Need advice - Laptop

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Devill

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Hello All

I am looking to buy a Laptop for R5000-R9000.
It needs to have a 17" screen or bigger.
Needs to have "higher" end RAM and Proccessing.

This Laptop will be used only for "windows" work thus it must be geared towards that.

Any advice?

Thank you in advance.
 
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How about the W170HN series (i7)

Model W170HN series
Processor · Intel® Core™ i7

Core Logic · Mobile Intel® HM65 Express Chipset

Display · 17.3” (43.94cm) HD+ (1600x900)

Memory · Dual channel DDR3
· Two 204 pins SODIMM sockets, support DDR3 1333/1600MHz (Real operation frequency
depends on processor)
· Expandable memory up to 8GB, depends on 1GB/ 2GB/4GB SODIMM module (1600MHz only
supports 2GM memory module)

Video Controller Intel® HM65 chipset integrated
· High preference 3D/2D graphic accelerator
· Share memory architecture, up to 1748MB
· Microsoft DirectX® 10 compatible

NVIDIA® GeForce GT 540M
- 1GB DDR3 Video RAM
- Support PCIe x16
- Microsoft DirectX® 11 compatible
- HDMI 1.4
- NVIDIA PhysX™ & NVIDIA Optimus v1.2
- GeForce CUDA™ technology
- Switchable GPU by Nvidia® Optimus support

BIOS · One 32Mb SPI Flash ROM
· Phoenix BIOS

Storage · One changeable 12.7mm(H) Super Multi ODD, SATA interface
· One changeable 2.5" 9.5 mm(H) HDD, SATA interface
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I will buy another 2gig ram as it comes with 4gb.

I can get it for R7,147.80 incl.

Thoughts?
 
Why 17" screen? With current specials at IC I wouldn't look any further. By example last deal: Lenovo 15.6" Z670 R5999. Similar performance, for a price difference buy hudge monitor with better resolution and performance.
 
Devill said:
I will buy another 2gig ram as it comes with 4gb.

I can get it for R7,147.80 incl.

Thoughts?
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If you plan on gaming get the first one that was posted in this thread. MUCH better gfx card.
 
sajunky said:
Why 17" screen? With current specials at IC I wouldn't look any further. By example last deal: Lenovo 15.6" Z670 R5999. Similar performance, for a price difference buy hudge monitor with better resolution and performance.
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It is for my aunt. She wants a big screen, and I doubt she will enjoy having to plug the monitor in everytime.
 
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perhaps take her to a store and let her feel the size of a 17 incher lol

its quite big and heavy
 
Devill said:
I will buy another 2gig ram as it comes with 4gb.

I can get it for R7,147.80 incl.

Thoughts?
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I can never understand the logic of people buying different sized memory modules when DDR is designed to run in dual-channel, triple-channel, or quad-channel, depending on your platform. Two different-sized memory modules automatically run you at single-channel.

Devill said:
It is for my aunt. She wants a big screen, and I doubt she will enjoy having to plug the monitor in everytime.
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+1 17" is nice for people who are getting on in years.

NomNom said:
Then a 4, 5 k laptop will do fine, 9k is if you want to use it to play games and do heavy processing work.


Dell Studio 1749 17.3" Notebook Computer (S1749-i5450-BLACK) - Black - R 8,309.00

Big screen, 3 year warranty.

+Notebook bag: Targus Trademark CNXL1 Carry Bag for 17" Notebook - Black
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Nice find, more than enough for her.
 
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