How much would you invest on a poker laptop?

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If all you're doing is playing freerolls or cheap tournaments, single table tournaments, it doesn't matter, but this question was more geared towards people playing multiple tables as I was taking that into consideration when deciding. I think you'll find that a cheap entry-level PC will have a hard time running multiple clients and tables, and if you start running software to study the moves again, your machine won't make it. [/QOTE]


I understand what you mean, in relation to several poker games at the same time, yes I have a really weak and difficult pc
 
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Just buy a refurbished dell of a top tech site. Done it many times. You could get a decent laptop for like $200 with a waranty
 
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I would say somewhere around 500$ .
You don't need too many resources to play poker
 
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I would spend around, 1000 bucks. You don't need to spend , that much on a laptop. I would suggest buying , a Dell computer. They are a good quality, computer they are worth money. I would even buy, a desktop from Dell. You need a laptop if you, on the road alot. Otherwise I suggest a desktop.
 
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why throw in big money to open a poker client, and several tables, I think you don't need a computer of the latest model !!!


Why? Ideally so if the site your crashes you know its not a result of your computer performance! Playing 5 tables across 3 sites was maxing out my cpu before. I would not recommend anyone playing of a cheap laptop unless its freerolls, cheap games or 1-2 tables ideally not mixing clients.

And that is if you are not running other things at the same time.
 
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About $400. Thats actually around what I paid. Make sure you get 8GB of RAM or more.
 
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if you use a hud such as drive hud 2 i think it says it requires 8gb of ram.. seen a dell that ran for $545 CDN with 8gb of ram on amazon.ca could be cheaper in the US as the Candian dollars is worth beans..
 
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Since this thread is still getting replies and suggestions, I will add to my original post. Why do you need a laptop? Do you really need to move around during a poker session? If you do, OK, I can understand that, I know when I sit down for a session with multiple clients and multiple tables, I am not moving from place to place while playing. I say that to say, a desktop will be cheaper with much more computing power, just in case you ever want to run software besides the pokewr client.

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6 months ago I picked this up for less than $600 USD, and I can run as many tables and clients as I can handle. I can also use different software after poker to study my play. I have multiple displays which helps my old eyes. I would have issues if I had all of my "stuff" open on my laptop, even though I had a 17 inch screen. Anyway, just my opinion, of course, anyone is free to do whatever you feel works for you. I do think if you play poker on a regular basis, having a newish, dependable machine means a bunch.
 
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