Thinking about a laptop, not sure though.

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Its actually kind of confusing. I have three computers. One of them is rather old and outdated, despite my attempts to upgrade it to more recent specs (more RAM, newer GPU, etc.). One of them was top of the line a couple of years ago (7800 GTX, Athlon X2 4800), but currently suffers from some overheating problems (some motherboard problem that I haven't been able to trace). And the last one was pure win before it got wrecked in a storm, and now is overall worse than the old one. I'm also going off to college soon, but that is more of a minor point than a major one for this exercise. Wanting a computer in my room is a more major point, and is the biggest factor in making me want a laptop in the first place. Whether I buy a new computer or upgrade one, I'm going to sell at least one of the others.

I was wondering whether I should spend a grand or so rebuilding one of my "crap" computers to make it mid-range (its a crap mobo, so I would have to replace everything) from today's perspective, replacing the motherboard in my current good one to see if that fixes it or just buy a good laptop to replace the crappy one that is currently in my room. The major sticking point is that I only have two monitors and a large lack of space, so if I was to get a desktop in my room it would have to run through my TV.

What would be the best suggestion? If I go the laptop route, I want a desktop replacement type, and already have a couple lined up to look at.
 
My previous computer was (technically still is as it has just moved from the desk to a closet) a 400Mhz Pentium. Last year my wife was going to start some online classes and wanted a more reliable computer, so we bought an Dell Inspiron E1705. Seventeen inch display, 2.0GHz C2D, 1Gb (should have splurged and got 2) of ram, etc. My model has an S-video, DVI and HD-15 monitor outputs, so connecting to a TV shouldn't be an issue. This is my first laptop and am so far loving it. I brought it into work a few times last week for Revit training and it worked flawlessly. If it can handle Revit, it can take anything else I may through at it. I strongly suggest going the desktop replacement route as it's the best of both.
 
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My model has an S-video, DVI and HD-15 monitor outputs, so connecting to a TV shouldn't be an issue.
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Just for clarification, but I meant that if I have a desktop I wouldn't be able to run it through a monitor due to space issues. It would have to be run through a TV.
Though thanks for sharing your experience with the type of laptop.
 
Toronado
Just for clarification, but I meant that if I have a desktop I wouldn't be able to run it through a monitor due to space issues. It would have to be run through a TV.
Though thanks for sharing your experience with the type of laptop.
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Gotcha. In that case, if you have people over to your place of residence you can hook up the laptop to the TV and watch movies. :D
 
With a Laptop you can take it anywhere is a po and a con for desktop as you can't and for a desktop pro its cheaper to get better parts.
 
If you have the cash to splash and it doesn't need to be a Windows machine, how about a macbook? My parents have one and its fantastic, Highly recommended. 👍
 
Interestingly enough I got an e-mail today from Apple advertising the MB, these are all the amazing and tremendous things it can do, things like running Windows and Video Chat.

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In terms of Notebooks, anything Lenovo or Sony are really good, but you pay a premium. I've had a HP entertainment notebook for over a year now and never had any problems with it, so I'd have to recommend that too.
 
MacBook Pro was on my list, and my theoretical limit was to be $2500. I've since limited it to $2000, so I could still swing a medium spec MBP if I end up getting it. I've been looking at used Alienwares, too (which is honestly why I lowered the price cap $500), so I may end up going that route.
 
Woah, kill the lappy consumerism talk. Why not just point him in the direction of the Business laptop way? I mean, I have one (Compaq nx6125) and admittely i should have sprung for the 1 GB RAM improvement but didn't but however this lappy has been uber reliable and extremely knockproof.

Therefore I would recommend loooking at the business side of laptops rather than the consumer side of laptop, cos you're gonna get the value for money and it's gonna last you literally a long while, rather than those "consumerist" laptop that are designed to appeal to the guys who want the best and latest right now, but break in 6 months time.

Just my opinion, however weirdly put.

Submerged
 
Well, Apple laptops tend to run Windows XP/Vista much faster than most PC laptops. I actually purchased a MacBook last week. It's a great little laptop, perfect for university, however my uncle needed a laptop and I've heard some stirrings in the Apple world regarding a updated lineup from Apple as early as August-September. So I ended up just selling it to him for about $100 less than what I paid for it. He's happy and so am I.

If Apple doesn't update there lineup, I will just buy the same MacBook again, but this time with more RAM. :P
 

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