How does this laptop look?

Started by Syt, April 14, 2011, 12:18:07 PM

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Syt

April 14, 2011, 12:18:07 PM
My 2009 laptop is showing its age, and working on its 1366x768 screen is less than ideal. I'm not using it on the road, so battery life and weight are no big issues.

I'm currently looking at Amazon.de's:
Acer Aspire 8951G-263161.5TWnss
Core i7-2630QM 4x 2.00GHz
16GB RAM
2x750GB HD
nVidia GeForce GT555M w/ 2GB
18.4" WUXGA glare LED TFT (1920x1080)
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Price tag: 1600 EUR

Ideas, comments?
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Barrister

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April 14, 2011, 12:19:56 PM
I'm assuming that thing has shit battery life...

And what do you need 16GB of RAM for?
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Syt

#2
April 14, 2011, 12:21:51 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 14, 2011, 12:19:56 PM
I'm assuming that thing has shit battery life...

And what do you need 16GB of RAM for?

As said, battery life is no big concern for me.

And I could alt-tab between STO, WITE and OOTP. :P
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MadImmortalMan

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April 14, 2011, 12:22:15 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 14, 2011, 12:19:56 PM

And what do you need 16GB of RAM for?

You really need to ask that?   :P


Anyway, looks like what most people would call a desktop replacement. Big screen. Looks pretty cool as long as the chassis isn't shit. (And it has adequate cooling.)
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Grey Fox

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April 14, 2011, 12:24:56 PM
That's too much. Especially the 2 HDD. 1 USB3.0 2TB external hdd is like 150$
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Syt

#5
April 14, 2011, 12:30:46 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 14, 2011, 12:24:56 PM
That's too much. Especially the 2 HDD. 1 USB3.0 2TB external hdd is like 150$

Oh, I have 5 TB external storage, anyways (backups+media). I like to have a big system partition, though (i.e. /documents folder - it's very small on my current laptop ... and I'm too lazy to move it to the other partition) and plenty of room for installing games/software without runninig into space constraints.
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Grey Fox

#6
April 14, 2011, 12:34:29 PM Last Edit: April 14, 2011, 12:36:18 PM by Grey Fox
Still, 1 would suffice, I say.

Are the Mobile chip with Sandy Bridge coming soon?

Oh that's one.
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Norgy

#7
April 14, 2011, 12:57:05 PM
Say no to Acer.

Berkut

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April 14, 2011, 03:52:14 PM
Quote from: Syt on April 14, 2011, 12:21:51 PM
And I could alt-tab between STO, WITE and OOTP. :P

:hmm: :rolleyes:
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Barrister

#9
April 14, 2011, 04:03:54 PM
Wait, I missed the most important part.

You're still playing STO???

You should contribute in the thread more often. :hug:
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Syt

#10
April 14, 2011, 04:11:18 PM
Quote from: Barrister on April 14, 2011, 04:03:54 PM
You're still playing STO???

Every couple of weeks for a few days. Far from being a regular player. ;)
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—Stephen Jay Gould

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Syt

#11
April 29, 2011, 01:25:56 AM
I have: ordered.

Amazon says the article will be available on May 10th.
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