Laptop for $1,500

[rguy1221]

From a scholarship, I have $1500 to spend on a laptop only. Less and the money is wasted. More and I pay the extra. I've been comparing choices, but there is a lot out there.

I can buy a Macbook pro 15" with 2.66ghz cpu for $1,850 after college deal, and sell the touch that comes with it, to pay ~ $1,650, but it has integrated graphics

I can buy some kind of Alienware m17 with dual HD 3870s and a 2.4 ghz cpu for ~$1,600

I can go on newegg and find some things, but nothing is outstanding graphics-wise. The ram and CPU is better, however, on these Asus and Vaio computers around $1,500

There haven't been any good SDs in this price range besides that Dell XPS 17" that had dual graphics cards on May 15 for $1,000. Wish I would have got that!

What does everyone think? I have a desktop already, but I'd like to buy something with a decent graphics card to play games on some times, or else just go for the "unique" factor (I haven't had a mac since the 90s) and buy the macbook.

[shifter25]

Congrats on the scholarship.

What about the Asus N90SV-A1 laptop at exactly $1500 on Amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/N90Sv-A1-18-4-Inch-Processor-Blu-ray-Premium/dp/B0023BK7S4


It is a 18.4" laptop so definitely not something you'd want to lug around.





From a scholarship, I have $1500 to spend on a laptop only. Less and the money is wasted. More and I pay the extra. I've been comparing choices, but there is a lot out there.

I can buy a Macbook pro 15" with 2.66ghz cpu for $1,850 after college deal, and sell the touch that comes with it, to pay ~ $1,650, but it has integrated graphics

I can buy some kind of Alienware m17 with dual HD 3870s and a 2.4 ghz cpu for ~$1,600

I can go on newegg and find some things, but nothing is outstanding graphics-wise. The ram and CPU is better, however, on these Asus and Vaio computers around $1,500

There haven't been any good SDs in this price range besides that Dell XPS 17" that had dual graphics cards on May 15 for $1,000. Wish I would have got that!

What does everyone think? I have a desktop already, but I'd like to buy something with a decent graphics card to play games on some times, or else just go for the "unique" factor (I haven't had a mac since the 90s) and buy the macbook.

[damnyou]

how about customizing this one

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dndosc3&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&kc=laptops_great_deals

[rguy1221]

thank you, I'll consider both of those!

[knataku]

I would suggest the Thinkpad T400 with the 14" for portability since you already have a desktop.

There's a recent deal for it at around $600 for dedicated graphics with other options available. hope that helps

[rguy1221]

Thank you knataku, but the graphics option for the T400 is limited just to the 3470. Sorry, but right now the best GPU I can get for ~$1500 is an MSI GT725-212US with a HD 4850. That seems to have good benchmarks. What does anyone else thinks.