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Takeshi:
I don't have it yet, but Thursday to come I'll be writing on it at History class.

I bought the one I'm using now in '06 for school as well. So I would think it should be all right for me to get a new one. I don't have all of the money, but I'll be borrowing some from my mom and grandma. Then I'll pay them back slowly. I'm getting one of these for $804. I can also pay a bit more and get one that can handle gaming a bit better. I'd love to be able to play that Parkour game and Half-Life 2 a bit better. For some reason it never gets boring to play Half-Life 2. I'd rather spent a bit more and get something which will last tech~wise longer, and which I won't be tired of that fast.

And then I might not get beaten by my friends for dying in Left for Dead and for shooting them as well. They can really hit hard, ya' know?

And last, of not most important, ability to play 1080p files and seed big time while being able to watch 720p/1080p files without lagging. Man, there's two things I know I want and need, Dual Core and Shader Model 3.0 (reason why I couldn't play most games on my current laptop). Gonna have to remember to ask about that..

Also, hopefully I'll be able to encode stuff again. And actually doing some serious multi-tasking.

So, reason of this topic? To brag a bit, but also, is the price fair for those prices?

Acer Extensa 5635 ($904)
NVidia GeForce G 105M 512MB
500 GB HDD
Intel® processor T4300
4GB RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium

The other one doesn't have as much tech info so I didn't include it.

I'd probably be able to get a cheaper one, but the shop where I buy it is like 15 seconds away so if there's something wrong, they'll know. And it's much easier than having to send the computer to reparation at some distant, distant city.

Thanks for any replies in advance.

zherok:
I can only compare to my own experience, but I got a Sony VAIO off newegg fairly recently priced at just under $900 (California sales tax and recycling fees promptly jumped this up to $990, however.) I have no idea if American prices are really comparable to your own, but there it is.

Having had an old falling apart desktop for years I can't say I've kept up with CPU or video card trends, but I do know the T4300 processor and the G105M video card aren't exactly amazing. I suspect you'll have little trouble doing all you've outlined for it, but according to notebookcheck.net you're not really looking at an amazing video chipset.

I have no idea on the costs of computers in Denmark, but at the least I think investing a little bit more money, if it's your only option, are worth it to get a system that will last you longer till the next upgrade. I have a feeling you could get something better for cheaper outside a brick and mortar store.

fohfoh:
I'd recommend getting a laptop cooler if you're going to game. You have no idea how bad lag can get if your laptop is overheating.

Your laptop should be good for the aforementioned games though.

mgz:
make sure you dont go cheap on your cooler either you get a plastic piece of shit.

Aluminum with positionable fans = win

Takeshi:

--- Quote from: mgz on November 10, 2009, 02:35:39 AM ---make sure you dont go cheap on your cooler either you get a plastic piece of shit.

Aluminum with positionable fans = win

--- End quote ---
About a fan, I looked at one at the store. It was a Logitech plate with one fan in the top middle where it gets most hot I presume. It costs $60. Good deal or not? I don't want to make a mistake and pay too much since I'm spending more money than planned.

I looked at an Acer Aspire 7540G and 5738.

I used Microsoft's Windows Experience to determine which one was best. Is this something I can trust? Of course, I used the specs, but I found it easy to compare using that method. Anyone had any bad experiences with it? These are the scores:

7540G
CPU 4,9
RAM 7,0
Graphics 4,9
Games 6,2
HDD 5,9

Whereas 5738 was:
CPU 5,4
RAM 5,4
Graphics 4,1
Games 5,9
HDD 5,4

Funny thing is that there's so much difference between the RAM when they were both 4GB DDR3 RAM. I suspect the difference between the CPU is that Intel's a bit better despite them both being Dual Cores.

Specs 7540G:
ATI Radeon 4570 512MB
17,3 screen
500GB
8 cell battery
AMD Athlon II X2 M300 2,0 Ghz

Specs 5738:
ATI Radeon 4570 512MB
15,5 screen
320GB
6 cell battery
Intel Dual Core T4300 2,1 Ghz

All in all, I've got it boiled down to Acer Aspire 7540G. They both cost $1.106. So it's surprising to see such difference between them. Only the CPU score seems to lower than 5738's.

Thoughts? I'd like to have some opinions before I go tomorrow. I'll first have classes at 2PM so I'll have plenty of time to do some responding.

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