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Hi,
Basicly I'm trying to chose atm between doing a few upgrades to my PC & building a second PC or not doing upgrades and getting a laptop.
Basicly I'm going to be staying round my g/f's more & they only have one PC which isn't in her room. I cba taking mine there & back again so it's an upgrade to mine & then with the spare bits build a PC to sit at her's (only CRT monitor) Or buy a laptop.
All I would be doing is browsing the interweb, listening to music, watching a few moveis and playing a few carp games. All my good games (CoD4 etc) will be played on my main rig still, I'm talking RCT1/2, Pirates, Portal... Those sorts of games so on-board GFX will do for now.
If I upgrade the PC I'm looking at around £300-£350 and for a laptop deffinatly no more than £500. Has to be dual core with 2GB RAM & 120GB+ HDD. Would like a 17" screen as well
I have seen the ADVENT 9517 but wondered: #1 if it's any good? #2 if I could change a few things if I bought it?
Basicly, I would want to put a 2ghz+ chip in sometime with maybe 4GB RAM, would that be possible?
#3 Would people recomend the laptop route or the upgrade?
The only reason I'm thinking of a laptop is because I could take it AWAY from her house as well. The PC would be stuck there along with a 17" CRT... I also wouldn't be able to sit in bed with her if I upgraded the PC which she may moan about
Also can you buy better batteries for laptops? (More cells etc?)
This will be my first ever laptop purchase so would like to make a good one
Cheers for any respone, Doug.
Basicly I'm trying to chose atm between doing a few upgrades to my PC & building a second PC or not doing upgrades and getting a laptop.
Basicly I'm going to be staying round my g/f's more & they only have one PC which isn't in her room. I cba taking mine there & back again so it's an upgrade to mine & then with the spare bits build a PC to sit at her's (only CRT monitor) Or buy a laptop.
All I would be doing is browsing the interweb, listening to music, watching a few moveis and playing a few carp games. All my good games (CoD4 etc) will be played on my main rig still, I'm talking RCT1/2, Pirates, Portal... Those sorts of games so on-board GFX will do for now.
If I upgrade the PC I'm looking at around £300-£350 and for a laptop deffinatly no more than £500. Has to be dual core with 2GB RAM & 120GB+ HDD. Would like a 17" screen as well
I have seen the ADVENT 9517 but wondered: #1 if it's any good? #2 if I could change a few things if I bought it?
Basicly, I would want to put a 2ghz+ chip in sometime with maybe 4GB RAM, would that be possible?
#3 Would people recomend the laptop route or the upgrade?
The only reason I'm thinking of a laptop is because I could take it AWAY from her house as well. The PC would be stuck there along with a 17" CRT... I also wouldn't be able to sit in bed with her if I upgraded the PC which she may moan about
Also can you buy better batteries for laptops? (More cells etc?)
This will be my first ever laptop purchase so would like to make a good one
Cheers for any respone, Doug.