laptops for EQ
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:44 am
Well, I've been two boxing for several months now with two desktop PCs, and I am getting mighty tired of the real estate they are taking up on my desk. One of them I keep fairly up-to-date as far as technology is concerned, as I always like to have a PC that is capable of playing newer games. The second one is an old P4 (single core) 3.4 GHz, with an old IDE hard drive, and a (high end six years ago) AGP video card. It can run EQ just fine for boxing, though I certainly would not want to be running it in a raid, and the load times are twice as long as my more modern PC. Like I said, my biggest gripe is the amount of space all this junk (two keyboards, two mice, two large monitors, one large computer case on the desk, one in the floor) takes up.
I am considering taking the plunge for a laptop. It appears "gaming" laptops are available, but wow, are they pricy. I want a small one. This is the one I am considering:
http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m11x-r3/pd
I don't like the fact that it trys to look "cool" with all the led keyboard lights, "headlights", and stupid looking alien heads. Hopefully, that can be turned off.
Anyone have any other suggestions? This would primarily be used as a second gaming PC (mostly for EQ), and would be plugged in 90% of the time, but I would also use it occasionally on trips and perhaps to just surf the net while in the "reading room", etc.
I am considering taking the plunge for a laptop. It appears "gaming" laptops are available, but wow, are they pricy. I want a small one. This is the one I am considering:
http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m11x-r3/pd
I don't like the fact that it trys to look "cool" with all the led keyboard lights, "headlights", and stupid looking alien heads. Hopefully, that can be turned off.
Anyone have any other suggestions? This would primarily be used as a second gaming PC (mostly for EQ), and would be plugged in 90% of the time, but I would also use it occasionally on trips and perhaps to just surf the net while in the "reading room", etc.