I'd go further and argue that while the 1710 may indeed be the "best
laptop for playing games on", the "best laptop" may still be not as good
as the 73rd best desktop. In other words, compared to other laptops, it
may be great, it may be the best. But compared to desktops, it may be
quite far down the list.


CJ wrote:
> "Gaylord" <bigsexy@clearwire.net> wrote in message
> news:4573ba68$0$374$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>> *snipped*
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>> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:45726abf$0$13721$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> The truth is that no laptop is truly suitable for gaming.
>>
>> Maybe im wrong but the 1710 was voted best laptop for playing games on,
>> with its 256meg Gforce 7900gs as standard, or
>> the red edition with the 512meg Gforce 7950 GTX, a pretty powerful beast.
>
> Barry's point, I think, is that laptops, unlike desktops, cannot be
> easily upgraded. With a laptop, you can't install a new video card and more
> RAM every 2-3 years like is necessary to do in order to keep up with the
> ever increasing specs to produce decent graphics and decent speed. A laptop
> like the 1710 is a great gaming laptop *now* but in 2 years it's going to be
> completely behind and not able to be upgraded like a desktop, so instead of
> just buying a new video card and more RAM, with a laptop you're stuck buying
> a completely new machine every couple years.
>
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