Asus is a laptop manufacturer that excels in certain areas, these include netbooks and high performance gaming machines. When considering which laptop to buy for gaming, then the Asus G73JH should be at the top of your list.
This machine is packed with the highest specs available in any gaming machine and comes with a price tag to match. It comes with a 17.3″ screen and weighs nearly 4kg making it far from an ultra portable laptop.
The full spec is huge and includes a super fast intel Core CPU, Blu-ray player, 8GB RAM and 1TB hard disk.
The casing is solid and understated but features slick angles and surfaces. It is well ventilated to ensure that it doesn’t overheat and features an excellent keyboard that is a joy to use and is also backlit.
All of the components are high end and it is the first machine to feature ATI’s top end Radeon HD 5870 graphics. The screen features a huge 1920×1080 display resolution enabling you to watch HD films and enjoy games at their full potential.
This is the fastest laptop available from any manufacturer and blows similar machines from Alienware out of the water. It looks great and performs like a dream. This is THE machine for gaming.
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The Samsung R720 laptop is a Blu-ray integrated machine that is priced at a decent level and offers itself as an excellent entertainment machine.
The integrated Blu-ray drive enables you to watch HD films on the machine which also comes with a 17.3″ screen which does a great job of producing a crystal clear picture.
The design of the unit is practical and functional. While it won’t win any design awards, it serves the needs of a laptop user well. The integrated keyboard is very comfortable to use and the touch pad is extra wide making it really easy to use.
It is definitely not a machine for your travels however, featuring a 3 hour battery life and 3kg weight.
It features a good general specification with a dedicated graphics card that works well for playing games and editing photos and video. The dual core processor provides excellent support when it comes to multi tasking. It also comes with a huge 500GB hard disk and a number of expansion slots.
Overall, this machine really delivers and performance and functionality and having the bonus of an integrated Blu-ray player, the Samsung R720 is a great option for an entertainment machine.
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Lenovo have released a fantastic machine at a fantastic price in the IdeaPad U450p. It comes with a 14″ screen which features a fantastic resolution that can be used to comfortably watch films. It also comes with an integrated DVD drive.
The solid case looks really stylish and is solid. It features a matt design that won’t scratch or look dirty. The keyboard is not mounted as well as it could be but it is still very easy to type on. It features good keys that are quite responsive.
It features a very high specification covering 4GB RAM and a dedicated graphics card with 512GB of on board graphics memory. This enables it to support intensive graphics well from editing photos to being a gaming laptop.
Its a relatively portable machine and a good battery that can provide well over 5 hours of battery life on one charge. It features many expansion ports covering USB and HDMI and features integrated WI-FI.
This is a very competent machine with a good specification for a business traveller wanting a little bit more from his laptop at a very competitive price.
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