What's your opinion on this laptop?

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A friend came to me with this laptop. Thought I'd request a few more opinions on it. Feel free to throw down your own laptop suggestions.

 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315221CVF

 

 

His max budget is $800CAD - $600USD

[FixedDevice]

A friend came to me with this laptop. Thought I'd request a few more opinions on it. Feel free to throw down your own laptop suggestions.

 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315221CVF

 

 

His max budget is $800CAD - $600USD

 

Light gaming laptop. Don't run anything on max settings though.

[EpicAdom]

A friend came to me with this laptop. Thought I'd request a few more opinions on it. Feel free to throw down your own laptop suggestions.

 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315221CVF

 

 

His max budget is $800CAD - $600USD

I have a laptop with similar specs except a few generations older. I have an i5-3230m and GT 740M. Games run well on medium settings at 1366 x 768. The laptop you've linked to will probably struggle at 1080p though.

 

Along with that, I personally wouldn't like having a 17" laptop. That's just way too big for me, but your friend may want that. Also, I despise Acer laptops because I got 3 broken ones.

 

The specs aren't bad, but I would go with a smaller laptop and a different brand. However, it's up to you and your friend.

[Theguywhobea]

Pretty decent for the price. Although the i5 really falls short, it's pretty disappointing.

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Pretty decent for the price. Although the i5 really falls short, it's pretty disappointing.

 

Yeah I was a little worried about that. My Surface has the same processor I believe, and it runs really well. Not sure about heavy multi-tasking though.

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I have a laptop with similar specs except a few generations older. I have an i5-3230m and GT 740M. Games run well on medium settings at 1366 x 768. The laptop you've linked to will probably struggle at 1080p though.

 

Along with that, I personally wouldn't like having a 17" laptop. That's just way too big for me, but your friend may want that. Also, I despise Acer laptops because I got 3 broken ones.

 

The specs aren't bad, but I would go with a smaller laptop and a different brand. However, it's up to you and your friend.

 

I actually like the 1080P display on a laptop, and would choose a 1080P for myself. You're right about performance, but I believe he only plays CSGO and plans on using this for school. I personally trust Acer and I'll also take your opinion into consideration. Recieving broken items is really poor. He seems OK with the size; however, I'll mention it. Thanks

[EpicAdom]

I actually like the 1080P display on a laptop, and would choose a 1080P for myself. You're right about performance, but I believe he only plays CSGO and plans on using this for school. I personally trust Acer and I'll also take your opinion into consideration. Recieving broken items is really poor. He seems OK with the size; however, I'll mention it. Thanks

I would LOVE a 1080p display on my laptop. Don't get me wrong. It's just that I wouldn't like a 17" screen. A 1080p 15" screen would be great IMHO. I use my laptop for school too, and (in high school) the desks barely fit a 15" laptop with whatever else you're working on. In college it wouldn't matter.

 

Glad to help

[Theguywhobea]

Yeah I was a little worried about that. My Surface has the same processor I believe, and it runs really well. Not sure about heavy multi-tasking though.

Yeah I've tried it with my Alienware 13. As long as your really only doing 1 or 2 things at a time it does alright but any more than that and it really struggles. Twitch streams at source quality usually use about 50-70% CPU which for me really sucks.

[Maximoose]

Looks like a pretty good laptop