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> My LD GF has sent back two Gateways for DVD & gaming > problems. At the bottom are their specs. She wants a > notebook primarily for DVD watching, CD listening & > gaming, at least 17" screen. We're starting at $800, > but could go up to $1500. What I want her to do is > check at Best Buy, CompUSA, Wal-Mart, etc.- settle on > what she wants & I'll send her the $$$. She wants me > to shop around on the Net (which is what we did for > our Gateways) to get the best deal, whereas that is > now the last thing I want us to do. > > So I am asking for guidance on the best performance > media & gaming notebook at the best bargain- > Pleeeease! I'm not totally against buying over the > Net, so links are welcome. > > Here are the types of games she plays- > THIEF GOLD! > Sims 2 > Planescape Torment > Beyond Divinity > Arcanum > Doom (even DOS-based) > Perdition's Gate > Old School 80s-90s games > > > The first notebook: > > Gateway NX860 > Model #M685 T5500 > Display: 17" WXGA Widescreen (1440 ? 900 Max Res) > Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.6GHz) > Memory: 1024MB 667Mhz DDR2 Memory (2-512MB) > Hard Drive: 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive > Optical Drives: CDRW-DVD Combo Drive > Video: nVidia GeForce Go 7600 (128MB) > Sound: Integrated Sound > I/O Ports: (4) USB 2.0 Ports - (1) IEEE 1394 FireWire > Port > Network: 10/100/1000 Ethernet > 802.11a/b/g Wireless > Pointing Device: Touchpad > Media Reader: 6-in-1 Digital Card Reader > Battery: 8 Cell Li-Ion Battery with Power Adaptor > Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional > (SP2) > Software: MS Works Suite 8.5 > > The latest one- > > Gateway NX860X > 1.7GHz Core 2 Duo T5300 Processor > 17.1" WSXGA Ultra Bright Screen > 2048MB Memory > 120GB Hard Drive > 8 Cell Battery > NVIDIA NV73M 128MB Video > 16x DVD Writer > 802.11g Wireless Networking > Windows XP (was changed from Vista) > > Thanks to all who can help! This message posted from opensolaris.org
