Apparantly you've never tried running Civ 4.
A 1000$ notebook may do the job now, but what about the next game he wants
to play?
Laptops are almost non-upgradable. It's not worth it to get a cheapie laptop
and regret it later. I'm not a big fan of ASUS to be honest, but they are an
okay brand. Alienware just guarantees that you're getting everything up to
date.
As for being big laptops, What's wrong with that? Someone created the notion
a while ago that laptops have to weigh under a pound for them to be good,
but what's the point? You can always set it on a desk or tv tray regardless
of weight.
"Joe" <JoeQ@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Matt Hart" <Dragoonboy2004@xxxxxx> wrote in
> news:F85119D7-B2BC-454E-8B45-D6F141A9156D@xxxxxx:
> Quote:
>> If you want a good brand of laptop, alienware is your best bet.
>>
>> You can get decent ones through Dell. As said earlier, stay away from
>> cheap laptops. What you buy is what you get, only the memory is
>> usually upgradable without an expensive dock.
>
> Look at ASUS's sometime Matt, I used to think Alienware was good, but why
> spend $3000 when a $1000 notebook does the job, looks better is actually
> still considered a laptop (because you can hold it on your lap without
> crushing your pelvis, and actually runs for more than 20 minutes on
> battery)
>
> Bob was looking to run a bunch of older games, technically he could
> probably run it all on a $500 dollar 17" HP notebook.
>
> Also, if money is no object I think Voodoo PCs are built better, but
> that's
> IMHO, so don't get mad. 
>
> --
> Joe