Hey,
Back in winter 2011-2012 I made a 'buyin a PC thread' for a PC that I am just now getting around to buying.
Unfortunately that thread seems to have been Edward Cullened or something, and I'm totally oblivious to what's changed in the time being, so if I could get some more advice, that'd be great! I have little to no experience in this field, so I'm hoping those of you who are in the know and you enjoy the topic can lend a hand.
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First up, I'm looking for a laptop for a friend of mine. Her budget is 500-700. Her priorities are that this **** will be snappy and responsive for day to day use, web browsing, the once in a while Shopping of a Photo. Also, it's to be used for the playing of Guild Wars 2 and maybe other games with system requirements even lower than its (2.0 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 7800 or better, etc.).
I'm guessing that an SSD might not fit within this budget, but I think a good 7200 rpm (hay am i doin this right) HDD and a good processor will be fast enough on the day-to-day to not irritate?
Screen size is not critical. She would prefer it to be fairly light.
That enough info? I've checked around on newegg and a couple manufacturer sites, but there's a lot to consider and view, so if there are some good front runners at the moment, of if you know a brand to avoid or stick with, please let me know!
edit: how does this thing look given the above requirements? overkill? underkill? on the fence? http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=457&Code=08626JU&category-id=F41BC8E1656C5F85171FBDB172571912
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Back in winter 2011-2012 I made a 'buyin a PC thread' for a PC that I am just now getting around to buying.
Unfortunately that thread seems to have been Edward Cullened or something, and I'm totally oblivious to what's changed in the time being, so if I could get some more advice, that'd be great! I have little to no experience in this field, so I'm hoping those of you who are in the know and you enjoy the topic can lend a hand.
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First up, I'm looking for a laptop for a friend of mine. Her budget is 500-700. Her priorities are that this **** will be snappy and responsive for day to day use, web browsing, the once in a while Shopping of a Photo. Also, it's to be used for the playing of Guild Wars 2 and maybe other games with system requirements even lower than its (2.0 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM, GeForce 7800 or better, etc.).
I'm guessing that an SSD might not fit within this budget, but I think a good 7200 rpm (hay am i doin this right) HDD and a good processor will be fast enough on the day-to-day to not irritate?
Screen size is not critical. She would prefer it to be fairly light.
That enough info? I've checked around on newegg and a couple manufacturer sites, but there's a lot to consider and view, so if there are some good front runners at the moment, of if you know a brand to avoid or stick with, please let me know!
edit: how does this thing look given the above requirements? overkill? underkill? on the fence? http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=457&Code=08626JU&category-id=F41BC8E1656C5F85171FBDB172571912
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