Best laptop for my situation?

SeenBean · Oct 19, 2009, 02:17 AM

So I was wondering..

What is the best laptop for a Visual Communications (Graphic Design) student? (college)

I love gaming, music, and I will be editing/creating photos on the computer.

My budget would have to be less than $1,000.

This is what I want to get ATM.
It'd be a bit much to lug around everywhere, and the battery life isn't too grand, but I can cope, as well as find an available outlet..

Good? Bad?

Reviews are pretty good and its specs are completely badass.

(excuse my language)

comp_ali · Oct 19, 2009, 06:25 AM

Never heard of it but from specs it looks promising , I can't recommend you a specific model but my experience with Toshiba was very good. Stay away from Dell at least that what will I do from now on.

BlueMak · Oct 19, 2009, 08:55 AM

Unless you are going to plug it into an external monitor, I would go for something with a higher resolution monitor.
BTW, if you want to do any seriously graphic design work, you will probably need 1-2 external monitors anyhow.

ET3D · Oct 19, 2009, 11:20 AM

That Gateway looks to me like pretty good value for money. I haven't found anything that I consider that good for under $1000. I do think that the ASUS G51Vx-X3A (link at Newegg below) is more attractive, since it has a better graphics card and higher resolution, plus is smaller and lighter, but it's also $1280.

Newegg.com - ASUS G Series G51Vx-X3A NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8700(2.53GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M - Laptops / Notebooks

SeenBean · Oct 19, 2009, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

Unless you are going to plug it into an external monitor, I would go for something with a higher resolution monitor.
BTW, if you want to do any seriously graphic design work, you will probably need 1-2 external monitors anyhow.

Yeah, I am planning on getting one for home on my desk eventually..

The school store at the college I want to go to sells lots of monitors for discounts to students

It was like a 22" Acer widescreen for like $170.. which might be normal.. idk.. I'd have to look into it!

SeenBean · Oct 19, 2009, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ET3D

That Gateway looks to me like pretty good value for money. I haven't found anything that I consider that good for under $1000. I do think that the ASUS G51Vx-X3A (link at Newegg below) is more attractive, since it has a better graphics card and higher resolution, plus is smaller and lighter, but it's also $1280.

Newegg.com - ASUS G Series G51Vx-X3A NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8700(2.53GHz) 15.6" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD 7200rpm DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M - Laptops / Notebooks

Eh $1,280 is a little much. $1,000 is pushing it

SeenBean · Oct 19, 2009, 11:11 PM

Thanks for all the replys everyone btw

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SeenBean Guys... I did something! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: High-Rise cornfield.. Posts: 135 Rep Power: 22 System Specs	Best laptop for my situation? So I was wondering.. What is the best laptop for a Visual Communications (Graphic Design) student? (college) I love gaming, music, and I will be editing/creating photos on the computer. My budget would have to be less than $1,000. This is what I want to get ATM. It'd be a bit much to lug around everywhere, and the battery life isn't too grand, but I can cope, as well as find an available outlet.. Good? Bad? Reviews are pretty good and its specs are completely badass. (excuse my language) __________________ You sir, get the WTF?!? smiley..

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Oct 19, 2009, 11:11 PM	Thread Starter #7
SeenBean Guys... I did something! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: High-Rise cornfield.. Posts: 135 Rep Power: 22 System Specs	Re: Best laptop for my situation? Thanks for all the replys everyone btw __________________ You sir, get the WTF?!? smiley..