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Action53
09/02/17 9:19:39 AM
#1:


My wife's birthday is at the end of the month and I want to get her an adorable laptop that'll play the newest Sims without exploding.
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eating4fun
09/02/17 12:01:18 PM
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What's your budget? By adorable, you mean smaller sized?
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Kyuubi4269
09/02/17 12:02:00 PM
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A potato.
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Action53
09/02/17 12:13:14 PM
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eating4fun posted...
What's your budget? By adorable, you mean smaller sized?

Less than 500 bucks
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wolfy42
09/02/17 1:18:23 PM
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Best bet at that price range is to try and buy a used one from someone who is upgrading, as it will at least be able to play most games for now and the near future.

I have not seen laptops I would bother with for less then about $700 or so, my current one was on sale for $900 from $1300 or something, it plays everything fine, but won't work for VR now or in the future (even though it was advertised as being able to).

So be careful what you get. You can get crap that will just play the Sims pretty cheap, but honestly just a bit more and it would actually play just about anything. Totally worth the extra price.
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WastelandCowboy
09/02/17 1:23:41 PM
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Will the laptop be used for anything else besides playing the Sims?

Assuming you're talking about The Sims 4,...

Recommended specs are

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-sims-4-system-requirements-released-it-can-probably-run-on-your-computer/
OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1
Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent)
Memory: At least 2 GB RAM
Hard Drive: At least 9 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
DVD-ROM: DVD ROM drive required for installation only
Video Card: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Input: Keyboard and Mouse


Most of these are obvious and can be removed. You won't find a new laptop running XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8. Most laptops have at least 2GB of RAM, usually 4. Most newer laptop SSD's are usually at least 100GB. Most newer laptops are DirectX 9.0c compatible. Keyboard and mouse are included with laptop.

The rest of this, CPU (Processor), DVD-ROM, and Video Card depend entirely on the laptop. Some laptops don't have a DVD-ROM and most laptop don't have a standalone video card as they're usually integrated with the motherboard.

Will she be doing video and/or image editing, word processing, etc?
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Action53
09/02/17 1:28:34 PM
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WastelandCowboy posted...
Will the laptop be used for anything else besides playing the Sims?

Assuming you're talking about The Sims 4,...

Just Sims 4, Facebook and not cleaning up the house
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Kyuubi4269
09/02/17 1:31:31 PM
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Action53 posted...
Just Sims 4, Facebook and not cleaning up the house

Kyuubi4269 posted...
A potato.

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Melon_Master
09/02/17 2:07:46 PM
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Dell Inspiron 5000 Gaming Laptop listed below from $549.99 after $50 off coupon code: 50OFF699 & Slickdeals Rebate

Specs:
Intel Core i5-7300HQ CPU (up to 3.5GHz)
15.6" 1920x1080 Display
8GB DDR4
256GB SSD or 1TB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 4GB GDDR5 Graphics
3x USB 3.0
1x HDMI
Backlit Keyboard
6-Cell Battery
Windows 10 Home 64-Bit


https://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/316504
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Pikazard1
09/02/17 2:47:59 PM
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if you have a Target near you, I highly recommend the following link. I bought the laptop a few months ago, and it has served me quite well (it's what i'm using to type this).

https://www.target.com/p/hp-laptop-computer-amd-e2-7110-quadcore-dark-silvertone-w2m54ua-aba/-/A-51128685#lnk=sametab
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