A question about laptop computers… (Help is badly needed, and very much appreciated especially from pros)?
January 13th, 2010 | 
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I wanted to buy a laptop to use for school and fun. My main concern is with SPEED. I don’t want to wait 3 hours for it to load while I’m using the internet. I’ll be using it to do home works on word, power point, surf the web, and hopefully being able to WRITE PROGRAMS using C++. Programming is my hobbie, so that’s why I said hopefully. Later (maybe in a year or so) depending on how long it lasts I may use it to analyze 3 dimensional structures of organic molecules (school related). So I hope now you all understand when I say I’m very concerned with speed.
My idea was to buy a laptop used for gaming since those are the fastest (from what i’ve heard), but I don’t know if those can be used for the things I intend to use it or not.
Any ideas, suggestions, are all welcome. One last detail: I prefer to stay within 00, but if you think is absolutely necessary I can go up to $ 2000 but no more.
Thanks all in advance!
I think there’s a little bit of a misunderstanding. I DON’T want to use my laptop to play games. Probably NEVER for that purpose. I was just thinking of buying one used for gaming since from what I hear they’re the fastest. And 1 more thing if you can please be specific telling me the name, and what you think I should buy not just refering me to a site telling me to look there. Ok thanks again, I hope I didn’t sound harsh.
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3 Responses to “A question about laptop computers… (Help is badly needed, and very much appreciated especially from pros)?”
A question about laptop computers… (Help is badly needed, and very much appreciated especially from pros)?
I wanted to buy a laptop to use for school and fun. My main concern is with SPEED. I don’t want to wait 3 hours for it to load while I’m using the internet. I’ll be using it to do home works on word, power point, surf the web, and hopefully being able to WRITE PROGRAMS using C++. Programming is my hobbie, so that’s why I said hopefully. Later (maybe in a year or so) depending on how long it lasts I may use it to analyze 3 dimensional structures of organic molecules (school related). So I hope now you all understand when I say I’m very concerned with speed.
My idea was to buy a laptop used for gaming since those are the fastest (from what i’ve heard), but I don’t know if those can be used for the things I intend to use it or not.
Any ideas, suggestions, are all welcome. One last detail: I prefer to stay within 00, but if you think is absolutely necessary I can go up to $ 2000 but no more.
Thanks all in advance!
I think there’s a little bit of a misunderstanding. I DON’T want to use my laptop to play games. Probably NEVER for that purpose. I was just thinking of buying one used for gaming since from what I hear they’re the fastest. And 1 more thing if you can please be specific telling me the name, and what you think I should buy not just refering me to a site telling me to look there. Ok thanks again, I hope I didn’t sound harsh.
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3 Responses to “A question about laptop computers… (Help is badly needed, and very much appreciated especially from pros)?”
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Gabrielle says:
Look for the best quality parts in the laptop which are not easily upgraded (CPU, Graphics card etc), then upgrade the parts like battery, ram and hard drive later. You don’t want to spend extra money on features you don’t use. If you DO want to play games on it go for the gaming laptop.
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I know what you mean. My friend works in a similar field – Bio Informatics – and uses the laptop for something similar, something to do with 3D DNA molecules. You’re on the right track.. You’ll need a fast multi-core processor and a good graphics card, similar to what gamers use. I suggest the Alienware series for you. These are the best laptops money can buy. Though just about any mid-range laptop will suffice for your programming needs, you’ll need something a lot more powerful for 3D analysis. Go for the i7 processor and lots of RAM (6 or 8 GB). Don’t forget to opt for a 64-bit OS. 32-bit OS have limited memory support.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220639 Here you go. And it doesn’t break the budget. Great OS for general and gaming use.
Look for the best quality parts in the laptop which are not easily upgraded (CPU, Graphics card etc), then upgrade the parts like battery, ram and hard drive later. You don’t want to spend extra money on features you don’t use. If you DO want to play games on it go for the gaming laptop.
I know what you mean. My friend works in a similar field – Bio Informatics – and uses the laptop for something similar, something to do with 3D DNA molecules. You’re on the right track.. You’ll need a fast multi-core processor and a good graphics card, similar to what gamers use. I suggest the Alienware series for you. These are the best laptops money can buy. Though just about any mid-range laptop will suffice for your programming needs, you’ll need something a lot more powerful for 3D analysis. Go for the i7 processor and lots of RAM (6 or 8 GB). Don’t forget to opt for a 64-bit OS. 32-bit OS have limited memory support.
http://www.alienware.com/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220639 Here you go. And it doesn’t break the budget. Great OS for general and gaming use.