Laptops

[shadowwolf]

I'm thinking about getting a new laptop for coding and gaming. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on what to get (it has to cost $2000 US or less).

Thanks- shadowwolf

[Architect]

More like <$500.
There is no reason your shit should cost more than like $700 including gfx and shit.
Why are you still paying >9000 for a laptop anon??

[proxx]

More like <$500.
There is no reason your shit should cost more than like $700 including gfx and shit.
Why are you still paying >9000 for a laptop anon??

Well since he wants it for gaming I think that budget is not that strange.
Point is you are looking for a desktop in laptop size, that means semi portability and sucky power consumption.

[Kulverstukas]

Coding and Gaming does not compute. If the laptop/desktop is for both your needs then often you'll resort to gaming when lacking motivation and waste too much time on it, then come to us and bitch about how you don't have sparkling ideas and motivation. Also the computer gets garbled up with shit from games and whatnot which makes the laptop near impossible to work normally at.

When I was buying a laptop I set a point to get a cheap one that is fast enough for my coding/work needs and wouldn't run any games, except for flash crap and those antique ones ofc
So that was Acer eMachines Zsomenumbers, and I love it.
Even when I have a desktop I could have chose a high-end one, but instead, I chose a crappy one with barely 1GHz and like 256MB ram, that was buzzing all the time and shit because I knew if I couldn't play games on it, I would focus more on work.
I do not regret my decisions regarding this, because I probably wouldn't be where I am now.

So I'd recommend before buying to set it straight which is more important for you - coding and probably making a career or gaming and becoming a couch potato. It's up to you

Also for gaming just get a console - problem solved.

[proxx]

Well I do believe that there is a place for both in the same world.
After working a whole week watching a movie or playing a game is good off-time which we humans also need.

For gaming you want a desktop, simple as that.
For coding/portability a laptop will work fine, something really portable with long battery life is a real life saver there.

[shadowwolf]

Thanks for the feedback.


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So I'd recommend before buying to set it straight which is more important for you - coding and probably making a career or gaming and becoming a couch potato. It's up to you:)
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Coding is definitely more important to me and it would probably be smart to get a fairly bad-average laptop, with long battery life, since I'm planning on taking it to college.

[Architect]

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