Good laptop deals?

blueshogun96 · March 24th, 2008

Anyone know of any good places to find a decent laptop for a decent price? I've been searching eBay and the usual places but can't usually find the good ones within an affordable price range. I've got an old Toshiba Satellite from 1999, it's not bad, but the hardware is too obsolete to do any 3D related programming on it. It doesn't have to be the latest and greatest machine on the market or have to have the latest GPU, just anything with decent T&L GPU (hell, even GeForce2 is looking good right about now). Any links? Thanks.

PCXL-Fan · March 24th, 2008

craigslist?

blueshogun96 · March 24th, 2008

Tried it... the search doesn't work well for low-populated areas.

**Razor Blade** · March 24th, 2008

First. How much are you looking to spend?

Fadingz · March 24th, 2008

Sony, if you don't care about battery explosion XD

Anyhoo, what's the main purpose of your laptop?

Get a Macbook if you are a student.

**Razor Blade** · March 25th, 2008

Man even Dell has some pretty sweet deals. Since I don't know your budget, they are starting at around $499.00 US plus I get coupons emailed to me all the time saving 20% etc ... Plus it's new which is always nice with new technology (well newer...)

But like FadingZ mentioned, it depends on what you want to do with the laptop as well. What size/screen are you looking for?

blueshogun96 · March 26th, 2008

Oh, sorry for the slow reply. I forgot about this thread for a minute

Anyway, $499 USD doesn't sound too bad atm. It's not a Celeron is it? As far as price, the most I can afford is around $700 USD max. I'm not too picky about screen size right now. I'm going to need a notebook with Windows on it because I plan to do windows programming on the go. It doesn't have to be the greatest 3D machine, but it does need from decent to mediocre 3D hardware acceleration (programmable pipeline is a plus). So what I need basically is a machine that I can run Direct3D9+ samples on or at least be able to run a game such as Doom3 without speed problems.

March 24th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
blueshogun96 Shogun3D Interactive (TM) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Unidentified Posts: 2,065	Good laptop deals? Anyone know of any good places to find a decent laptop for a decent price? I've been searching eBay and the usual places but can't usually find the good ones within an affordable price range. I've got an old Toshiba Satellite from 1999, it's not bad, but the hardware is too obsolete to do any 3D related programming on it. It doesn't have to be the latest and greatest machine on the market or have to have the latest GPU, just anything with decent T&L GPU (hell, even GeForce2 is looking good right about now). Any links? Thanks. __________________ [Sagat] Windows XP x64 Pro \| AMD Athlon 3000+ (~2.0GHz) \| NVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCI-E \| Realtek AC97 Audio \| 512MB Ram \| NVIDIA NForce 4-4X chipset \| Seagate HDD 160GB \| LG 8614 DVD-ROM \| HP DVD 1040d CD/DVD -/+ RW w/ LightScribe GeneralEmu - December 27, 2005 and beyond! My programming, emulation and Xbox blog! - Click or die! (Updated June 26, 2008) Visit my YouTube page! http://www.youtube.com/blueshogun96

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blueshogun96 Shogun3D Interactive (TM) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Unidentified Posts: 2,065	Tried it... the search doesn't work well for low-populated areas. __________________ [Sagat] Windows XP x64 Pro \| AMD Athlon 3000+ (~2.0GHz) \| NVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCI-E \| Realtek AC97 Audio \| 512MB Ram \| NVIDIA NForce 4-4X chipset \| Seagate HDD 160GB \| LG 8614 DVD-ROM \| HP DVD 1040d CD/DVD -/+ RW w/ LightScribe GeneralEmu - December 27, 2005 and beyond! My programming, emulation and Xbox blog! - Click or die! (Updated June 26, 2008) Visit my YouTube page! http://www.youtube.com/blueshogun96

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,025	Man even Dell has some pretty sweet deals. Since I don't know your budget, they are starting at around $499.00 US plus I get coupons emailed to me all the time saving 20% etc ... Plus it's new which is always nice with new technology (well newer...) But like FadingZ mentioned, it depends on what you want to do with the laptop as well. What size/screen are you looking for? __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

March 26th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
blueshogun96 Shogun3D Interactive (TM) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Unidentified Posts: 2,065	Oh, sorry for the slow reply. I forgot about this thread for a minute Anyway, $499 USD doesn't sound too bad atm. It's not a Celeron is it? As far as price, the most I can afford is around $700 USD max. I'm not too picky about screen size right now. I'm going to need a notebook with Windows on it because I plan to do windows programming on the go. It doesn't have to be the greatest 3D machine, but it does need from decent to mediocre 3D hardware acceleration (programmable pipeline is a plus). So what I need basically is a machine that I can run Direct3D9+ samples on or at least be able to run a game such as Doom3 without speed problems. __________________ [Sagat] Windows XP x64 Pro \| AMD Athlon 3000+ (~2.0GHz) \| NVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCI-E \| Realtek AC97 Audio \| 512MB Ram \| NVIDIA NForce 4-4X chipset \| Seagate HDD 160GB \| LG 8614 DVD-ROM \| HP DVD 1040d CD/DVD -/+ RW w/ LightScribe GeneralEmu - December 27, 2005 and beyond! My programming, emulation and Xbox blog! - Click or die! (Updated June 26, 2008) Visit my YouTube page! http://www.youtube.com/blueshogun96

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