Yeeey.. my mom will buy me notebook!!!

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CPU : AMD MOBILE ATHLON™64 3000+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
MOTHERBOARD : SiS Chipset Mainboard
MEMORY : 512 MB PC2700 333MHz DDR MEMORY (CORSAIR XMS NOTEBOOK MEMORY)
VIDEO CARD : MOBILE ATI RADEON 9700 PRO 64MB VIDEO
HARD DRIVE : 40GB 5400RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
OPTICAL DRIVE : 8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE
SOUND : BUILT-IN AC 97 SOUND
would you pls. take a look... do you have idea to make it more cheaper?
And wait I'm planning to use it for school, some movies, net surfing, :twisted: music, :twisted: some gaming...
And wait, is it possible to play games? (DOOM3) (HALF-LIFE)?
 

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Ouch, you can get a much much better desktop with that money. But, if you REALLY need a laptop, then I guess you're stuck! Unless you feel like carrying around your desktop, that would be cool. Plus, most notebooks are nonupgradeable!

Everything looks pretty snazzy. Half Life and Doom 3 may give you some trouble, even at lower detail settings - but will likely be playable. BF2 should be playable fine on low settings, I have a friend with nearly the same specs as you have.

If you can, upgrade the GFX card. The RAM could use an upgrade too, which will be cheap. HDD to 7200 RPM would be nice. Sounds like you might be on a tight budget though... If there's anything I MUST urge you to do, get a video card with 128MB!

As far as getting rid of stuff... You could probably drop the processor to 2500+ without a huge hit to the game speed. You can also make the DVD read-only, but that might be important to you - you can't burn porn to DVD without one ;P.

Okay so it looks SOL as far as cheaper goes.

Maybe check out another company for notebooks? I know www.ibuypower.com has some great deals on them, as well as www.buyxg.com.
 

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Get only the minimum you can stand when it comes to notebooks. Unless you have a lot of money to blow, there is no need in spending much money on gaming components. I've never been a fan of notebooks because they haven't solved the power issues, which includes the graphics components. They are nice to be able to surf on the web and write papers on the go, maybe even watching a movie (if battery life permits), otherwise they are not yet ready for primetime. PDA's with multimedia playback, net surfing and some sort of notepad are the way to go for now. They can be had for roughly $600. I like to be able to put it in my pocket. Once Lcos's can be fully utilized, they will be awesome. Otherwise, $1800 or more on a notebook may satisfy, supposing you do shop well.
 

bulkypc07

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I'll go with..
CPU : AMD MOBILE ATHLON™64 2800+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
MOTHERBOARD : SiS Chipset Mainboard
MEMORY : 512 MB PC2700 333MHz DDR MEMORY (Kingmax NOTEBOOK )
VIDEO CARD : MOBILE ATI RADEON 9700 PRO 64MB VIDEO
HARD DRIVE : 40GB 5400RPM/7200RPM ULTRA ATA 100 HARD DRIVE
OPTICAL DRIVE : 8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE
SOUND : BUILT-IN AC 97 SOUND
thanks guys..
 

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Not a bad Notebook, but honestly not something you can really game on with today’s games.
Need 1G Ram, and better video.
If you want something for school, go cheep on the laptop $600-700 or refurbished for even less and upgrade your desktop.
Or put together a Shuttle system.
 

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About the CPU should i choose 2500+ or 2800+?
about the ram maybe i'l upgrade it later..
128MB 9600 or 64MB 9700 ati mobile?
 

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About the CPU should i choose 2500+ or 2800+?
about the ram maybe i'l upgrade it later..
128MB 9600 or 64MB 9700 ati mobile?

Go with the 9600. That extra 128MB will save you.

The 2800+ is, of course, better. BUT, if you can save over 100$ on the 2500+, I would get that instead.
 

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Go with the 9600. That extra 128MB will save you.
LIES!
The M9700(9600XT) will have more power than M9600. Neither of those VPU can use more than 64MB with their limited power compared to nowdays desktop gfx card.

Serious? Okay listen to him, I'm no master when it comes to laptop GFX.