gaming laptop?

kookoo asked:


hi im planning to get a job this summer to save up for a new gaming laptop that costs around 1.5k-2k bucks. do you think it is worth it to buy a good gaming laptop??
i already have kick *** desktop with q6600 and 9600gt

9 Responses to “gaming laptop?”

1. lesang_85 on April 16th, 2009 6:44 pm

   no..get a desktop, its so much better for gaming if thats what you want from it

2. Wilson on April 17th, 2009 9:17 pm

   Dell XPS M1530 looks really good right now
   Dell XPS M1730 if you save more

   but really go for a gaming lan desktop for half that price

3. CNC on April 20th, 2009 9:41 pm

   sure buut only if you really really like games more than money

4. lovescourt on April 23rd, 2009 7:49 am

   of course its worth it
   but just make sure you really want to slam that much down on one purchase. you can easily get a laptop for under 1k.

5. IRONMAN619 on April 24th, 2009 4:22 am

   a desktop would be better for a gaming machine especially if you are going to spend 2k on it. also remember that you have to buy the games too.

6. Hoang T on April 27th, 2009 7:51 am

   You can get some decent gaming laptops these days. BUT! you could get yourself a pretty nice gaming desktop for that kind of money.

7. KIFulgore on April 27th, 2009 11:44 pm

   If you’re going to get a laptop for gaming, *don’t* get top of the line. You’re just wasting money, because laptop technology depreciates even faster than desktops. For example, I got an Acer 5920G notebook with 2GB RAM, an HD-DVD drive, HDMI out, and GeForce 8600M GT w/256 MB of RAM last summer for $1180 (marked down from $1650… quite a deal).

   Now, it doesn’t run Crysis top-notch, but the Orange Box works great. Haven’t used it for too much.

   Now the kicker — I’ve seen the laptop on sale now for $700.

   I don’t know, I really got a laptop because I needed it for work, that’s the only real reason to get a gaming laptop IMO (or semi-gaming laptop). Just realize that the laptops that are $1300 and $2000+ right now will probably be the same price in a year.

8. 16k-zx81 on May 2nd, 2009 3:18 am

   nah. waste of money. Have you actually seen what you can get with $1500-2000 in a laptop? Realistically you wont get much bang for your buck _and_ most laptops dont have upgradable gpu’s so the machine will not play latest games for much more than 12-18 months tops. Its not a good investment. Better to get a cheap machine if you have to have portability and put the rest of your money into a hot desktop, which _will_ give you bang for your buck.

9. ihrobin on May 3rd, 2009 3:27 am

   Desktop would be much more comfortable ergonomically.

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