Thinking About Getting a New Computer

[Aussie Legend]

This laptop I have has almost completely shat itself, after having it repaired by Toshiba it has slowed down an insane amount and takes ten or so minutes to load Firefox at times.

Anyway, I was thinking of getting a new computer, preferably a laptop so I don't have to buy a monitor and crap; I don't really have any room in my room to put a desktop anyway.

I was just looking at the Alienware website and their stuff looks really good, even if it is excessively expensive. Then again, I know nothing about computers; I just want a new good gaming computer that can run games that are coming out these days.

Can anyone suggest anything/tell me whether or not this Alienware stuff is good? I honestly do not know what I'm supposed to be looking for.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Alienware is god, but expensive.

A gaming laptop will run you $1000+, I'd recommend getting a Desktop PC, which you can have twice the power for half the cost.

Also, if your laptop is running slow, you need to clean it. You probably got too much porn on there so delete some to free up HDD space. You're PC will run slow if you fill up the HDD so it needs space to work in.

Also, defrag. Do that daily. http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

 

[Storm]

Simple solution.

Get a Mac.

 

[Green Ranger]

Simple solution.

Get a Mac.

Yes, because he's going to go buy a mac simply on the grounds that you told him to.

FFS people annoy me.

 

[Aussie Legend]

Alienware is god, but expensive.

A gaming laptop will run you $1000+, I'd recommend getting a Desktop PC, which you can have twice the power for half the cost.

Also, if your laptop is running slow, you need to clean it. You probably got too much porn on there so delete some to free up HDD space. You're PC will run slow if you fill up the HDD so it needs space to work in.

Also, defrag. Do that daily. http://www.iobit.com/iobitsmartdefrag.html

Cheers, will do. I've got 25GB of South Park on my computer along with 15GB of music; that probably has something to do with it.

I was looking at the Alienware Aurora desktop; $2,599 isn't bad. I would have to get on the $28 bucks a week through my dads card though.

 

[Storm]

Yes, because he's going to go buy a mac simply on the grounds that you told him to.

It was simply a suggestion...

And he was asking for recommendations so I gave him one...

 

[Kit]

Simple solution.

Get a Mac.

To play games? Um... no. There's about... three games for the mac. Total.

 

[Cailst]

To play games? Um... no. There's about... three games for the mac. Total.

But you can get boot camp which allows you to use another operating system and then you can play games with that.

 

[Kit]

But you can get boot camp which allows you to use another operating system and then you can play games with that.

So... take a hit to performance, that you paid twice what you would for a windows based equal, in order to play games that you could have been playing for half the cost and a fraction of the time...

That... defies logic.

 

[Santoro]

So... take a hit to performance, that you paid twice what you would for a windows based equal, in order to play games that you could have been playing for half the cost and a fraction of the time...

That... defies logic.

No hit to performance, Windows runs better on Mac machines- google it.

Don't go Alienware, you're paying way too much for the brand name. I'm all for Macs with Boot Camp (an additional ten dollars if you have a decent campus discount or something).

 

[Aussie Legend]

I'll be sticking with Windows if I do get one.

 

[Ser Gregor]

You pay for the shiny chassis and name for Alienware computers. Don't waste your money on one.

Go HP, Sony, or Acer. I myself have an Acer Aspire 8930. It comes with 4GB DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9600m GT 512MB, HDMI, BluRay, Core 2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz, 18.4 inch Wide Screen full 1080p, and it cost me a clean $1200.

The cheapest Alienware laptop is $1,400 more, and you get a slightly poorer CPU, a much smaller screen, 1GB less RAM, a bigger HDD, and a more powerful Video Card.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

You pay for the shiny chassis and name for Alienware computers. Don't waste your money on one.

Go HP, Sony, or Acer. I myself have an Acer Aspire 8930. It comes with 4GB DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 9600m GT 512MB, HDMI, BluRay, Core 2 Duo T5800 2.00 GHz, 18.4 inch Wide Screen full 1080p, and it cost me a clean $1200.

The cheapest Alienware laptop is $1,400 more, and you get a slightly poorer CPU, a much smaller screen, 1GB less RAM, a bigger HDD, and a more powerful Video Card.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Acer is a great choice and I recommend it, very reliable stuff.

For a desktop, if you can, a custom PC w/ windows seven is the best way to go.

Keep your laptop and clean it up. Once you do that use it like you should a netbook and use the desktop for badassery.

 

[Aussie Legend]

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Acer is a great choice and I recommend it, very reliable stuff.

For a desktop, if you can, a custom PC w/ windows seven is the best way to go.

Keep your laptop and clean it up. Once you do that use it like you should a netbook and use the desktop for badassery.

Custom built? Can you get it build for you online?

 

[Green Ranger]

Generally there are computer parts stores around where you can get all you need to put a system together. I've actually got one down the road from me, and there's always the alternative of swap-meets.

I put my current system together myself for about...$800(AUD) about a year and a half ago, and it works well for gaming. mobo, cpu, ram, graphics card, hd, case, monitor and speakers is probably all you'd need for what you want to do with it, so you're probably looking at about a grand all up for a fairly basic but competittive system, if you put it together yourself.

 

[Aussie Legend]

Generally there are computer parts stores around where you can get all you need to put a system together. I've actually got one down the road from me, and there's always the alternative of swap-meets.

I put my current system together myself for about...$800(AUD) about a year and a half ago, and it works well for gaming. mobo, cpu, ram, graphics card, hd, case, monitor and speakers is probably all you'd need for what you want to do with it, so you're probably looking at about a grand all up for a fairly basic but competittive system, if you put it together yourself.

Don't think there's one where I live, and I don't know anything about putting a computer together; is there much to know?

EDIT: Just found this on the Harvey Norman website; which has a store where I live. I searched in the one you suggested Nexus, but couldn't find it.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Well, if you really don't understand a computer, I'd recommend you find someone irl who does or just buy a PC.

 

[Green Ranger]

Don't think there's one where I live, and I don't know anything about putting a computer together; is there much to know?

It's pretty easy to throw one together - I did it first shot. And for the incredibly technologically challenged, they generally come with assembly instructions.

 

[Ser Gregor]

Only bad part of putting your PC together yourself is the asinine problems you can run in to. I was helping a friend put one together and we had screwed in the motherboard to tight, so it kept on shorting the board. Took us three hours to figure that out.

 

[Ru the Boatswain]

Only bad part of putting your PC together yourself is the asinine problems you can run in to. I was helping a friend put one together and we had screwed in the motherboard to tight, so it kept on shorting the board. Took us three hours to figure that out.

Yeah, I idd the same thing when I assembled a server (it was my first assembly of any kind of computer) and it took a quick glance from my boss to figure the problem out.

I forgot they came with instructions. I have not seen any in some time, with the exception of the CPU fan instructions for a tedious little one.