There are two types of expensive laptop. On one end you have the big, beefy gaming laptops and on the other you have the razor thin ultra portables which are ridiculously expensive. Both come at price premiums. Gaming laptops seem to be more practical for day to day use if you’re replacing a desktop pc and the umpc’s are the best choice if you are syncing the data with your desktop at home. However the market for ultra mobiles is rather small and the most popular laptop screen size is 15.4 inch. A new trend seems to be the budget umpc’s laptops that are 10 inch or smaller, low powered and only suitable for a number of common applications. If I had to choose just one the gaming laptop will always win as the majority of people who require mobility can still be mobile with the average 15.4 inch size.
The video processor is one of the most crucial things to consider when buying a gaming laptop. Two options are available in this area. Nvidia and ATI are the only 2 companies to choose from. Since AMD purchased ATi things have rather slowed down for the graphics company where as the competitor Nvidia has been jumping ahead without any restriction of bigger plans in place, only thinking about releasing the fastest laptop graphics chips as rapidly as they can. This technology seems to be changing every single year and Nvidia seem to have the edge.
The processor, memory and video card are things to pay attention to when you are buying gaming laptops. The processor should be a dual core processor like the intel core duo or amd turion x2 with a clock speed of over 2GHz as the minimum. Minimum requirements for ram are 2GB if running Windows Vista but 3GB is recommended for the best performance. To play games you need to have a dedicated viedo card. Usually you get 256MB dedicated graphics ram. A mid to high spec video card should play all current and future games without any lag. Nothing but the most powerful cards will do for extreme gamers.
When looking to purchase laptops, whether they are for gaming or any other purpose where is the best place to buy? The established companies would prefer you buy via retail as it makes their products more valuable however there are discount online retailers opening up all over the place and with their low operating costs they are offering really good prices. In the case of gaming laptops too, for the most choice online seems to be the best place to look as you just won’t find the same variety of these products in your local computer shop.