macca69 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 A new laptop. I have budgeted £650 for a new laptop and was hoping to get a good one that will last me at least a couple of years. The only video game i will be playing on it will be FM 2009. But i want to be able to play it with about 30 leagues no problem. I am looking at getting this one: Dell Studio 15 BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache) OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English 32 BIT LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA WLED (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™ MEMORY 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048] HARD DRIVE 320GB (5.400rpm) SATA Hard Drive GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3450 OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal DVD+/-RW Slot Load Drive including Software KEYBOARD Internal English Qwerty Backlit Keyboard Is this a good laptop? Will this allow me to run 30 leagues at a good pace? Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antl Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 can you not get a desktop pc mate because you can get one of them for about £450 with ALOT better specs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
englandmanager Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 i don't get the ram spec? i thought 32 bit windows only registers 3gb ram max? so the extra 1gb ram is useless but other than that the system will run fm 09 - 30 leagues might be a problem but 20+ should be fine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca69 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 You can run 3.5g of memory. So really its only an extra 0.5 Really don't want to get a desktop as it means i wouldnt be able to bring it back and forth from uni. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANNY1000000 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Get a cheap second hand laptop for uni and you could build a quad core top end pc with the rest of the money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca69 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 One of my main activities at uni will obviously be playing FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepwalkingpolarbear Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 You could always build a small factor form pc which could be put in a rucksack etc to be taken back and forth. Always better for upgrades etc. As for a laptop, just buy one with the best cpu you can afford. 32 bit Windows addresses 4 gig of memory in total, and it includes ram from the graphics card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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