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Yet another buying-new-laptop thread
xShadow:
I'm saying this as a person that got one of the better/best gaming laptops of one of the last generations, when I was entering college (has a 9600M in it and a good Core 2 duo). Mine cost ~1500$, and I'm telling you right now that if they didn't give me the option to let it be covered by scholarships and whatnot (my college required a laptop), I definitely would have been better off with just buying a desktop for 1k$ and then spending 500$ on a laptop. I don't see how anyone in their right mind could make the decision to shell out more money of something that has much crappier specs... just because you can take it places. Unless your friend travels to other places A LOT (stays at different hotels and whatnot), I can't see the investment being worth it. It's a waste of money, pure and simple. If you travel and stay at different hotels a lot, it might be a good investment (though I don't see why you'd be traveling around just to stay at a hotel in that town and play games...), but otherwise, it's a waste of money. You're not gonna be gaming on it as much as you think.... (though I do it in classes, but whatever..)
As for the RAM issue, I'd maybe go as high as 6 gigs, but haven't been having any problem with 4 gigs on my desktop, as far as gaming goes.
Even if we take the ram issue out though, I'd still say it's a waste.
bork:
If you are running windows, RAM above 3 Gig is useless. Windows may impose licensing limits on how much RAM the OS will use for marketing reasons. To see this, pull up your system information and look at the "Installed Physical Memory" and the "Total Physical Memory".
There is a kernel patch/hack that allows more then 4 Gigs to used but ...
fohfoh:
I concur... basic use for laptop... you don't need much. If you want performance, don't bother. Heating issues kills laptops. Mine idles at like 40-60 celcius. That's fucked up. And the biggest part I can't deal with... the APi idles high and even a laptop fan can't always deal with it. So either the build has to be good, or you'll run into problems fast when you overheat your laptop.
Proin Drakenzol:
--- Quote from: bork on April 01, 2010, 05:31:19 PM ---If you are running windows, RAM above 3 Gig is useless. Windows may impose licensing limits on how much RAM the OS will use for marketing reasons. To see this, pull up your system information and look at the "Installed Physical Memory" and the "Total Physical Memory".
There is a kernel patch/hack that allows more then 4 Gigs to used but ...
--- End quote ---
If you are running a 32-bit version of Windows then you are limited to 3GB of RAM (which is only 1GB less than the maximum supportable by a 32-bit OS/processor anyway).
AFAIK there are no software imposed restrictions on the amount of RAM supported by a 64-bit OS/processor combo, and the physical limitation isn't even close to being reached (which is 2^64 bits or 4GB^2).
narcusyetra:
actually im starting coll so i need to have a laptop with decent game support but id be using it watch stuff mostly so a good large screen is a necessity.... also shud i consider mac? btw one of my desktops is going to physical dump of memory 'internet suggests formatting' but that isnt helping will a better ram help (xp 1gb ram only used for torrent downloading and music)
actually i willing to spend decent amount on it iv been saving for it a long time now and i will have to use it for atleast 2-3 years so...
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