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12-08-2011, 04:02 PM | #1 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Laptop shopping Trying to find a decent laptop for my daughter for Christmas. She plays Sims3 so it needs to have a 3d graphics card. Can anyone give any suggestions on the best place to look. I can only spend $500-600 on it, unfortunately, so I probably won't be able to get much but I figured someone here might have a magic place to go HELP
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12-09-2011, 10:46 AM | #2 |
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| we are buying our daughters laptops also. The best deal we have found is at Costco. Good luck!!!
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12-09-2011, 11:19 AM | #3 |
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| You can get a DELL with 500GB of memory and 4GB of RAM for about $499-$699 depending on the screen size. I've had my Dell for 3 years and I'm starting to have a few problems with it but that's mostly my own fault because I download a TON of stuff and only have 20GB left of my 250GB! Eek. Best Buy would be the best first stop. Dell.com is awesome, usually free/cheap shipping. You can buy a pre set up on, or customize them to fit your budget. All the specs. are usually on the website for ALL the computers and what the come equipped with. I'm pretty impressed with Windows7 too!
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12-10-2011, 04:57 AM | #4 |
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| Thanks girls
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12-10-2011, 05:50 AM | #5 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | I bought a small Acer last year and LOVE it! I looked around at local stores, then bought it on Amazon. Be sure to check Amazon prices when you find the right one - bc sometimes they're really good. Their return policy is great too.
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12-10-2011, 05:58 AM | #6 |
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| I've been looking too, have you looked at hsn.com, they have one now with 6 flex pays of 99.00. |
12-10-2011, 06:10 AM | #7 |
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| If she's going to be playing video games on it without it having issues you'll need to make sure it has a decent video card and meets the system requirements for Sims 3. I'll find you a few links and post back shortly. |
12-10-2011, 06:44 AM | #8 |
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| Samsung - Laptop / Intel® Pentium® Processor / 15.6" Display / 4GB Memory / 320GB Hard Drive - Black/Silver - NP-RV510-A03US This is $349.99. It meets the graphics card requirement (Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above) with Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M. It also meets the processor speed and RAM requirements. The graphics card one is really the tricky one to find on a laptop. Please know that this does not have a 3d graphics card. All the laptops with 3D graphics cards that i saw were $1500+ That being said. She doesn't need a 3d graphics card to play the game, and she will be able to run it reasonably well (according to the specified system requirements) with the laptop above. I'm an avid gamer and I've seen 3d graphics on PC's. The ones Ive seen were really not all that impressive... and they make me nauseous. :P Last edited by pandaleigh; 12-10-2011 at 06:46 AM. |
12-11-2011, 04:59 AM | #9 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Wow, thanks Panda I will check into that one further and probably go buy it today!!!! I appreciate everyone's help. It's really easy to over spend on stuff like this, or to buy something inadequate.
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12-11-2011, 07:30 AM | #10 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Well, I did it, I ordered a laptop! It had good reviews and seems to be just what she needs, AND it's pretty (super important to her) Walmart.com: HP Dandelion Breeze 15.6" Pavilion G6-1B59WM Laptop PC with AMD A4-3300M Processor, Windows 7 Home Premium & Matching Wireless Mouse and Carrying Case Bundle: Computers
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12-12-2011, 11:38 AM | #12 |
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| Toshiba at Best Buy. I recently replaced my old Toshiba laptop and I couldn't be happier. Amazing price too.
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12-13-2011, 06:28 AM | #13 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Thanks, Kristin. Already ordered one, the link is above, what do you think? I've always had good luck with HP desktops (my current one is almost 10 years old and still runs like new), so I felt pretty confident ordering a laptop from them.
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12-13-2011, 06:55 AM | #14 |
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| I missed your post -- great choice! It's super cute too. Your daughter will love it.
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12-14-2011, 06:44 AM | #15 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| Thanks, I hope she loves it. If not, I guess we can exchange it, but this was a great deal, I think. It comes with the matching bag and mouse
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