New gaming laptop

depends if you have a lot of brown/blackouts or not. they have their uses, but they arent necessarily cheap.

If you have a laptop you don't really need a UPS.On a sidenote, look at Compal or custom laptops. They are the actual manufacturers of the laptops. HP and Dell (I think) resell those things (say Compal laptop + brand sticker + 2 year warranty + 'user-friendly' software package, usually doubling the price)

Acer use compal as well.

gaming laptops are nice but they can become obsolete in a few years since you cant upgrade any of the hardware(or drivers) except ram and the hard drive. if you want long term you should go with desktop. and i hear theirs a overheat problem but i personally never had that problem, well not to where it was fatal any ways

I'll just wait til Windows 7 is officially released

if ur willing 2 spend about $3-4000 try the alienware mx series i heard theyre top notch

they're not.

jgrimm · #46if ur willing 2 spend about $3-4000 try the alienware mx series i heard theyre top notch

thats a lot of money for something thats going to be obsolete in 3 or 4 years

Replying to #48

6 months actually, laptops don't stay current very long.

>_>....i wounder why the video drivers for laptops dont get updated as often as the ones for desktops do. mine hasent been updated since December

are drivers for the gfx card THAT important? i update mine once in, say, six months, and i got the omega drivers a few days ago, so that means i'm not updating until february (yay, new drivers for a birthday present! :P).

Replying to #51

they're pretty important. The problem with laptops is no-one will take responsibility for producing the driver updates. The GFX chip manufacturers say it's the laptop manufacturer's responsibility, and the laptop manufacturers aren't interested once they have your money.

LoonylionThe GFX chip manufacturers say it's the laptop manufacturer's responsibility.

but then, the desktop computers' manufacturers would be the responsible ones for updating the drivers, right?

no because graphics cards are often sold outside of desktop systems, something that is extremely rare with laptops.

change my view, dont use the laptop for gaming, unless your using the AC adaptor instead of the batteries. the laptop batteries sucks, even for simple things like browsing the net and simple typing.

id suggest u custom build ur laptop it is cheaper and is more powerful like for euro 1g u can get a laptop that is 3x stronger than the ones u buy prebuilt in the stores

Replying to #56

it really isn't that simple to custom build a laptop. It can be done, but its not easy.

hey guys do you know any programs to customize a pc like a game something like pimip my ride but its a pc?

Replying to #58

I'm not sure what you're asking for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3Ktu_CBno

bhatooth · #58hey guys do you know any programs to customize a pc

http://download.cnet.com/Tweak-UI/3000-2072_4-10002117.html

bhatooth · #58like a game something like pimip my ride but its a pc?

https://www.romulation.org/Retro/NES/Super_Mario_Bros..7z.html/