Need a laptop (AMD)

[Razor88]

Hi everyone

I need a new laptop. It must be AMD (for personal reasons). My budget is R6000-R7000 (Or a bit over). I need this laptop for minor gaming, and Varsity related work. I would like at least 4GB of RAM and a 15.6 inch screen. Any ideas? I really struggle to find AMD laptops.

 

[RudderVator]

Well Razor88 you will most certainly struggle to find a good AMD laptop.
I really cant find any reason why you would choose AMD over Intel

If you are interested for a very nice laptop for gaming im selling mine for R4800 it has a ATI radeon HD4650 graphics card and an Intel Quad core 2.3Ghz CPU.
Just go and check mybroadband classifieds.

 

[CataclysmZA]

At those prices, you won't find a good AMD lappie here. They've gained some foothold in other markets but here in SA Intel rules the roost, except for the MSI GX60, a few Brazos netbooks and one HP Probook. I would instead suggest:

Toshiba Satellite L850-F34A 15.6" @ R7587

Its not an AMD processor but it is still powered by Radeon graphics. AMD's Kaveri and Kabini will be in a few notebooks after Computex and I hope the company starts to woo manufacturers properly.

 

[Dom1n8tr1x]

I would also recommend a Toshiba. I bought one a couple of months ago and I'm very happy with it.

Mine has the i5 processor with 1GB AMD graphics with dedicated memory and 8GB ram (originally came with 4GB). I have done some gaming on it, and performance is very good. I use mine mostly for editing photos in Photoshop and some video editing and watching movies.

 

[lived666]

Just some examples of what is available:

Acer Aspire V3-551G-X419,AMD A-Series Quad-Core A10-4600M 2.3 GHz (4 MB Cache), 6 GB DDR3 RAM
750 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive,15.6-Inch Screen, AMD Radeon? HD 7660G + 7670M Dual Graphics
Windows 8, 5 hour battery life, R7900

cheaper but obviously specs not as nice:

Acer Aspire V3-551-8469, AMD A-Series Quad-Core A8-4500M 1.9 GHz (4 MB Cache), 4 GB SDRAM
500 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive, 15.6-Inch Screen, AMD Radeon? HD 7640G Graphics
Windows 8, 5-hour battery life, R6600

 

[CataclysmZA]

Where on earth are you finding those locally?

 

[TehStranger]

Those are ex vat prices though aren't they lived666?

 

[lived666]

Those are ex vat prices though aren't they lived666?

Nope, those are the prices

@nag - Everything is available within 2 - 7 days, so the way I work, everything is local

 

[Razor88]

Where do you order? And where do you live?

 

[lived666]

Where do you order? And where do you live?

Where do I order? From wherever I can find the best deal

Where do I live ? Really, we haven't even had our first date

Send me a pm on any model AMD laptop you have seen/want and I will see if I can help you source it.

 

[Vegeta]

I know its sad but you can find cheap intel laptops with good specs
For example got mine for R3600 with Intel i3 and Nvidia 630m. I play Tomb Raider, Alan wake and Guild Wars 2 on it with no issues. Its netbook money for a entry level gaming laptop. Im a AMD man myself swear by my Radeon desktop GPU. But I have to buy whats best for me not for the companies.