GlowStick
07-19-06, 12:13 AM
Going to a new college that is going to be requireing laptops, but i never owned one and dont know what to get. Unfortuantly I dont think ill be bringing my rig along so it will be my only machine.
I do plan to bring the laptop with me and to class and around the campus, so alot of people are recomending a 15" for portability. A few requriements I have is non shared video ram and at least a midrange chip. I also like the highist resolution i can get.
One model I am kind of likeing is the Lenovo ThinkPad T60p, it has an optional 1600x1200 15" display. It also has a ATi FireGL V5200 (Radeon X1600) equivlent with 156mb discreet vram. Link (http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/t-series/index.html)
Even though its a firegl the performance seems to be around the same as a X1600. However, my friend recnetly bought one and says that Wolfenstein ET wont run if punkbuster is enabled. Witch leads me to belive that punkbuster for some reason will not work with his T60p or a T40 (maybe diff model) so he really claims its an Thinkpad problem. Honestly I dont play many pb multiplayer games anymore so i dont know how annoying it would be. But the pros im being told is longer battery life and better construction. BTW id get it with the 100gig 7200rpm hdd, 1gig of ram (upgrade later).
The problem is its dam expensive. One alternative that has just about everything in it is an Asus. Cyberpower (http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ntbkx56800.asp?v=d) Seems to be reselling it for a pritty cheep price (not sure if i would buy it from them or build it my self if i can get the parts). The only thing I dont like is the resolution, but its not bad. Next, i dont know the quality of the notebook since this thing does have to last.
Hm, anyone with laptop experince have some advice or maybe a diffrent model/brad I should choose.
I do plan to bring the laptop with me and to class and around the campus, so alot of people are recomending a 15" for portability. A few requriements I have is non shared video ram and at least a midrange chip. I also like the highist resolution i can get.
One model I am kind of likeing is the Lenovo ThinkPad T60p, it has an optional 1600x1200 15" display. It also has a ATi FireGL V5200 (Radeon X1600) equivlent with 156mb discreet vram. Link (http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/t-series/index.html)
Even though its a firegl the performance seems to be around the same as a X1600. However, my friend recnetly bought one and says that Wolfenstein ET wont run if punkbuster is enabled. Witch leads me to belive that punkbuster for some reason will not work with his T60p or a T40 (maybe diff model) so he really claims its an Thinkpad problem. Honestly I dont play many pb multiplayer games anymore so i dont know how annoying it would be. But the pros im being told is longer battery life and better construction. BTW id get it with the 100gig 7200rpm hdd, 1gig of ram (upgrade later).
The problem is its dam expensive. One alternative that has just about everything in it is an Asus. Cyberpower (http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ntbkx56800.asp?v=d) Seems to be reselling it for a pritty cheep price (not sure if i would buy it from them or build it my self if i can get the parts). The only thing I dont like is the resolution, but its not bad. Next, i dont know the quality of the notebook since this thing does have to last.
Hm, anyone with laptop experince have some advice or maybe a diffrent model/brad I should choose.