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[GuardianTempest]

Ok I got a pamphlet at MOA, a book-sized one. And so far I've been enticed to decide what my laptop I'm going to get when I finish high school.

The pamphlet is from MSI and I'm picking one from the G-series.

Current Lead: GE700(MSI)
According to it:
Intel i5 Processor
-i5 460M 2.53Ghz
-HM55 Express Chipset
-MSI Wireless 802.11BGN
ATi Radeon....ah nuts
Switchable Graphics
17.3" HD Screen....
2GB DDR3 Memory
320GB Hard Drive(720 rpm)
Super-multi(?) DVD+RW Drive
HD Webcam, HDMI(?), 3 x USB 2.0
2 HD speakers....will I care about this?
6-cell battery and a free MSI Bag
Oh and any DOS of my choice(going to be XP Prof.), well since it says 'Free DOS'...I guess
Price: P49,995

Other Factor- programs I plan on installing
Cnc GenZH(bare minimum)
My other games
KGB Archiver
WinRAR
Auslogics Defrag
Unlocker
Some anti-virus
Something for torrents
Photoshop
YT Downloader
Other utilities

Spoiler

MMD

Some other stuff....ehh...

Well now I'm asking if is there anything wrong, if there's a better alternative within metro manila. What else, I'm not really sure if I would regret this in the future. I'm too poor-willed to say anything else.

[Alias]

Eh, you really can do better than that, especially at that price.

2gb is really low end for memory these days, you should aim for at least 4gb.
320gb is a rather small HDD
17.3" screen, why bother buy a laptop if you want something this big. If you're going for a laptop don't go larger than 16", otherwise you lose all portability.
I'd also suggest that you may as well go with Windows 7 as well, they'll drop support for XP eventually.

I'll do some searching for you because I think you're getting ripped off.

What is your budget limit?

Edited by Alias, 09 January 2011 - 12:51.

[CJ]

FreeDOS means it's without OS

[GuardianTempest]

Alias, on 9 Jan 2011, 20:27, said:

Eh, you really can do better than that, especially at that price.

2gb is really low end for memory these days, you should aim for at least 4gb.
320gb is a rather small HDD
17.3" screen, why bother buy a laptop if you want something this big. If you're going for a laptop don't go larger than 16", otherwise you lose all portability.
I'd also suggest that you may as well go with Windows 7 as well, they'll drop support for XP eventually.

I'll do some searching for you because I think you're getting ripped off.

What is your budget limit?

50k MAX, thanks for the support, well I don't care about the screen anyway. All I want is POWAH and ENDURANCE. Also, my sis is using 7 as well and she's doing fine but I don't think it has compatibility with my stuff.

CJ, on 9 Jan 2011, 21:00, said:

FreeDOS means it's without OS

Nyah!? How come that clerk guy didn't tell me this!?

Thanks for the heads up.

[Alias]

http://www.villman.c...g_R480JT03PH_NB

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel® Core i5-450M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.40 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.66 GHz)
4GB DDR3 Memory
500GB SATA HDD
14.0" LED HD (1366 x 768) 16:9 Gloss
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 1GB DDR3 Dedicated Graphic
6 Cell Battery

P47,900 for that.

I can't find anything better for less than 50,000.

[GuardianTempest]

Alias, on 9 Jan 2011, 21:19, said:

http://www.villman.c...g_R480JT03PH_NB

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel® Core i5-450M processor (3 MB L3 cache, 2.40 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.66 GHz)
4GB DDR3 Memory
500GB SATA HDD
14.0" LED HD (1366 x 768) 16:9 Gloss
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 1GB DDR3 Dedicated Graphic
6 Cell Battery

P47,900 for that.

I can't find anything better for less than 50,000.

Ok I'll see what I can do, thanks alot. Seems balanced enough.

[CJ]

GuardianTempest, on 9 Jan 2011, 14:08, said:

CJ, on 9 Jan 2011, 21:00, said:

FreeDOS means it's without OS

Nyah!? How come that clerk guy didn't tell me this!?

Thanks for the heads up.

That's because he's there to sell, not to you a favor. I personally NEVER trust salesmen.
Also technically FreeDOS is a valid OS, but it's just that the only thing you can use it for is basic MS-DOS commands, so it's as useless as a PC without OS.

Also I have no ideas of which websites you can buy from, but try looking for the Toshiba Satellite L670-1DG, it should have a price close to the Samsung's one and it's 17" with a better graphic card.

[Alias]

Prices are all backwards there, for some reason. I wouldn't trust local prices as a judge of cost, most of the ASUS stuff costs way more there than it does here for some reason.

It was near impossible to find (up to date) Toshibas when I searched, considering they're my second choice after ASUS.

Edited by Alias, 09 January 2011 - 14:38.