Laptops, which to get

[Korben]

I was thinking of picking one up:

Mac Book Pro 13"

or this

Vaio

Needs general computing and would like them to run relatively hefty games. I know the price goes with the vaio. And I know it is comparing apples and oranges. Just want some input, I completely suck at computers.

Sorry for the repost, misspelled the title in the last one. I told you I wasn't good with computers. I guess the bourbon doesn't help either.

 

[ratboycom]

What games are we talking? Also Mac for games? hahahahaha. Unless you plan to run windows, good luck finding games for that.
Mac has a better graphics card and faster ram, but less of it and costs more. Vaio has more ram and a bigger screen, but depending on what games we are talking about may be suficient graphics wise (512mb ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, I believe this is shared/integrated). If you were to spend a little more you could get a Windows laptop that could beat the pants off the Mac and be cheaper.

 

[imageWIS]

Get the Mac, then add Windows via Bootcamp.

 

[wadleygeforce]

i'd go with the vaio fof gaming, both are difficult to upgrade and customize so just go with the better value and warranty

 

[Korben]

Originally Posted by ratboycom

What games are we talking? Also Mac for games? hahahahaha. Unless you plan to run windows, good luck finding games for that.
Mac has a better graphics card and faster ram, but less of it and costs more. Vaio has more ram and a bigger screen, but depending on what games we are talking about may be suficient graphics wise (512mb ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, I believe this is shared/integrated). If you were to spend a little more you could get a Windows laptop that could beat the pants off the Mac and be cheaper.

I don't know. I know my son plays World of Warcraft and I am sure he will want to put that on it. Other than that. I don't guess it really matters. And what windows laptop would be teh pants off the Mac, can I get a link?

 

[spencers]

Hefty games?

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 in the Vaio should be the selling point!
You aren't going to get much out of the 9400M in the Mac.

 

[Kas]

Originally Posted by Korben

I don't know. I know my son plays World of Warcraft and I am sure he will want to put that on it. Other than that. I don't guess it really matters. And what windows laptop would be teh pants off the Mac, can I get a link?

I bought my laptop in September of 2006 and I can still run World of Warcraft's latest expansion on it now. I don't bother to try games like Modern Warfare 2 on it though, I'm pretty sure it's not going to handle that well.

Have you considered screen size and battery life? I bought a 17" laptop with the latest graphic card, a gig of RAM and a dualcore processor - pretty much the best available gaming laptop at the time. The downside of all of this is that my battery life doesn't even extend past 2 hours, it's heavy, large and is prone to overheat. I took all these things in stride because I knew it would function as a desktop I could move around more easily - but you should consider these aspects before buying one.