Best Buy is going to be opening up in our town in the next month and I might get a job there. After this summer's over I'm heading to a university and am wanting to get a laptop. I definitely want something that can play world of warcraft or some decent games. What kind of graphics cards are good in notebooks because I heard you can't upgrade them since there is no extra slots.
2007-04-04 11:07:01 · 4 answers · asked by Fender-Strat 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8231237&type=product&productCategoryId=pcmcat103700050047&id=1167445400921
looking at this. Any good?
2007-04-04 11:07:47 · update #1
A good answer is not to buy a laptop from Best Buy. Seriously, they're going to do everything in their collective power to screw you over, and the product that you're getting is going to be marked up way over the price you can get by using an online seller. Case in point? I used to work at a Best Buy before opening up my own computer store. Some retail stores even have a methodology for screwing the customer, doing things such as subversive advertising, misleading return policies, and quite possibly the worst rebate system that exists in America. Take a look at websites like Amazon.com, Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com before buying in store, as I can guarantee you your experience at Best Buy will be a disappointing one.
2007-04-04 11:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by Lacclolith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not a bad deal, and it is a pretty powerful machine. The numbers for the most part are very good but there is no mention of a graphics card/ chipset or graphics processor anywhere, which is important if you want to play a game like WOW.
Take a look at some HP models as well because they integrate ATI graphics, which is much better than what SONY is using and try and match the rest of the specs as closely as possible to this one and you have a great machine.
I would also even consider going down to a higher end model with a smaller 15" screen because you can always hook it up to a bigger monitor when playing games.
2007-04-04 18:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be ok. I'm concerned it has a slow hard drive. Most are now 5400 or 7200rpm. This could slow down some operations where there is disk access.
160GB Serial ATA hard drive (4200 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics
The video is ok.
2007-04-04 18:23:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure you get a laptop that is Vista compatible even if you dont plan on running it. (DirectX issue) If you go to the World of Warcraft site it will give you minum specs, recommended and compatible graphics cards
2007-04-04 18:40:45 · answer #4 · answered by Rico A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋