HP and Dell Gaming laptops

[yaz0086]

I want to buy a HP or Dell laptop for video editing, but I know nothing about laptops.I don't want to spend more than R20 000. Plz help!

 

[mooK]

Whoa! Dude, you don't need to spend too much...

Prices of laptops have come down bigtime in the past 2 years, so relax!

I bought my laptop just about a year ago, blew 1100 pounds on it, and check the specs I got:

17" Widescreen crystal whatever shiny vewwy pwitty
2ghz Pentium M Centrino (like equivalent of a 3ghz apparently)
1gig RAM
160gig HDD
GeForce 6800 Go 256mb (sweetness)

Yep, Laptops are gonna replace desktops pretty soon.

 

[yaz0086]

What would you say is the best deal at the moment and where can I buy it in Cape Town?

 

[mooK]

I've got a Fujitsu Siemens, they seem to be quite popular in SA now. I'd recommend them for pretty good value.

I'm not really sure what the best deal is at the moment, I haven't been keeping up to date to be honest, they seem to be getting cheaper every month tho.

 

[Ap0c]

Check out the dell XPS M170. I see they got some good prices on them at the moment, and they come with 7800 graphics cards.

It all depends how 'hardcore' you want to go

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Whoa! Dude, you don't need to spend too much...

Prices of laptops have come down bigtime in the past 2 years, so relax!

I bought my laptop just about a year ago, blew 1100 pounds on it, and check the specs I got:

17" Widescreen crystal whatever shiny vewwy pwitty
2ghz Pentium M Centrino (like equivalent of a 3ghz apparently)
1gig RAM
160gig HDD
GeForce 6800 Go 256mb (sweetness)

Yep, Laptops are gonna replace desktops pretty soon.

Yeah problem is that laptop prices are wildly inflated here - I bet he can get this system at around R15-16k.

Ap0c; Can you get XPS systems here?

 

[lilDeath]

yep, the system for 1100 pounds is already a year old....
@yaz0086, I posted in your post in the Gaming section as well

The M1710 is out already ...

 

[Ap0c]

With a bit of effort, you can get the XPS M170 in SA. I have 3 friends who have them. Very nice machines - check the reviews out. Cnet etc, have them rated as some of the best laptops available.

 

[lilDeath]

Alert Alert Urgent

HOLD THE FONE!!!
Your buds have the M170??? HTH did they get that right?
Dude, like PM me or something, I need to know... have been wracking my brain on how to get one of these systems ....

 

[mccrack]

I second that Ap0c, let us know

 

[Ap0c]

already sent death a PM. If you are interested....PM me.

 

[simonbuerger]

is this possible?

https://www.megastore.co.za/product_info.php?products_id=3861

how can they be selling a laptop that isn't on LG SA's own site yet?

and those specs for that price?

 

[Juggy]

Here you go

http://news.com.com/Dells+gaming+power+now+in+red+or+black/2100-1044_3-6062057.html

 

[mccrack]

https://www.megastore.co.za/product_info.php?products_id=3861

how can they be selling a laptop that isn't on LG SA's own site yet?

and those specs for that price?

If they slapped on a 17 inch screen and a decent GFX Card then it would be interesting. Fujitsu Siemens has one being sold @ Makro, similar specs but with a Nvidia Go 6800 GFX card for about 17/18k IIRC, that's with a 17inch screen.