RAM or vid card?

[dkamm65]

I use a mac, and you can buy a macbook for 1000 bucks.

With pitiful specs, I'm sure.

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[Moybus]

http://www.apple.com/mac/whichmacbook/compare.html

gee, so pitiful.
Apple will upgrade your ram to 4gb from 2gb for 200 bucks, but you can just buy some new ram from a 3rd party and install it yourself, which is easy and much cheaper.

edit: I have a Macbook Pro 13" $1,200 model, except when I got it a year and a half ago it was called a Macbook Alluminum unibody, had a shorter battery life, and costed more.

[dkamm65]

http://www.apple.com/mac/whichmacbook/compare.html

gee, so pitiful.
Apple will upgrade your ram to 4gb from 2gb for 200 bucks, but you can just buy some new ram from a 3rd party and install it yourself, which is easy and much cheaper.

One thousand dollars for a 2.4GH/z Core 2 Duo, an nVidia GeForce GT320M, and 2GB of RAM.

LOL
Sure, I'd gladly be willing to pay $1000 to play Crysis Warhead on low @ 20fps, if I could even find a way to play it.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-320M.25099.0.html

Just for the record, my laptop that I bought a year and a half ago has better overall specs (slightly slower CPU @ 2.13GH/z), and it was only $800.
Double the GPU scores of the one in the $1000 model Macbook.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9800M-GS.12932.0.html

[Madmitten]

you could get an evenly good one for around 6-800 dollars

[cucumberdude]

I'm not really interested in macs, but thanks.

Once again, I'm completely ignoring portability - what's the best gaming computer I can buy for 1000ish?

[Moybus]

right, forgot about the gaming part. Then you're better off not using MacOS at all.

I suggest building a desktop, if you don't care for portability there is no reason to buy a laptop.

[D3ATH]

I don't move around with my laptop much. But I still have laptop because it doesn't need much room.

[Madmitten]

right, forgot about the gaming part. Then you're better off not using MacOS at all.

I suggest building a desktop, if you don't care for portability there is no reason to buy a laptop.

you are one honorable mac user

[cucumberdude]

Well, it sounds like I really should build my computer :/

Is it easy? If so, what parts do I need? I know nothing about the internals of a computer :/

[D3ATH]

Well, it sounds like I really should build my computer :/

Is it easy? If so, what parts do I need? I know nothing about the internals of a computer :/

Motherboard, video card, RAM, processor, power supply, sound card. Possibly fans for some of those things.

[Tom]

I don't think you should try building one when you don't know anything at all.

[cucumberdude]

I don't think you should try building one when you don't know anything at all.

That was my take on it. I mean, I guess I could get assistance (internet/dad), but I still think it's a little risky. Plus, if I forget up, that's a lot of wasted money :<

In that case, I guess I should go for a desktop. What are the most important qualities for a gaming computer?

[D3ATH]

Processor, RAM, video card.

[cucumberdude]

Mmk. So what's a good RAM/processor/vid card?

I really want to be able to run CrCIA and Portal2 and stuff :D

[D3ATH]

Haven't kept up with PC news. But DDR 3 RAM would be best.