My computer is reaching its end soon, its a desktop and i will be graduating college in a few months. Wanted to get the computer before i'm out for the student discounts.
I figure a laptop would be better for work, but i'm also big into gaming.
Should i jsut get a high end laptop, or would it be better to get a laptop that works and then get a high end desktop.....
I mean the next desktop i was looking at was gonna run me about 3000$ just for the tower.....not sure if i can even find a laptop with teh same specs
2007-06-28 04:42:01 · 9 answers · asked by My name is not bruce 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I would go with a desktop. They are more powerful with more high tech stuff. Plus they are not nearly as expensive.
Laptops are okay if you are going to use it for small projects, work, writting stuff, etc. The batteries are horrible and cost way too much if you are just going to leave it on a desk.
For gaming purposes, go with the desktop.
2007-06-28 04:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by jcann17 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We have 2 desktops & 1 laptop so all 3 of us can be on the internet at the same time!!
2016-05-21 23:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can get a laptop that can do anything a desktop can do...EXCEPT: for laptops, overheating is endemic: the fans are on the bottom, of course, with small space for ventilation! Think about it. With a tower, you have all that space around the sides for constant ventilation of all components. A tower, then, also has room for INTERNAL housing of components (like, say, extra hard drives, if you think you'll need'em), more USB holes (if you think you'll need 'em), and thus SOME freedom (perhaps?) from the cable tangle behind your desk...?
I mention overheating because...my HP overheated twice this past year and I had to rebuild the OS and re-install all software and personal data (grrr...)
I WILL admit, though, that I have switched from a desktop to laptop
2007-06-28 04:57:33 · answer #3 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a mac. Check out SearchAllDeals and Apple Developer Connection for Students.
2007-06-29 13:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for $3000 you can get a dell inspirion laptop with blu ray and a nVIDIA 8600gt 256meg, and 2 gig of ram, with dual hardrives, and a intel centrino duo 2.4GHz processor. but if the vram is a little skimpy you can get an hp dv9500t with 8600gt gpu and an intel centrino duo processor with 2.2 GHz and 2 gig of ram for $1700.
2007-06-28 04:47:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you know there are some good and some outstanding notebooks or laptops for gaming, what i recommend to you is an Alienware notebook. check this link and you can find a high performance notebook to match your needs.
http://www.alienware.com/product_pages/notebook_all_default.aspx
good luck
2007-06-28 04:54:35 · answer #6 · answered by noctis invocat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should get a laptop because it's portable and convenient.
2007-06-28 09:01:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i recomend to you to buy a vaio from sony but its a laptop or as you said that u like gaming all that stuff i recomend you to buy a XPS M1710 their the best for play games and internet uses...
2007-06-28 04:50:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should get a desktop. It's cheaper, easier to use, and more disk space.
2007-06-28 04:50:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋