What should I do?

[Katheudo]

I am going back to college in about a weeks time and I have the chance to either upgrade and buy a new computer or laptop. However, I will only be at college for two days a week as it is a degree course and you do all your work at home. Plus I really like to play games now and then but my desktop I have now is not very good for gaming no more


So do I buy a new computer for gaming, keep the one I already have, use it as a secondary and don't bother with a laptop or save my money and just have a laptop for college. I know some of you may not care about my life problems but I thought open suggestions might help


Also what do you "hackers" use? Laptop or desktop, or both?

[kenjoe41]

I don't know which one you are, a hacker, gamer or student. Or a mixture or them. I would suggest to get a solution that will solve all problem in a mix. And that is save up and get yourself a nice good laptop. With good specs, you will be able to game on it. If it is the screen size then you can always hook it up to a larger screen just for gaming
In college, you sometimes need to present you work in class or to your lecturer so you need to travel with a machine you are familiar with to do that.
For hacking adventures, i don't think you will go pwning wifi or go to a conference, think defcon, with your desktop. So i sooo dearly think a laptop will fit all the needs here.

[0E 800]

How much money do you have?

[m0rph]

*snip*I would suggest to get a solution that will solve all problem in a mix. And that is save up and get yourself a nice good laptop. With good specs, you will be able to game on it.*snip*

^THIS (for your particular situation). You can get a laptop with an ok gfx card, ddr3 ram, and a decent quadcore for roughly $1000 usd (give or take a few hundred depending how good of hardware you buy).

[proxx]

I disagree.
Get a super portable laptop with long batt times, thats ideal for traveling/school/work/office.
For gaming/performance just build a rig and have a little patience if money is an issue.

Even high end laptops don't perform as a properly built rig not to mention the cost/perf tradeoff.
You will have a brickheavy machine that has no battery life and is hard to repair/upgrade.

Maybe I am old fashioned.

[zenith]

That's not old fashioned, that's about the most practical way of going about it. Save the gaming for a dedicated rig that's upgradable over time; It'll save you money in the long run. Drop ~$700 - $800 on an open box ultrabook from one of the big box stores and you'll have a portable, powerful machine for all the important stuff, sans gaming.

Oh, and since it's not for gaming, you can wipe Windows off it.

[proxx]

That's not old fashioned, that's about the most practical way of going about it. Save the gaming for a dedicated rig that's upgradable over time; It'll save you money in the long run. Drop ~$700 - $800 on an open box ultrabook from one of the big box stores and you'll have a portable, powerful machine for all the important stuff, sans gaming.

Oh, and since it's not for gaming, you can wipe Windows off it.

Exactly, not running such bloat can give you more batt life, performance etc.

[0E 800]

Nice sincere answers for a schmuck that most likely wont even return.

[hppd]

Kill yourself

[Katheudo]

Nice sincere answers for a schmuck that most likely wont even return.

I am here

Thanks for the answers guys and advice. Sorry I gave the impression I won't return, I have started uni and have been busy. I have decided to go for this is you are interested: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-206-MS