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Laptop suggestions anyone?
I currently use 360 but I want to purchase a laptop too since I travel quite often. I desire a system that can support ffxi and windower with no problems. My price, 500ish, suggestions?
I just picked this one up for $750. little over your price range, but this one should take you into ff14 as well
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152108 I hear ibuypower.com is really good, friend of mine has had his for 4 years of college, and can still handle the higher end games :) they have good prices. :)
I just bought this just to screw around on and it supports FFXI with windower just fine.
http://www.walmart.com/Acer-Aspire-Mini-Laptop-DVD-RW-Burner/ip/10726740#Features+%26+Specifications
This is the one I have, it is tiny as hell and it can play FFXI with windower. Only downside is that the FPS isn't all that high but its not that hard to manage. Here's a deals thread from yesterday, some deals may not apply anymore, but a few in your price range. Check'em out! http://lifehacker.com/5300473/gadget-and-gear-deals-of-the-day
Keep your eyes peeled on this link, it'll show the daily updates of Lifehacker's "Deals of the Day" posts, so you can keep up with deals and see if anything interests you. http://lifehacker.com/tag/dealhacker/ Both me and my fiance BOTH bought this laptop 2 months ago
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9173262&st=asus+laptop&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218044029168 It's the best laptop you can buy for the price, hands down. Product Weight 7.7 lbs. Product Depth 10.4" Processor Brand Intel® Processor Platform Intel® Centrino® 2 Processor Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile Processor Speed 2.13GHz Display Type WXGA widescreen with 1366 x 768 resolution Screen Size 15.6" System Bus 1066MHz Cache Memory 3MB on die Level System Memory (RAM) 4GB Type of Memory (RAM) PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM Hard Drive Type Serial ATA (7200 rpm) Hard Drive Size 320GB Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Optical Drive Speeds Drive speeds not specified Direct-Disc Labeling Yes Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card reader Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS Video Memory 512MB GDDR3 Personal Video Recorder (PVR) No TV Tuner No MPEG Yes Built-in Webcam Yes Modem None Networking Built-in 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector Wireless Networking Wireless-A+B+G+N Bluetooth-Enabled No Security Technology Facial recognition S-Video Outputs None Additional Audio/Video Connectors HDMI Audio Azalia audio chip Speakers Built-in Altec Lansing PCMCIA Slots 1 Type II USB 2.0 Ports 4 IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports 1 Parallel Ports None Serial Ports None Game Ports None Laptop Weight Standard (more than 5.5 lbs.) Battery Type Lithium-ion Pointing Device Touchpad Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Gilgamesh.Shadowchaser
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I play on the DELL XPS M1710 gaming laptop and have never had a bit of trouble from it!
Everyone's offered decent suggestions... However... For my money, I prefer the 17" widescreen laptops. You get a huge screen for anime/dvd's/gaming/etc. as well as a full number pad. And for FFXI... I <3 the number pad.
I bought a Toshiba Satellite 17" a couple of years ago and it can still run 2 windows of FFXI Windower pretty smoothly. Toshiba has the Satellite and Qosmio lines that both come in 17"+. They're a "little" out of your $500 price range, but you're looking at 800-1000 if you want a decent laptop tbh. You're looking at $500-600 minimum if you get a 17" Toshiba with integrated video. You can then customize the models from there on their site or buy from a dealer. MicroCenter has some GREAT deals on practically anything computer/tech related. Right now they have a big sale on laptops too. $650 Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8900 # AMD® Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70 # 4GB DDR2-800 RAM # 320GB 5,400RPM Hard Drive # Labelflash SuperMulti Double Layer DVD±RW Drive # 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter # ATI Radeon 3100 # 10/100 Network # Atheros® 802.11b/g/n Wireless Network # 17.1" Widescreen XGA+ TruBrite Display # Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) And here's a link to all of their laptops on sale. http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?coordinate_group=ED1B+ED1D+ED1F+ED1H&feature=058339&utm_source=mcol&utm_medium=leader_bnr&utm_campaign=hmpg_ntbks061509 Leviathan.Antonioklaus
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just about any laptop in this day and age can run FFXI with windower with no problems at all.
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