Xmas Present: Laptop

if ur gonna run just those programs you should be ok. not sure about solid state but if it means the one without the spinning hard drive then dude get that for sure. Not sure if it will run faster but I can guarantee it wont be as much of a hassle since moving parts are just more prone to breaking.

Why would you buy a new laptop. You already have a new one.

Guess he's buying it for poker?

ewww windows 7?, solid state not necessary if its for poker, waste of money for now

looks good, decent price too. why not a new desktop with I7 or amd phenom though?

On December 10 2009 01:04 Acckerman wrote: ewww windows 7?, solid state not necessary if its for poker, waste of money for now

?? lol do you expect new laptops to come with XP or something?

On December 10 2009 01:07 Exhilarate wrote: looks good, decent price too. why not a new desktop with I7 or amd phenom though?

Already have pretty sick desktop i built back in 06, still runs amazing, 10krpm raptor HD etc

I have Windows 7 and it the best Windows ever.

sounds like a crap res 1920x1080, find something with 1920x1200 imo

the resolution is fine for poker, maybe not perfectly ideal but it is fine. If the price is right for you go for it. SSD is worth it if money doesn't matter and you are not using it for storing movies or music.

On December 10 2009 03:26 Ket wrote: sounds like a crap res 1920x1080, find something with 1920x1200 imo

QFT

Seems like most companies are switching to 1920x1080 now for 16 1080p ration or some shit. My current macbook pro is 1920x1200 and I dont find there to be much of a diff between the two, for my purposes at least.

I have the sony FW with the same specs you listed. It's super sweet, I would highly suggest it. Also 1920 x 1080 is a fine resolution, fuck it's 16" screen, you won't notice any difference between 1920x1080 and 1920x1200 on a 16" screen. Works great for running anything. Solid state will boost load times some, but currently the boost in load times is not the the jump in price imo.

couldn't you go way cheaper if your just gonna be playing poker?

whatever it's christmas, spoil yourself.

cool yea im sold on it. I love the keyboard, pretty much everything about it. From what I have heard, sony tends to make the better PC based laptops out there, aside from Apple obviously. For 1500$, cant really beat it imo.

sony is a good quality brand but they aren't "the best" out there.

just stay away from dell/gateway/hp.

and some of those low-end toshibas are pieces of shit too.

I'm pretty sure i can find a better deal than what you posted in about 5 minutes too