Yet another Laptop thread

[Z750Jay]

Hi all,

Wifey has allowed me to get a new laptop to replace my old one with this years bonus and I am wondering what to get. It has to be a laptop as we have no space for a desktop so its either a laptop or iMac style unit. I have between £1500 and £2000 to spend. I have been thinking about the Dell/Alienware or Samsung offerings and wondered about people's ideas.

[Flying_pig]

Get a lenovo idea pad y580 it has a nvidia geforce gtx 660m 8gb ram a 1tb hdd and a 3rd generation intel core i7 for just $1,039.20 it's usually $250 more by the way

[Z750Jay]

Thanks for the info. I have looked at that one but lucky have a bigger budget (I am really in the wifey's good books at the moment!) so want one with a 17.5" screen if not bigger. Works out at about $2200 to $3000 budget.

I really would like to build a PC in a small/thin case but she still thinks of my old gaming rig which was a tadge on the large size and even I had a hard time lifting. I could get lucky as while I was looking today she spotted the iMac and thought it was a good idea.

[chris k]

iMac with the GTX 680MX is a clear winner. Assuming a desktop.

That chip is a serious pixel-pusher, and the CPU is no slouch.

Edited March 17, 2013 by chris k

[Jim Kallinen]

I have a Dell XPS17 with an I7 2.68ghz with 8gb memory and a GTX 580 3gb built in and a Blu-burner drive plus 1080p screen. Got it when they closed them out

and it still kicks my desktop.  Could look into Dell outlet and see what they have or check out Alienware and build one.

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-M17x-r4/pd.aspx

[Flying_pig]

Went over to newegg and managed to find this which is a few hundred dollars cheaper then an equivalent alienware and has more Vram (2GB more to be exact) only con is processor speed which is 2.4GHZ 

[Jim Kallinen]

Here is another one that lets you custom build your rig. http://www.ibuypower.com/Info/valkyrie-gaming-laptop.aspx

[Z750Jay]

That is for the advice people, much to think on!

[scubajuan_new]

I have a macbook pro 15"with retina 2.6 Ghz quad core i7, 8 GB, 500 gb SSD and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 mb, Light and powerful, X-plane 10 runs nicely with decent rendering settings, including HDR 2x SSAA+FXAA, Best lap top I ever had.

Edited March 17, 2013 by scubajuan_new