Laptop that plays Wow well. (1 Viewer)

[Don't Panic]

I am looking into getting a Laptop and it would be nice if it could play Wow and other games. I am on a limited budget (looking for things under 1500$) and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions.

I built this Hp pavilion onlinne and I think it looks pretty good but I do not know much about computers. I am looking at Hp laptops right now because I can get a 12% discount on Hp's.

Hp Laptop

As you can see I can still spend a bit more money on that laptop. I do not know what to upgrade though so if I could get some advice on what to upgrade to help Wow run better I would appreciate it.

Also if anyone has any suggestions on other computers that might be better that would help too.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Greenyoda]

I know the Right one for You!!! Try this one!
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...6194000/wo/n5PZ0ASPp6kU2VozY822KVWbejN/2.?p=0

 

[Don't Panic]

Phawww.. apples. Who would want to play wow on a piece of fruit. I actually looked into getting an apple but I think it was either have a car/gas or an apple laptop. I went with the car . From what I hear though apples run windows and games better than Pc's.

 

[grim4o4]

From what I hear though apples run windows and games better than Pc's.

They should for the amount they cost.

 

[qevlhma]

They cost the same as Dell really.

If you compare parts to parts.

Spec out the exact same box and it is only slightly higher from apple.

I would wait for a few weeks however to get the Duo 2 CPU's.

I have the 15inch powerbook and I installed windows XP and play WOW and EQ on it all the time.. it works great.

 

[Belit]

You get a vote for Mac laptops from me. I use a Powerbook G4, it plays very well and I can take it everywhere. Graphics on my kids Alienware PC are better, but not by much.

 

[Don't Panic]

Allright thanks for the advice. I'll take another look a some apple laptops and see what I can find.

 

[Thrasher66099]

Well I like hp myself. In fact, I'm using an hp right now. It's not a laptop but of all the labtops I've ever had my hp was the only one I never had any real problems with when playing video games.

 

[Shadowed Fury]

Careful - There are some (quite a few) limitations on the software and hardware you can use on apples (if you didn't already know).

E.g. if you want wireless internet, you need a piece of hardware which recieves / sends the info to ur laptop. The only one which works for a Mac is the Apple made one and it costs at least twice the cost of a perfectly decent one made for the PC.

 

[qevlhma]

That is not true anymore.

That was only true before Apple switched to Intel.

Anything that works with Windows XP works with them now.

 

[tecktight]

I would suggest a Toshiba. They are excellent for gaming and have plenty of space. The screen has good lighting etc. And I never have lag problems even in Ironforge while playing WoW. Sure that might be because of the internet connection but I prefer to think of it as my labtop. I use a Satellite Toshiba, here is a link to a selection of Satellites ALL under 1500 and some 700 and less. http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cfam.to?seg=HHO&coid=-26377

 

[Don't Panic]

Great thanks for everyone's replies. The information was very helpful

 

[Jinx]

Should I stick with one that has XP Pro on it? I would rather stick with XP Pro for work as all the programs I need for work are still very buggy with Vista.

Anyone have any luck with a Asus Laptop?

I want to stay with dedicated memory not shared correct if possible?

 

[Wilbur]

For Gaming you want a dedicated GPU, yes, not one that uses system memory.

XP Pro is less resource intensive so on a laptop, its probably beneficial to stick with it. Unless you have >4GB of RAM then I'd say stick with the 32 bit install.

BTW Grats on necro'ing another 2+ year old thread.

 

[Jinx]

Well I guess its not that hard to do since the 8th thread down on the FIRST page is over a year old. I am buying a laptop so I read the topic and figured what the heck. Not much traffic on this board anymore I guess.

Thank you for the info anyway it was very useful