New Laptop - Gaming + Other

Hi all,

My wife has asked for a laptop for Christmas!

So I'm going to completely sabotage her present and make sure it will be able to play games - moh, cod etc

She only needs it for photos / ipod / internet - general use.

My budget is £1,000 and I would like an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (around 2.0ghz).

I have found the following Rock Direct laptop.

Please could you rate it and offer other suitable laptops for my needs.


P665-T72 £999.00 inc VAT
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2.0GHz, 4MB Cache
WXGA (1280 x 800) X-Glass
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 256MB
1GB DDR2 667MHz (512MB x2)
120GB 5400rpm SATA
8x +/- Dual Layer DVD Writer
Windows XP Home


(Up to Intel® Core 2 Duo T7600 processor (2 x 2.33GHz)
– Featuring Intel® Centrino™ Duo Mobile Technology
– 4MB Level 2 Cache
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 256MB

15.4" WXGA X-Glass TFT Screen (1280 x 800) / 15.4" WSXGA+ TFT Screen (1680 x 1050) (Optional)
Up to 2GB DDR2 667MHz RAM
Serial ATA Hard Drive
8x Dual Layer (-/+) DVD Writer
Intel Pro 802.11a/b/g Integrated Wireless LAN
Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Roxio Creator™ 7
Napster™ (1 month subscription)
Microsoft® Works 8 and Microsoft® Office 2003 (60 day trial)
3 Year Collect & Return Warranty
7 day peace of mind guarantee, return your notebook within 7 days and we'll give you your money back (excl. carriage charges) )

Dimensions
360mm(W) x 269mm(D) x 37.1mm(H)
Weight
3.1Kg

Thank you all in advance.

Rev

Sounds pretty good to me, good CPU reasonable GPU looks darn good.
But she doesnt want gaming, i think you do ;)

Of course she does, she just doesn't know it.

Going to do a quick search for comparative laptops to check pricing but think I'll go for this one.

Thanks

Rev

do youlike glossy screens I have had glossys and did not like them

ps I have one of these laptops

If you can haggle the price abit, I got £150 off mine

battery life in Rock's tends to be a tad on the low side and the 5400 hdd's are slow.

For your wife's sake, I would look into upgrading the screen res. I have similar ASUS laptop with a 1280x800 screen and it feels quite cramped, especialy when viewing photos (let alone editiong them).

Of course a higher res screen will harm your interests because you will get a lower frame rate in games when you play at native resolution.

I would second going for a higher res, they use that resolution in 12inch laptops so in a 15.4 inch everything is quite big and cramped.

I'm actually quite annoyed that the majority of laptops use 15" and 1280 by 800... should be getting at least 1440x900, and if not then more like 1680x1050 (WSXGA), further to this most 17" screens are 1440x900 but then, yet again, its the same problem just a larger screen. Apple's got it about right with their macbook screens I reckon. other than that I see a lot of laptops as a rather false economy, you're stuck with the screen you get which on the whole isn't always the best

Quantity Item number Name Price
Zepto Znote 6214W - Gamer - Extreme £863.00
100285 14.1" WXGA Crystal Clear 1280x768
120622 2.00 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo T7200 4MB
130121 2048MB (2x1024) DDR2 PC5300 - 667MHZ
140020 100GB 7200omdr. SATA Hitachi
150122 DVD-RW Dual Layer Burner (All)
260025 Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG 54Mbit
200006 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home UK
270010 Built-in bluetooth
170078 UK (United Kingdom) 6X14 Black
250324 6 Cell Standard Battery
250202 AC Adapter UK plug all types
300200 12 months warr. (6 mths on battery); return to base, parts & labour

Subtotal £863.00
VAT £151.03
Total £1,014.03



Pretty decent if you ask me. Not as big a screen though

uk.zepto.com