Getting a laptop for christmas

[Tylale]

Thats loving gay

In the review I watched they said that a disk drive was unnecessary because most people use steam.

Any thoughts on this?

I built this alienware. Would it be able to run all of the games that I mentioned before?

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PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
VIDEO CARD 1GB DDR3 ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5730
LCD PANEL 15.6-inch WideHD+ 1600x900 (900p) WLED
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3)
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATAII 7,200RPM edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
BATTERY OPTIONS Primary - 6-cell (56Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
WIRELESS CARDS Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-CardAlso any suggestions?

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[Kira100000]

loving Asus g50vt-x5, you can find them used and in pretty good shape for about 500-600. 

[General Nick]

In my opinion you have two options: Get a kick ass gaming computer or get $500-$1000 more and get a better laptop.

You aren't going to get much for $1000.

[Bisjac]

is the nvidia 330M the best nvidia laptop chip there is?
im wanting to upgrade but cant find a better one :(

[Tylale]

Wait can you upgrade laptops? I didn't think you could.

Also someone comment on this:

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PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
VIDEO CARD 1GB DDR3 ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5730
LCD PANEL 15.6-inch WideHD+ 1600x900 (900p) WLED
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3)
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATAII 7,200RPM
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
BATTERY OPTIONS Primary - 6-cell (56Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
WIRELESS CARDS Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card

[Bisjac]

you can if you get the right laptops and not some stuff one

[Visage]

Get $700 gaming desktop, which will run any game out if you build it yourself. Then with the $300 left get a netbook. You will get 2 computers, will be able to browse the web and play tiny games on the go, and play the big boy games at home.

[Tylale]

No thanks I need a laptop, not a desktop.

[Dodger]

Do it.

Slightly off topic: How well would this PC run most games? Here

I know nothing about building PCs, but I can swap out GPU, add RAM, etc.

[General Nick]

is the nvidia 330M the best nvidia laptop chip there is?
im wanting to upgrade but cant find a better one :(

I think there's a 335M and a 460M. I'd imagine if they made a 260M it shouldn't be that hard to make a 460M, seeing as how the GTX400 series is smaller.

[Tylale]

Would someone please just tell me if this is good or not?

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PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
VIDEO CARD 1GB DDR3 ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5730
LCD PANEL 15.6-inch WideHD+ 1600x900 (900p) WLED
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3)
HARD DRIVE 500GB SATAII 7,200RPM
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
BATTERY OPTIONS Primary - 6-cell (56Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery
WIRELESS CARDS Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini-Card

[Jess]

yeppp its good

[Dodger]

Based on what I know, it looks Ok for most games these days. Processor might be a bit slower than wanted though...

[Tylale]

Based on what I know, it looks Ok for most games these days. Processor might be a bit slower than wanted though...

Well the next best one on the site is Intel® Core™ i7 840QM Quad Core Processor, 1.86GHz (3.20GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache which is $300 more and doesn't seem that much better.

Is there a site like canyourunit.com that allows you to put in the specs instead of examining your computer?

[JD]

Every laptop I've ever owned or seen has had a cd drive. I don't know what you're talking about.
Well I wanted an opinion from someone who actually owned it.

My computer's specs are generally about there, and this laptop sells for anywhere between $500-1200 now.
-2.2GHz dual core CPU
-500GB HDD
-4GB RAM
-1.7GB GPU
yeah.