I dislike shopping at Best Buy - idiot that was working there Friday evening tried to tell me that their subpar gaming laptop had a better graphics card then the latest xbox and ps4 (fyi - it was about $1k). Then he asked me if I was looking to get into pc gaming. I wanted to hit him with my cane (being the old lady who knows absolutely nothing about gaming or tech that I am - and no I don't have a cane). Then they didn't even have the docking station that I was actually looking for.
it would be REALLY REALLY REALLY amazing if GTribe would do a gaming laptop in the near future. I'm traveling too much to lug a beast of a machine around with me.
In the meantime I'm looking for recommendations for a good gaming/video/photo editing laptop pre-built or an amazing custom build company. Suggestions people?
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Mmm... my wifes' friend wants to sell her a laptop (her old one has seen one too many sessions with the kids and while working still, has a broken monitor mount), for $1000. I asked about the specs and they suddenly got very evasive - turns out it's an ex-rental and honestly I could probably get it a lot cheaper new.
But the wife already said she want's it and I know they are doing it tough so we're considering "not knowing" I could get her better...
As for my recommendation, Acer Laptops are usually… See More
good for gaming if you get any of the i5/i7 range, but if you really want to do video editing, Use an i7 or a multithreaded AMD. The new Ryzen range is due out this quarter and are said to be pretty amazing with the Vega included APU - but they will cost a bit.
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Do you recall what GPU it had in the $1k notebook?
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I never talk to people at Best Buy and only go there when I need a cord or something right away or an Apple TV device for watching Hulu or Amazon Prime on. I always look online on Best Buy, Newegg, Costco, Amazon, for PC and laptops and look up CPU and GPU comparisons. Online has better selection, price comparison, and nobody bothering you that doesn't know what they are talking about.
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shared!
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We’ve wanted to do one. Maybe this is the year.
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