Curious as to what your thoughts are on this laptop:
Future Shop: Computers: Laptops: Gateway 15.6" Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz Laptop (MD7811U) - Burgundy - English
Battery life isn't a huge deal, nor is portability. Looked at it in store today and it seems pretty solid. Performs pretty nicely too, with a WEI (Vista x64) of 5.0, lowest being on desktop graphics (lol?). Seemed pretty quick overall though even with the bloatware on it.
Mainly curious as to how you'd rate Gateway as a whole, and if the HD3650 would suffice for some modern games, though on low settings of course. From what I've found, it has 128bit memory interface w/ 512MB dedicated, making it faster than the HD4570 which is crippled by a 64bit memory interface.
And for $699 (on sale this week), it looks like a steal. Specs are ridiculous for that price IMO, thus why I'm being cautious here.
Future Shop: Computers: Laptops: Gateway 15.6" Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz Laptop (MD7811U) - Burgundy - English
Battery life isn't a huge deal, nor is portability. Looked at it in store today and it seems pretty solid. Performs pretty nicely too, with a WEI (Vista x64) of 5.0, lowest being on desktop graphics (lol?). Seemed pretty quick overall though even with the bloatware on it.
Mainly curious as to how you'd rate Gateway as a whole, and if the HD3650 would suffice for some modern games, though on low settings of course. From what I've found, it has 128bit memory interface w/ 512MB dedicated, making it faster than the HD4570 which is crippled by a 64bit memory interface.
And for $699 (on sale this week), it looks like a steal. Specs are ridiculous for that price IMO, thus why I'm being cautious here.