Which laptop should i get? im a student and want to be able to play the sims 3. i decided to get the microsoft office later. Can you let me know if one of these system would meet the requirements. HP Pavilion dv7t customizable Notebook PC black cherry Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-380M Dual Core Processor (2.53 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5650 switchable graphics [HDMI, VGA] - For Dual Core Processors FREE Upgrade to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm) 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection No Additional Office Software No additional security software 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard) - Up to 5.0 hours of battery life +++ Standard Keyboard 17.3" diagonal HD+ High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display (1600 x 900) LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support HP TrueVision Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R) HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope Insprion r15 SYSTEM COLOR Mars Black edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit MEMORY & HARD DRIVE 4GB DDR3 Shared Dual Channel Memory + 500GB 5400RPM HDD edit Dell Wireless 365 Internal Bluetooth (V2.1 + EDR) SYSTEM Inspiron 15R PROCESSOR New 2010 Intel® Core™ i3-370M (2.4GHz, 4Threads, 3M cache) VIDEO CARD ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD550v, 64-Bit, 1GB, DDR3 BATTERY OPTIONS Lithium Ion Battery (6-Cell) – Up to 4 hours, 2 minutes of battery life* DISPLAY 15.6" High Definition (720p) LED Display with TrueLife™ SOUND OPTIONS HD Audio 2.2 Support SRS™ Premium Sound INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE 8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive) - w/ Roxio Burn 1.0 WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless DW1501, 802.11 g/n 1x1 Half Mini Card INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam Network Card Integrated 10/100 Network Card Adobe Reader Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 ACCIDENT AND THEFT PROTECTION 1 year LoJack for Laptops Standard Theft Protection The sims 3 req: FOR WINDOWS XP •2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent •1 GB RAM •128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 •The latest version of DirectX 9.0c •Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 •At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games FOR WINDOWS VISTA •2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent •1.5 GB RAM •128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 •Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 •At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least: •Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above •2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent •0.5 GB additional RAM Windows Supported Video Cards NVIDIA GeForce series FX 5900, FX 5950 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800 9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800 G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150 GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295 ATI Radeon™ series 9500, 9600, 9800 X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950 2400, 2600, 2900 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870 4850, 4870 Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants may default to settings that are higher than what would be optimal for them. Graphics settings can be lowered to improve performance.
I want the Sims 3, but will it work? Sims 3 system requirements are: FOR WINDOWS VISTA * 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent * 1.5 GB RAM * 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 * Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 * At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least: * Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above * 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent * 0.5 GB additional RAM Windows Supported Video Cards NVIDIA GeForce series FX 5900, FX 5950 6200, 6500, 6600, 6800 7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950 8400, 8500, 8600, 8800 9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800 G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150 GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295 ATI Radeon™ series 9500, 9600, 9800 X300, X600, X700, X800, X850 X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950 2400, 2600, 2900 3450, 3650, 3850, 3870 4850, 4870 Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants may default to settings that are higher than what would be optimal for them. Graphics settings can be lowered to improve performance. The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have a Compaq Presario F700 Notebook PC. Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58 1.90 GHz Memory (RAM): 2.00 GB System type: 32-bit Operating System Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7000 M / nForce610 M
Most ambiguous computer website question ever!? OK, This is gonna be a real duzy of a question to answer, mainly because of the vague information i have to go on for you guys. So here it is: A few months ago I came across this really awesome website that was a custom computer builder, it was very "bright" lots of orange and blue textures and computer images everywhere (i know, not very helpful), anyway this site let you customize any computer system you wanted: pc's, laptops, notebooks, etc. It sold parts made by virtually everybody, and gave me a level of customization that I've never seen since, problem is I forgot to bookmark it, and so when the next day my computer ran it's scheduled CCleaner, i lost the address, and have never been able to find the site since, and believe me I've looked hard. It wasn't a company like alienware or pugetsystems - one that sold it's own product - just a customization one. Websites that I've tried and haven't been it include: digitalstormonline, cyberpower, gamepc, shopl2, sagernotebook, and avadirect, among other similar ones. The best way I could describe the site (in terms of how it looked) would be a combination of shopl2.com, newegg.com, and tigerdirect.com (again with a blue and orange color scheme). In terms of It's functionallity, it would be similar to any of the websites i listed in the above paragraph, and it's method of selection utilized both "bubbles" and drop-lines (as far as i can remember). It also offered up to 48GB of RAM for memory, something that I haven't found elsewhere, and so might be a distiguishing detail. Also, I did copy the systems I built using the site, one pc and one laptop, and the details I will list below in case any of the parts listed provide a clue or answer for someone. Finally I found the site as a link on another website (which I also cannot recall). So please help! I will be keeping this question open for as long as possible, so please, as many people as possible, please help me out! Thank You in Advance! SPECS: PC: Custom Gaming PC, Nehalem-EP CrossfireX Gaming System # INTEL, 2 x Xeon™ W5580 Quad-Core Processor 3.20GHz, LGA1366, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, HT EM64T EIST TB VT XD, 45nm, 130W, Retail # THERMALRIGHT, Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT CPU Cooler, Socket 1366, Aluminum # THERMALRIGHT, Ultra-120 eXtreme 1366 RT CPU Cooler, Socket 1366, Aluminum # TUNIQ, TX-3 High-Performance Thermal Compound, Electrically Non-Conductive # CUSTOM, Premium 2xCPU + 2xGPU Liquid Cooling Kit, Installed (Dual Loop) # CUSTOM, Coolant, Orange Sun # SUPERMICRO, X8DAi, LGA1366 /2, Intel® 5520, 6.4 GT/s QPI, DDR3-1333MHz ECC/UECC 96GB /12, PCIe x16 CF /2, SATA 3 Gb/s RAID 5 /6, HDA, GbLAN /2, EATX, Retail # KINGSTON, 48GB (12 x 4GB) ValueRAM™ Quad-Rank PC3-8500 DDR3 1066MHz CL7 SDRAM DIMM, ECC Registered # PNY, GeForce® GTX 295 576MHz, 1792MB GDDR3 1998MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, DVI /2, HDMI, Retail # NVIDIA, Tesla™ C1060 Computing Processor, 4GB 800MHz GDDR3, PICe x16, Retail # SERVICE, Overclocking, Dual GPU, Optimal and Stable Performance # TV TUNER, Stream 500™ TV Tuner, NSTC/PAL, PCI, Retail # E-MU, 1616M PCI Digital Audio System, w/ Breakout Box/2xPreamps/Software, 8 channels, 24-bit 192KHz, SPDIF In/Out, PCI, Retail # OCZ, 250GB Summit SSD, MLC, 220/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail # OCZ, 250GB Summit SSD, MLC, 220/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail # OCZ, 250GB Summit SSD, MLC, 220/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail # OCZ, 250GB Summit SSD, MLC, 220/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail # OCZ, 250GB Summit SSD, MLC, 220/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail # OCZ, 250GB Summit SSD, MLC, 220/200 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, SATA 3 Gb/s, Retail # RAID, RAID 5 (fault tolerance), min 3 hard drives and RAID controller required # LSI, MegaRAID SAS 8888ELP SAS/SATA RAID Controller, 8-int/8-ext ports, 3 Gb/s, Levels 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, 512MB DDR2 cache, PCIe x4, Full-height/Low-profile, Retail # SILVERSTONE, FP34 Black Internal 26-in-1 Card Reader & I/O Panel Device , 3.5" Bay, USB, Aluminum # PIONEER, BDR-203BKS Black 8x/16x/32x BD/DVD/CD Blu-ray Disc™ DVD Burner, SATA, Retail # BELKIN, F5D8055 Wireless Adapter, Draft 2.0 IEEE 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps, USB 2.0 # BIGFOOT NETWORKS, Killer NIC Network Card, 400MHz NPU, 10/100/1000 Mbps, PCI 2.2, Retail # PERFORMANCE PCS, Modified Armorsuit PC-P80 Black Tower Case w/ Boreas TEC Chiller System, EATX, No PSU, Aluminum # SERVICE, Custom Automotive Paint, Viper Blue # ACCESSORY, Universal Acoustic Foam # CASE FAN, NON-LED, Fans Maximum Package, Low Noise # ZALMAN, ZM-MFC2 4-Channel Fan Controller Panel, 5.25" Bay, Black/Silver # CUSTOM WIRING, Spiral Wrap Wire Management with Round Cables, Black # LOGISYS, 12" Single Cold Cathode Case Light Kit, Ultra UV # PC POWER & COOLING, Turbo-Cool® T12W 1200W Power Supply, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, Single +12V Rail, Quad SLI Ready # MICROSOFT, Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition SP1, w/ Free Windows 7 Upgrade Coupon, OEM # SERVICE, Use Name from Billing Address as