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Flaxpants · 02-08-12, 10:22 PM

Hi shipmates, I am in the market for a laptop and I have a budget of $1000 to spend. I know my way around desktop PC's pretty well, but I have never before owned a laptop (notebook?- whatever they call them these days) so I am trying to feel my way through the mass of options and am finding it fairly daunting. With technology moving so fast it's like trying to shoot at a moving target... I nearly bought something yesterday for around $950 , the specs looked ok to me, but when I got back home and checked the GPU out online (GT540M) I found that it had perhaps the worse performance/ price ratio of all.

What do I want the laptop for? Well, I am buying it for work firstly as I will be on the move for the next few months, but I also would like to get something that I can use for gaming.

So I'm looking for the best bang for my buck, and am wondering if anyone out there might be kind enough to offer me some advice/ recommendations on the subject, as heck!- I'm lost in the dark!

02-08-12, 10:22 PM	#1
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	I have $1000- which laptop? Hi shipmates, I am in the market for a laptop and I have a budget of $1000 to spend. I know my way around desktop PC's pretty well, but I have never before owned a laptop (notebook?- whatever they call them these days) so I am trying to feel my way through the mass of options and am finding it fairly daunting. With technology moving so fast it's like trying to shoot at a moving target... I nearly bought something yesterday for around $950 , the specs looked ok to me, but when I got back home and checked the GPU out online (GT540M) I found that it had perhaps the worse performance/ price ratio of all. What do I want the laptop for? Well, I am buying it for work firstly as I will be on the move for the next few months, but I also would like to get something that I can use for gaming. So I'm looking for the best bang for my buck, and am wondering if anyone out there might be kind enough to offer me some advice/ recommendations on the subject, as heck!- I'm lost in the dark!