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Laptop for 11 year old

  • 11-12-2011 9:50pm
    #1
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭


    I'm looking to get a laptop for my 11 year-old and looking to spend approx 400 - €420.

    He's into games such as minecraft etc and general net surfing Does anyone have any recommendations of any particular models or locations where I can get a good deal. U realise I'd probably be better off if I were to wait for the January sales but it is for a Christmas present and he still believes in Santy!

    Many thanks.


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    I don't think Minecraft will run well or at all on HD Intel gfx, so you may need to stretch the budget around €500 or more to get a machine with a semi ok GPU, i.e: Nvidia or ATI, you would need to check the system requirements of the games your kid will likely play and if the laptop spec could cope.

    Nick

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  • #3
    greendom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,382 ✭✭✭✭greendom


    Thanks for that

    What should I be looking for in terms of a processor ?

    Should I be looking for triple core or will dual core be sufficient ?


  • #4
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    greendom wrote: »
    Thanks for that

    What should I be looking for in terms of a processor ?

    Should I be looking for triple core or will dual core be sufficient ?

    Dual Core i3 or eqiv AMD, it all depends really. Check out www.notebookcheck.net for decent reviews and game performance tests. I would reccomend Asus (Not Acer), Toshiba, MSI, Samsung, Dell, Lenovo machines.

    Nick

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