wat is tha diffrence between a regular, busness, and gaming laptop?
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Regular laptops are usually the less expensive ones designed for consumers with a one year or 90 day warranty typically with a Celeron chip.\n\nBusiness latops often have three year warranty and are more fully featured with Pentium chips.  These laptops are often leased to corporations or are more expensive than the consumer models.\n\nThe gaming laptops are the most expensive with the fastest CPU, large display, graphics chip and lots and lots of RAM.
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this site contains lots of information on all kinds of laptops and most definetely does answer your question\n\nhttp://imedia.atspace.com/laptop.htm\n\nyou may check it out now if you want
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I use my laptop primarily for gaming.  It's not as comfortable as a desktop, but I enjoy being able to take my games with me.  If you're playing anything more sophisticated than internet chess, a good graphics card isn't just important.  It's a neccessity.  Laptops generally have slower processors and less RAM than desktops, which means they need the extra boost even more.  Otherwise, graphics processing sucks up all of your system resources, making your games slow down, lag, freeze, or just not run at all.\n\nOn the other hand, if you don't intend to play high end games on your laptop, you probably have no need for a graphics card.  The integrated video processing on modern motherboards is sufficient for most applications.   Unless you're using it for rendering or engineering applications, you'll just be paying for a component that you'll never use.\n\nEDIT:\nYes, if you want to play Halo at anything resembling a decent framerate, you need some decent graphics equipment.  I'm not saying it wouldn't run on a machine without a vid card.  It might.  It would definitely look horrible and probably lag a good deal.  First person shooters have a notoriously high graphics demand.  My laptop has an ATI 200 card and high-midrange specs, but still lags sometimes when I play Battlefield 2 with all video settings set to minimum.  If you want serious gaming, you need serious gear.  Sorry to say, that comes at a price.
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NO!\n\nIntegrated graphics is a no go for that heavy piece of game.\n\nBuy a laptop that has GeForce 7XXX go (7300 and up), or ATI Mobility Radeon X1XXX (1600 and up) with a DEDICATED (not shared) memory of 256 MB or more. Its a very heavy game, unless you want to play on lower detail. Even those laptop cards might not be powerful enough (will be kind of choppy). Buy a desktop with a sparkling new GeForce 8800GTX!\n\ngood luck!
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One of the main differences in all of Intel's line is Cashe in the processor.\nThe next difference is Dual Core, where it is like 2 processors in one.\nOther differences are tolerance levels for heat and bus speeds.
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Do not worry about brand names, if you want a high performance computer build it yourself!\n\nThe word gaming is a commercial ploy used to get you to pay more money and to lure you into thinking that you have a different type of computer than those that are not label GAMING'\n\nThe only real difference is the graphic subsystem.  People interested in games generally pay more for faster graphic cards with more RAM on them.  These cards work in all computers and not only systems labeled 'GAMING".\n\nALL COMPUTERS, DESKTOP, TOWERS, or LAPTOP require the same parts.  If you want more performances, the issues are the same with all three systems.\n\nI do not play games, have no interest, but my work is computers and if I want a high performance system that does it all, then I'm\ntalking motherboard that supports latest CPU, RAM, GRAPHICS,\nSCSI or SATA hard drive, case that supports all the drives that I am interested in, most likely a sound card and REAL heavyweight power Supply.  This system could serve as a server, Multi media center, workstation, Internet as I chose, Back up site, Video animation or the so call gaming.\n\nIt will do what ever I want it to do.  All other systems are the same,  how much capability of each component has to do with\nmy pocket book. but any of the computers out there can do the things that I have listed.\n\nComputer Help Page\n\nhttp://www.diskgenius.com/\n\nhttp://www.pcbeginner.com/tools/pcdoctor.htm\n\nhttp://www.pcguide.com/byop/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm\n\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/\n\nhttp://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/ntfs-boot-iso.html\n\nhttp://www.disk-image.net/products.htm\n\nhttp://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm\n\nhttp://www.errornuker.com/info/01.php?hop=product1\n\nhttp://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder\n\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads2.html\n\nhttp://www.ntcompatible.com/Acronis_True_Image_9.0_Build_2337_s61449.html\n\nhttp://www.theosfiles.com/\n\nhttp://www.data-recovery-reviews.com/windows-startup-disasterrecovery.htm?gclid=CMSl0b7X2YcCFSJxYAodKy6Lpw\n\nhttp://www.winternals.com/\n\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25181-order,1-page,1-c,alldownloads/description.html\n\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Windows-XP-PowerPacker.shtml\n\nhttp://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,674406,00.asp\n\nhttp://windows.about.com/od/tipsarchive/l/bltip632.htm\nVisit our Helpdesk for PC Bug Doctor\nhttp://www.maximumsoftwaresupport.com\nPC Beginner  software\nhttp://www.pchell.com/support/limitedconnectivity.shtml\nhttp://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/\nhttp://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm\nChapter 1: Purchasing Components \nChapter 2: Component Overview \nChapter 3: Installing the CPU, Heatsink, and RAM On The Mainboard \nChapter 4: Installing The Mainboard In The Case \nChapter 5: Installing Drives \nChapter 6: Connecting Components \nChapter 7: Installing AGP and PCI Cards \nChapter 8: Testing the System and Completing Assembly \nChapter 9: Installing Windows XP \nChapter 10: Configuring Windows XP \nChapter 11: Installing A Dual Boot Operating System (Linux And Windows XP) \nChapter 12: Home Video -- “So, You Want to Be the Next Steven Spielberg?” \nChapter 13: What’s Next? \n\nhttp://www.hardwareanalysis.com\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/download4007.html\nhttp://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/\nhttp://www.free-pc-checkup.com/\nhttp://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic/?ref=Googlebspeed\nhttp://pcperformancetools.com/recovermyfiles.htm\n\nBUILD YOU OWN COMPUTER:\n   www.directron.com\n   www.newegg.com\n   www.monarchcomputers.com
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I would go with a Dell laptop.  They have a large selection of laptops from the most basic user to the ultimate gamer.  If you are not looking to spend a lot of money on a laptop then I recommend the Dell Inspiron B120.  Very nice laptop that starts around $578. After taxes, shipping & handling the price will be $667.46.   This laptop has a 40 gigabyte harddrive,  512 megabytes of ram, 1.4 gigahertz processor, CD Burner/DVD burner combo drive with Windows XP.  Hope this helps
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Pentium Extreme E........ if u want real performance with games.\nIts a very good processor,but takes a lot of power.Also hav a pretty good cooling system if u r goin 4 dis
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get somthing from asus ... lok for the features you want ...plenty of pci expansion slots ...if you dont want to buy a new video card then you need an agp board but if u want to play the latest games you should move up to pci express and get a new video card like an nvidia 7950 ... a sli capable board is a bonus if you ever want to increase video performance even more by adding a second card ... raid is a good feature to have ...sata is better if you want to move up to faster harddrives  ...and get a board that supports ddr2 unless ur wanting to keep ur old memory ... it really depends on if ur wanting to run ur old components off of it or wanting to put together a new system ...
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if you're certain you'll always have a separate card, then absolutely get the one without an integrated vpu/gpu. i'm sure you're well aware of windows' wacky handling of hardware... it's not worth all the possible headaches of hardware conflicts and so on.
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Definitely make sure you get one with a TON of RAM and a killer video card.  You'll also want to make sure that you have a super fast processor.  Maybe even one of those dual core ones they have out now.  We sometimes play WoW on the laptop via an external HD, but only because the laptop happens to be an older model, and installing it directly seems to slow the refresh rate down a bit.  Right now we've got a pretty slick setup involving RAID on SATA drives which optimizes game and PC performance.  Email me for more information.  At any rate, the external - that might be an option for you to consider as well, if money is an issue.
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You're buying a loptop, so power use will be important to you. Batteries life is terrible with high power components, including the CPU. \n\n=======\npower\n\nAnd that's the first distinction. The Pentium M was designed for minimum power consumption in a Pentium compatible CPU. So your batteries will last longer. \n\nThe Duo Core CPUs are really two CPU cores in one chip. IF the operating system, and application design (which you can't affect) support them properly, such a CPU can be much faster than a single CPU, all other things being equal. But the Duo Core chips use more power, so your battery life will suffer, all other things being equal. This may be worth it, if you are doing computationally intensive stuff, and if your software / operating system can take advantage of the additional CPU. Otherwise, it will make little difference. \n\n========\ngraphics performance\n\nOne computationally intensive use that's common is gaming. it takes a good deal of effort to calculate color brightness and shading for each pixel in a scene, and there are lots of scenes. In fact, it takes so much computational power that vendors have largely given up on making the CPU 9or CPUs) do it all. Recent graphics schemes, the ones that make game images snap and sparkle, during play require a lot of work from some processing chip. The best of the graphics processor chips have more computational power than nearly all CPUs, and they require comparable electrical power (draining batteries still more quickly). It's this reason that accounts for laptops rarely having cutting age graphics performance or CPU speeds. In particular, the graphics hardware in most laptops has low power needs and is hardly up to recent graphics performance standards. \n\n==============\nCPU architecture differences\n\nAnother issue, which will matter only if your use of the laptop needs it, is differences between various Pentium editions. Intel has added more instructions, and used different internal architectures, as they have designed new CPUs. These include new instructions (the SSE, SSE2, etc groups) and the 64 bit EM64T additions to the basic 32-bit core, in emulation of AMD's Opteron and AthlonFX approaches. But for the moment, until your applications can use those extensions, and until your operating system is fully 64-bit compatible, your EM64T CPU will be running mostly in 32-bit mode. And recent Pentium 4 CPUs have included something called Hyperthreading which speeds up some kinds of programs substantially. And, of course, various Intel CPUs have included more or less fast cache on the CPU chip itself. If this is done sensibly, cache (and more cache) can have dramatic effects on many kinds of program execution speeds.\n\nDepending on detailed comparisons between the CPUs you're considering, some (or none) of these differences between CPUs might be significant to you. See Intel's spec sheets for the CPUs you're looking at for the differences. \n\n\n\nIn your case, since you aren't a gamer, the merely adequate graphics hardware in most laptops will probably be acceptable. Your mention of graphics programming might mean image manipulation, and either CPU should do in that case. Photoshop and similar programs don't have to handle graphic manipulations in real time, and so their demands are much less for satisfactory performance than video (or near video -- such as games) processing. \n\nWord processing simply doesn't have so high requirements. After all, any CPU sits doing nothing for eternities between key presses, even for fast typists. There's lots of available cycles from most any CPU in most any word processing operation. \n\nSo, for you, which would be better? mostly, it depends on the work you'll be doing and the applications with which you'll be doing it. If they can take advantage of the processor features in one or another CPU (not something you can easily find out, probably even from the software de
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Just depends on what you need. Some are for gaming while others just word processing & e-mail. try cnet.com for reveiws, pro & cons of each.
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If you are a gamer i wouldn’t really suggest laptop.\nbut if you are really into it then i suggest you get the \nToshiba satellite series because it comes with Geforce 6600 and Geforce 7800 in a very affordable price.
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unfortunately ,laptops are a bad purchase for anyone wanting to play games,infact i hate laptops,there overpriced and have rubbish components,unless you pay over £1500 for a top notch model\n       graphic card upgrades are not possible in laptops as most graphics in laptops are built into the unit,companys like nvidia make cards which are shipped to the manufacturers and put into the laptop at the factory\n       all i can suggest is that you download the latest drivers for your existing card and update your direct x files,by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx,and see how you go,but if i were you ,i would try to sell your laptop(you can get good prices if you have a decent processor and adequate ram),and invest in a gaming tower,so you can upgrade your graphics whenever you want,but make sure you get a pci-express system as this is the latest graphics interface,with twice as much bandwith as the agp interface(agpx8,,,,,pci-express x16)\n         good luck
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You shoould be able to do gaming, but you will have trouble with some of the newer games.  my laptop has a 1.6 mobile and runs unreal 2004 just fine.  It has trouble on the other hand with cpu intensive games like Age of Empires III.\n\nIt is important that you check the graphics card.  Some are upgradable now.  Others are still embedded on the motherboard.\n\nYou can also improve your performance with more memory.  I saw an incredible difference on unreal when I went from 512 mb to 2 gb
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Yea dude, I was looking for a lap top that had a lot of memory and was super fast.  My tech guy at work said that I would need something that is suitable for gaming and if I wanted a laptop it would cost me about 2500-3000.  Instead I bought the latest model Gateway 2g hard drive, dual processor CPU for 800.  It's the shiznit.