Endless Paradigm

and zinga, great job finding that! meets almost all the reqirements, and is within my price range! i got to wait and see how much my grad party brings in, but that's awesome!

trademark91 Wrote:well, i want to compile fast. i remember last year, i was writing a map for pspdungeons 0.7, and it took 4 days to compile the map.vis from the map.txt. and im naturally going to have pet projects, so i want to be able to compile something like that quickly. and with a high gaming capability, i can ensure (in addition to just playing games) i will be able to effectively test bigger things (like if i started to play with mods using the UT3 engine, hypothetically)

If it's going to take 4 days, your laptop isn't going to last it - may as well leave your computer to do it.
And if it takes that long, I honestly have to question the compiler. (By the way, this has nothing to do with compiling code)  Unless you've given the compiler an absurdly large map to deal with.
Honestly, complex 3D scene rendering doesn't even take that long (a few hours on older hardware).

get the XPS 13 (or 16).. fairly in ur budget (I think) and powerful... but yeah.. its Dell...

i'd rather my sister in a whore house than my brother use a dell...

http://www.mtechlaptops.com/specificatio...ml9000.htm

that's the bomb digity right there!  

I made 2 changes to the default and gave it a 1680x1050 screen with 512mb Geforce 9600 and a 2.66ghz core2duo with 6mb cache rather than 2 since you want it to process alot for a pricetag of $1298...  If you want to spend 1100...spend the extra 200 and make it worth while since it has to last you a while!!

Indeed....go with the one Schmilk posted if you can stretch...i have a similar speced lappy (i have a 9800M GT) which runs Oblivion beautifully...admittedly mine is slightly more powerful, but that should run it


And indeed,don't buy dell, you will regret is when you find out that some tiny thing you did voided the warranty, or that its mislabbeled (my friend bought a dell, and the case supplied was only half as wide as the dimensions promised, so the GPU he bought couldnt be fitted. Dells reponse....Gutted, more or less)

I personally prefer to not have a massively powerful laptop.

Because more (processing) power = more energy requirements, meaning your battery runs out a whole lot faster. Battery life to me in quite high on the importance list for laptops, higher than the ability to play games (which my desktop can do anyway).

Here's a great quote from mtech's web page I LOL at it all the time :P

http://www.mtechlaptops.com/dellvsmtech.htm

Quote:Top 10 reasons to buy a DELL Laptop

   1. I love trying to figure out if I am a Home Office or a Small Business. What if I am a large business run from my home? Yikes!!
   2. I want to own technology that is at least 6 months out of date...it makes me feel safe. I think the world moves too fast. So I sure don't want my computer to move fast too.
   3. I love a web site that requires seven pages of ordering to see my final price. I have nothing but time on my hands!
   4. I enjoy having to fill out reams of paperwork to get the money I overpaid back in a rebate check.  There is nothing like the feeling you get when you have loaned $200 of your money to a corporate giant for three months  (Interest Free)
   5. Paying so much extra for a laptop helps me to feel as if I have contributed to the economy.
   6. I appreciate how hard I have to look around the DELL site just to see if the laptop has a USB port. DELL must figure that this weeds out the idiots from the rest of us. If I can't figure out were your specifications page is, then I am too dumb to own a DELL laptop to begin with. Keep that page buried, the strong will find it.
   7. I like the fact that my technical support and customer service is redirected to the other side of the world. I like promoting a global economy.
   8. Great idea selling my "on site" warranty service to the lowest bidder in my neighborhood. I think it is very nice you find work for the hardware technicians in my area that are not good enough to find work on their own. In addition, I like having this person in my house seeing all my other great toys. Maybe he can set the clock on my VCR for me.
   9. DELL does not give me a free carry case. Good idea. That is also why I bought a car without rust proofing or bumpers.
  10. I appreciate the fact DELL feels I only need free technical support for one year. Why would I want lifetime free support? You think I am an idiot or something?  If I need help after one year, well then I deserve to pay for it.

^ Lol.

lol @ dell. and that's a great find, schmilk. im sure ill be able to stretch for that. @zinga: i don't hav a home computer, so the laptop will have to do everything i would do on a desktop (within reason)

with further investigation, does the mtech come with a hard drive?