I’d appreciate some assistance in finding a budget gaming laptop from a reliable source. I can pop into BestBuy (who enjoys that anyway!) or Canada Computers but are there alternatives? I’m look for something to play older games, like strategy games as wargames, but I’m not bothered about the latest games. I also want to do some development, likely using Eclipse+Java and also use docker-compose in VirtualBox. Maybe I’ll also mess around with Unity3 or the Unreal engine.
A reasonable spec is: 16 or 32Gb 512Gb+ SSD Decent discrete GFX card but not the latest Current or previous gen AMD or Intel 2+ USB 3 ports FHD monitor Nothing too heavy though I won’t be travelling Budget is probably $1100+tax
Is that reasonable? Thoughts and suggestions greatly appreciated.
I clicked an Asus marketing email today, they have some decent looking stuff on sale this week. ($850 for a 2021 model that seems to meet your criteria).
Also Costco has an HP gaming laptop on sale for $1400–>$1200.
My old laptop is getting slower and slower and it doesn’t have a discreet GPU, so I’m getting more and more tempted all the time.
If that HP is the Victusl then it’s a tempting deal, but I saw it in BestBuy and its screen is way too wobbly. It wobbles when you type, which would drive me nuts. If it had a better hinge, I might have bought it.
Ah I forgot to look at Costco to see what they have. Thanks for that reminder.