the line in the next four years. I want to play it all on maxed out or close to maxed out settings. I have heard it depends what college you are going to, what you are majoring etc, so if it matters I will be going to a Aerospace science major (they teach me to fly!) at a medium sized school in Florida. I have put some thought into this before starting a new thread so I have already made a small pro con list. What I need is your opinion on what I might have forgotten that tips my decision one way or another!
To give you an idea of the two systems I was considering, here they are:
The Laptop
Sager 5720 v
Pentium M 760 2.0 GHz
7800 GTX
1 GB of ram
60GB 7200RPM HD
The Computer
AMD 4800+ overclocked
7800 GTX
2 GB ram
80 GB HD
Liquid cooling
19" LCD display
Laptop Pros
Portable
Better screen
Computer Pros
Just plain faster
Upgradeable
I do realize that the computer is also more "future proof" but I didn't put that as a Pro because that would basically be repeating the first two pros. When you post your opinion please back it up with why. Also it would be useful if you state if you are currently in or just out of college and what is common there. Just how useful is the laptop? Do people bring them to class? Thank you in advance!
Grog
Hi,
Like many new people to these forums, I am also planning on college next year and am looking for some advice. My main question is what is better; a great laptop, or a el cheapo laptop and a completely amazing desktop? I will be doing heavy gaming on games like FEAR, BF2 and whatever comes down the line in the next four years. I want to play it all on maxed out or close to maxed out settings. I have heard it depends what college you are going to, what you are majoring etc, so if it matters I will be going to a Aerospace science major (they teach me to fly!) at a medium sized school in Florida. I have put some thought into this before starting a new thread so I have already made a small pro con list. What I need is your opinion on what I might have forgotten that tips my decision one way or another!
To give you an idea of the two systems I was considering, here they are:
The Laptop
Sager 5720 v
Pentium M 760 2.0 GHz
7800 GTX
1 GB of ram
60GB 7200RPM HD
The Computer
AMD 4800+ overclocked
7800 GTX
2 GB ram
80 GB HD
Liquid cooling
19" LCD display
Laptop Pros
Portable
Better screen
Computer Pros
Just plain faster
Upgradeable
I do realize that the computer is also more "future proof" but I didn't put that as a Pro because that would basically be repeating the first two pros. When you post your opinion please back it up with why. Also it would be useful if you state if you are currently in or just out of college and what is common there. Just how useful is the laptop? Do people bring them to class? Thank you in advance!
Grog