So I need a laptop for around $1500, and needs to do, Djing, gaming, 3D rendering, and run ableton smoothly.
I was looking at macbook pro, which can do the djing, gaming and ableton, but what about 3D rendering with a stock HD graphics 4000. Bootcamp allows me to play CS 1.6. Costs $1500:
[QUOTE]13-inch: 2.9GHz
2.9GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
750GB 5400-rpm hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 4000[/QUOTE]
I was also looking at alienwares M14x which costs $1500 as well:
[QUOTE]3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
14.0" High Def+ (900p/1600x900) with WLED backlight
16GB2 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
750GB 7,200 RPM SATA + 64GB mSATA Caching SSD
Slot Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW)
2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™[/QUOTE]
I have an Alienware M11x and I actually really like it. Granted, I didn’t pay for it as I traded my old gaming desktop for it. But it actually made me want to buy one flat out next time I go laptop shopping. It’s built really well (You’ll hear a lot of shitters talking about it being a Dell) and has a solid feel and weight, has a really vivid screen and of course has balls since it is in fact a gaming laptop. Only gripe I have with Dell/Alienware is the price as sometimes it gets out of hand when adding stuff like ram/SSD’s that you can self add for fractions of the cost. However, in it’s defense the i7Q denotes a true quad core and not a dual core with hyper threading like the Mac and it generally just has better hardware specs.
inb4 Macs r bezt war
edit: Also the lighting app will keep you busy. Haters gon’ hate on the backlit pink keyboard.
I assume youre using this for everything including college work etc?
Quite why you’d want to take all your college work with you into a massively hostile environment is beyond me. But if you did, and it broke, youre fucked.
for that price you could easily buy two reasonable laptops, one dedicated for DJing, the other for everything else.
From that point of view a notebook is terrible for proper gaming. I was suggesting a solid alternative to the usual HD4000 but of course if you want to play Crysis 3 you’ll have to look to something even more expensive.
A) The 600 series for any laptop is NOT terrible for proper gaming.
B) Its a laptop, its going to be multi purpose. If you just want to play CS, even a 1500 Laptop is a bit overkill. If you want to play Crysis 3, build a gaming Desktop period.
C) Many machines built from custom sites that customize manufacture brands are cheaper than you will find from a poor product like a Dell (Alienware).
You can get a 2.9 Quad Core I7, 660GTX, 12gb RAM, 512GB SSD for 1500… at 17 inches. Please do yourself a favor and stay away from Dells and Macs if you want the best bang for your buck, and dont fall into the normal consumer trap of buying “Brand name”
I own one and it is really good. Well built, awesome sound (extra mini subwoofer), optional backlit keyboard. Obviously its fast with it’s i7 Check the other specs and see if it’s something.
It was around 900 euro’s for me here. Add a 100 euro SSD and you have a ridiculous laptop.
Only issue for me was the lack of USB2.0 ports (only 3.0) which doesn’t seem bad but DJ software can be a hassle with USB3.0. I just have a seperate win7 installation purely for traktor where lots of functions are disabled to ensure stability.
Check the other specs and see if it’s something.