Looking for Desktop Replacements

Here we go.

My brother has an Acer Aspire 9800 (20.1 inch screen) from several years ago, and when I saw it when he came home form university, I fell in love very quickly. As such, a desktop replacement laptop will be my next major purchase.

Here's what I am looking for:

• Larger than a 15.4 screen
  • Must be at least FullHD, preferably 1920x1200
• Built with dual hard drives, or upgradable to without modding
• Don't care about Processor, anything with dual cores faster than 2.4 GHz is dandy
• Video card that will be decent enough for minor photoshopping, eating 1080p for breakfast, and some light gaming. (Like SimCity 4 and Civilization. Nothing major)

As for my budget, it will be rather tight, so I am looking for a sub 2000 machine.
Also, tell me what brands to lean to, avoid, etc.


Thanks for input
Joe

are you looking for a desktop or a laptop?



are you comfortable enough to build your own machine? you can get a better system for less if you do it that way.

I would say take a peak at www.xoticpc.com
They probably have some stuff there you might be interested

I think he is looking for a desktop replacement laptop. Generally I think dells/alienware are pretty good. Your specifications are pretty crazy for a laptop though and it might run more than your 2000 dollar budget.

joedymueller said:

are you looking for a desktop or a laptop?



are you comfortable enough to build your own machine? you can get a better system for less if you do it that way.

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Yes, I think I am comfortable enough to build my own rig, but like I said, I hate dealing with desktop space and setup. Yes, there is more power/dollar, but there is nothing during power outages, much longer setup times,

Stratus_ss said:

I would say take a peak at www.xoticpc.com
They probably have some stuff there you might be interested

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They have AMAzing stuff. I am looking their stuff right now... a couple of the ASUS models look to fit the bill, though now i am also considering iMacs...

Marshmallow64 said:

I think he is looking for a desktop replacement laptop. Generally I think dells/alienware are pretty good. Your specifications are pretty crazy for a laptop though and it might run more than your 2000 dollar budget.

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Yes, they are crazy but I dont think I will ruin my budget:
http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-n90sva1-p-2569.html

Only $1500 and everything I am looking for.

Only thing I noticed about that Asus and a few Asus models I've noticed lately is what's up with the SiS chipsets?

what do you mean? what is an SiS chipset? are they bad?

UPDATE:
Looks Like I'll be putting an upgrade on hold until this news is elaborated on.

SiS is a brand and they used to be the "budget" line even lower than VIA chipsets but I've not seen any reviews on this new chipset maybe its good