Computer life span

I've had my computer for about 4 and a half years now. While i realise i cannot handle the latest games I could always play games like warcraft and WoW without any trouble. But recently my computer has been getting slower and slower. And I can barely open more than 5 tabs in chrome without it lagging like crazy. I know its time to get a new computer, but at the same time I'm due for a laptop. So can someone tell me what kind of laptops can handle the latest games on the market and the related specs. Or whether I should simply get a okay sorta laptop and get a really good PC

The likes of Alienware do good high power laptops, but really I'd say get an average laptop and a decent gaming PC. The PC will be upgradeable and half the cost (or at least substantially cheaper) of the equivalent gaming laptop.

The likes of Alienware do good high power laptops, but really I'd say get an average laptop and a decent gaming PC. The PC will be upgradeable and half the cost (or at least substantially cheaper) of the equivalent gaming laptop.

LordRork

Avoid Alienware at all costs. You can get better laptops at a much lower price.

best thing u can do if u want to extend the life of the current PC while u save for a better one would be to do a reformat and resintall ur OS. nothign else makes a PC feel like new! also recommend opening it up and getting a air compressor or a can of air to spring clean it. clogged fans lead to higher temps which lead to slower pc.

I've had my computer for about 4 and a half years now. While i realise i cannot handle the latest games I could always play games like warcraft and WoW without any trouble. But recently my computer has been getting slower and slower. And I can barely open more than 5 tabs in chrome without it lagging like crazy. I know its time to get a new computer, but at the same time I'm due for a laptop. So can someone tell me what kind of laptops can handle the latest games on the market and the related specs. Or whether I should simply get a okay sorta laptop and get a really good PC

revanredem

Avoid Alienware at all costs. You can get better laptops at a much lower price.

fend_oblivion

Aye, that's why he needs a good desktop instead :P

Or whether I should simply get a okay sorta laptop and get a really good PCrevanredem

If you don't want to reinstall your OS, try this.

Go to Start > Run > type msconfig > hit Enter

Go to "Startup" Tab

Uncheck everying you don't want to turn on. You can always turn it back on by just clicking the program. It won't be off forver.

Be careful what you uncheck, like antivirus.

Thanks all for your comments, however i noticed alot of ppl sayin i shud stick to a PC, however im leavin for college in a couple of months so a PC is pretty much outa the question. so can anyone suggest a decent priced laptop that can handle most games.

Thanks all for your comments, however i noticed alot of ppl sayin i shud stick to a PC, however im leavin for college in a couple of months so a PC is pretty much outa the question. so can anyone suggest a decent priced laptop that can handle most games.

revanredem

My bro just bought a Dell Inspiron 15. It has an ATI Radeon Mobility 4330 graphic card, which can play most games at high (except Crysis ofcourse :P). I tried both AC and CoD 4 today, and both play and look great. It was around 900 dollars I think.

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-g73jh-rbbx05/4505-3121_7-34041745.html?tag=mncolBtm;rnav

good laptop

I've owned 3 laptops total. 1 my parents got me, and 2 I bought myself. Each time I got ready to get a new one, I've done extensive research and compared the best models between multiple brands. With that said, every time I got a new laptop I always came back to Dell. They usually have the latest and greatest GPUs (especially now since that they own Alienware), and they don't come loaded with unnecessary software that you're actually paying for in the end. Asus also seems to be getting a lot of nods, so I'm sure they're worth checking out as well. What I like to do is go to all of the company websites and custom build laptops with similar specs and see which one gives the best deal.

Whichever laptop you do decide to go with, make sure you take a look at how much you're paying for RAM. Companies usually overcharge their memory, and in a lot of cases it's cheaper to buy the laptop with the lowest amount of RAM possible and buy the upgrade separately from somewhere else. Also keep an eye out on Notebookreview.com's coupon section because I once got $800 off the $3200 price tag of a Dell XPS laptop.

Dell Inspiron 15 (1564) for $829.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/inspiron-1564/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-1564&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~inspiron-1564-anav_3~~

NEW 2010 Intel®Core™ i5 - 430M

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit

15.6" HD WLED

8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)

4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz

500GB, 5400 RPM

512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

High Definition Audio 2.0

Dell 1397 Wireless-G

Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)

1 Year Basic Service Plan

Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam

Obsidian Black

If you decide to game on the Inspiron, be sure to turn game resolution to 1280 * XXX. It improves fps a lot.

Also, your laptop should last you 3 years max. You can play a lot of multi-plat games that you might have missed.

A friend of mine told me that your average dell laptop does not support a graphics card( i din check it our on my own) and ive been told by alot of ppl to go for HP, simply cuz Hp gives pretty much the same performance at lower prices

A friend of mine told me that your average dell laptop does not support a graphics card( i din check it our on my own) and ive been told by alot of ppl to go for HP, simply cuz Hp gives pretty much the same performance at lower prices

revanredem

Check the one I mentioned. HP sucks, period. My sis has one and it already shows problems despite being less than a year old. They are made very cheap, so you get what you pay for - cheap.

I've had my computer for about 4 and a half years now. While i realise i cannot handle the latest games I could always play games like warcraft and WoW without any trouble. But recently my computer has been getting slower and slower. And I can barely open more than 5 tabs in chrome without it lagging like crazy. I know its time to get a new computer, but at the same time I'm due for a laptop. So can someone tell me what kind of laptops can handle the latest games on the market and the related specs. Or whether I should simply get a okay sorta laptop and get a really good PC

revanredem

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A friend of mine told me that your average dell laptop does not support a graphics card( i din check it our on my own) and ive been told by alot of ppl to go for HP, simply cuz Hp gives pretty much the same performance at lower prices

fend_oblivion

Check the one I mentioned. HP sucks, period. My sis has one and it already shows problems despite being less than a year old. They are made very cheap, so you get what you pay for - cheap.