Opinions on this laptop i'm gonna buy


Forgot about RAM, CPU speed, sound and visuals etc. the most important thing to think about is the keyboard; just look at all the keyboard threads we have on here for the Pyra and Pandora. ;) :p
 
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I may get a new (old) Thinkpad from when the keyboard were supposedly still good.  I don't think I have ever been very satisfied with the keyboards on laptops.  Some Thinkpad ones were interesting, but since I don't currently have any to compare I can't say if I think they are really better.  All of the other ones I have used have been merely sufficient (and I have used many).  I remember when some companies started switching over to chiclet boards and I thought it might be an improvement for some problems, such as stuff getting under keys.  It seemed they would be cleaner, but I never actually tried using one at the time.  I still don't have one on my laptop, however I usually connect a real keyboard if I am not lugging it around all over the place.

Yes, keyboards are important to some of us.  I would rather have a good keyboard than the best specs.  I use the keyboard more often than I make full use of the RAM and CPU.
 
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drlanator said:
i just want to be able to play most games at decent framerates. do you think this will do?
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It will certainly play most games at decent frame rates, but don't expect miracles or good performance with modern 3D games from a $300 laptop.
 
I'm also searching for an Laptop that fit my needs, nothing found yet.  Cheap non-glare is already rare, non-glare-rugged-convertible doesn't even exist outside of the expencive toughbook series. 
 
drock said:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.X6570.TRS0&_nkw=6570b&_sacat=0

These older style probooks are tanks.  Sold tons of them to clients, had very few problems.  If you are looking for something refurbished/used I would recommend a probook. 3rd gen integrated intel plays most games ok.  Some of these have dedicated firegl cards too.
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"Probook", hm? Nice tip actualy, thx. ^^To fill the gap between my PC and my Pandora, a propper Laptop may be the best choice, didn't need to have the fastest gaming performance but should be light and quiet. And of course tough and non-glare. These probooks seems to have a fair price. Not convertible but that#s OK I guess.

comradekingu said:
You wanted game-performance on a budget. The laptop part doesn't make any sense to me.

Have a look at http://www.logicalincrements.comthere is much iron to be had for 300.

I just recently bought the machine im on now, 920 i7 12GB ram 6950 cayman islands GPU for the equivalent to 300, but that was all used.
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Thats a nice overview, now I finaly know where all these AMD Gfx Cards stand compared to the NVidia cards. Never went into AMD cards actualy so no clue whats going on there.
 
comradekingu said:
You wanted game-performance on a budget. The laptop part doesn't make any sense to me.

Have a look at http://www.logicalincrements.comthere is much iron to be had for 300.

I just recently bought the machine im on now, 920 i7 12GB ram 6950 cayman islands GPU for the equivalent to 300, but that was all used.
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Nice build.  my coworker and I came up with something similar in a speculative build.  Lots of power for cheap going the used route like that.
 
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