Best Laptop for MOVIES and Gaming?
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For about $1200 (base):\n\nCentrino Core Duo & and ATI X1600 grfx card. Portable gaming with a decent battery life. What else could you want?\n\nhttp://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/configurator.aspx?mid=173\n\nWell, you could always spend $3000 and get the Dell XPS M1710. Now that's a godly laptop if you're willing to shell out the money.\n\nFor $3500, you can get a laptop with nVidia GeForce 7800GTX Go SLI and a 19" monitor. I'm curious about how much power it'll take to run that desktop replacement though.
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Depends on your needs, actually. My vote goes for IBM T43 (I trust the brand, it's light, and I've used a T42 for a while) or a Dell Latitude D810 (better graphics card, slightly cheaper; my office has 3 of them and they've not failed yet).
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I agree Toshiba and Sone and HP are great.  Be very careful if you buy online to not buy from the huge warehouses like TigerDirect.  They buy up all the old stuff, sell it cheap and don't offer good customer service or parts.\nLaptops are expensive and not easy to upgrade.  So unless mobility is your motive don't get one.  Save ur money and invest in a nice flat screen and box.
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Dell Inspiron or Toshiba lapotops are a good buy. But as someone rightly said; its a mix of your budget and computing needs.
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just buy a video card with a TV Out.  they aren't expensive, but the quality isn't the best.  it'll have an S-Video out, but you can buy a converter cable.\n\nfor gaming, they work quite well.  for instance, i have some Star Wars flight sims, and the digital quality is great.  also, for dvds and other strictly digital media, the picture is nice.  the really small test might be a bit blurry, but there will be no problem making most of it out.
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honestly, none. i would go with a MAC. those are the best if all you want to do is browse internet, playgames, or do anything graphic. if not then i would go with the HP, i find that HP is more reliable then compaq or toshiba. toshiba would be my second choice, and i would rather not have a computer then have a compaq.
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every company boasts their laptops are best\nwhile working on heavy graphics and animation package like 3ds max just checklist  \n\n1) Intel xeon processor if laptop intel core dual chip\n2) min 1 gb  ram\n3) graphics card with atleast 128 mb ram (nvidia,pinnacle)\n4) hard disk drive with 7200 rpm speed\n5) flat screen monitor\n6) high resolution mouse\n7) buy mother board from asus with bus speed atleast 800 mhz
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Consumer Reports has the following laptops listed as best for for overall quality:\n\n"WINDOWS BUDGET Relatively low-cost systems for most general uses, including photo editing":\n\nDell Inspiron 6000 1.5 GHz Celeron M 370 ($850)\nSony Vaio VGN-FS690 1.4 GHz Celeron M 360J ($1,000)\n\n"WORKHORSE Have additional memory and storage for more intensive uses, such as 3D games and video editing\n\nHP Pavilion zv6000 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 ($1250)\nCompaq Presario V4000T 1.73 GHz Pentium M 740 ($1395)\n\nSLIM AND LIGHT Lightweight systems for travelers and students.\n\nToshiba Portege S100-S213TD 2 GHz Pentium M 760 ($1900)\nSharp Widenote PCM4000 1.73 GHz Pentium M 740 ($1800)\n\nMULTIMEDIA Have enhanced sound and video components for home entertainment\n\nToshiba Qosmio G15-AV501 1.8 GHz Pentium M 745 ($2300)\nHP Pavilion zd8000 3 GHz Pentium 4 630 ($1725)\n\nMACINTOSH Best reliability and less vulnerability to computer viruses and spyware\n\nApple iBook 14" Combo 1.4 GHz PowerPC G4 ($1300)\n\nNOTE: Gateway is not necessarily a bad computer just because a person has a bad experience with theirs. Mine is a Gateway laptop and it runs beautifully, 24 hours a day (extra cooling added).
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Are you planning on building it yourself?  Or are you buying a factory built one from a reseller/retail?  I suggest, at the very least, 1gb of RAM.  Simply because, it means you won't be limited to being able to run only a few high demand processes at once.  Also, consider no less than a 2.4Ghz processor (I suggest that if you are going to be buying this computer for real media use, get a 3.2 Ghz processor).  Make sure that you grab a graphics card with 256mb RAM (simply because if you watch dvds and tv, you'll want good quality).  Make sure your graphics card has a TV-in/out plug so that you can hook it to your tv or plug in your cable/satellite to it.  Other than that, it's up to you.  Although, I suggest you buy one with PCI-e slots instead of regular PCI since recent hardware has been made for PCI-e slots.  (and it's much faster)
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Well for gaming, the Inspiron will be bad, and the other one will be horrible, hence I guess the Dell would be the Best Buy.  If you are planning on doing gaming, you really should stick to desktops, or be prepared to invest a good amount of money into a laptop.
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look for the Toshiba Quismo it's made for video capture and editing, make sure you get a copy of adobe after effects and premire too
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i would say it depends simply on your budget. i would suggest to look at the following notebooks (order is from cheapest to most expensive)\n- Dell Inspiron B130\n- Apple MacBook\n- Dell Inspiron E1505 (with the graphics card ATI X1400 it's also possible to play games)\n- Apple MacBook Pro
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Dell is the best one you can get but for price and qality u can get a toshiba laptop 14" easy its the second best in world and prices are compatible.
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no best one. with laptops all depends on ur budget. first think what u need to do with it a long time. say 3-5 years, then ur budget. because with laptops it doesnt make sense to upgrade and they are all pretty much fixed with the hardware u buy in the beginning. so get whatever u need for the next 3-5 years in the laptop now. the newer processors are more energy efficient and fster so consider that. but doesnt have to be the latest depending on what tasks u need to perform.\nget wireless now also. it'll be worth it i think. graphics ard nowadays are much better and can cater for games too if u are inclined.\nrest are generally optional. dont worry too much about dvd/cd burners, as the solid state memories, like USB stick are large enough to stick a lot in and are more mobile, than heaving cd/dvds around...\ncheck for ventilation and the location of the HDD/batteries. they may be located where your hand rests while using the keyboard. this can get hot and uncomfortable for some...
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i think the Compaq V2385 is the best one. It's available for about Rs 35000 :\nFeatures:\nCeleron M 1.6 Ghz\n256 MB RAM\nWi-Fi\nWXGA 15" LCD\n40 GB HDD\nCD-RW/R DVD-R
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- Go for a Intel Mobile processor\n- 60+ gb hdd\n- dvd writer\n- bluetooth/infrared\n- 512MB RAM with upgradable features available\n- all the best.\n------------------
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Try ubid.com if you are lucky, you should get a mid-end laptop under 1000.  Otherwise, try Fry's Electronics.  You're better off with 2 operating system for gamings, make 2 partitions and install 2 O/S on each of them.  98 is best for games, in my opinion.