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PST
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Poker Orifice
FoolsTilt
Platinum Level
From the sounds of it, it must be from a number of years ago because today a $1,000 laptop from Dell will get you a freakin' beast (wayyyyy more than what a person would need for online poker). For less than $1,000 on Dell you can get a laptop with an i5 CPU, 8GB Ram, 512 GB SSD... or possibly an i7 CPU as well.
I'm looking at Dell site now... & for Canadian dollars you can get a 15in. laptop with i7 processor,8GB Ram, 1 TB hard drive for $700 (or i5 with 512GB SSD & 8GB Ram for $700).
A 15in. with i3 processor & 4GB Ram would easily do the job for online poker which you can buy for $450 (fwiw, I'm using something far worse than this & can play 20tables with it... although I do run into LAG problems when running PT4 & multiple sites)
I was considering picking up a 13in. Dell Laptop during boxing day sales for ~$800 & it was an absolute beast!
OP, you really don't need much for online poker.
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olonare1
Rising Star
Bronze Level
i have both a lenovo and a HP both seem to run the poker sites very smoothly with next to no glitches.
finaltable1
Legend
Loyaler
depends on where I am, my main setup is Lenovo quad-core 8gb ram dual video + dual 24" screens, sometimes switch one of the screens to TV. Second setup is Toshiba dual core 4gb + 22" screen and 3rd setup is in the garage, where I'm using Dell dual core 4gb + 19"
I feel you!:call2: I use smartphone only for some Apps, lime Smart Tools and other apps for electronics. Regular cell phones for calls, and no BS like whatsapp and social stuff. Don't like to watch/play or draw anything even on a tablet, screen is too small.
Alienware was, is and will always be awesome, their laptops always have nice configuration. One of the design companies that I know has switched from Apple to Alienware several years ago and they're happy about it. Personally I'm too greedy to overpay for the brand.
Dell is always a good choice. Many new and used laptops have passed through my hands during past 20 years, 50+ laptops. And the most reliable among affordable brands are Toshiba/Dell/HP/Sony. All 4 brands are equal.
The freakin beast?? - I need one! and will buy one as soon as it will cost under $1500. It's hard to play poker together with couple more resource hungry programs running like 3d CAD/CAM software. I'll be happy with a machine with such specs from Dell/Sony/Lonovo, but not MSI
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XJ65XDX/ref=psdc_13896615011_t5_B07WLTLDKN
but instead of 1TB SSD I could use no SSD at all or 128gb and 64gb RAM instead, and price around $1400 incl. shipping. I think it'll be a nice setup for any type of activity if small 4K screen of the laptop will be paired to large 4K screen of TV. With 4K resolution I believe that it's possible to fit and clearly see 12 poker tables in 1 row and have 4 rows at 1 single screen
cguru:You're very lucky, bought 1 new and 2 used acer laptops in the past, all 3 of them worked with glitches, and I've only used them to run router machine, they've been x3 times more powerful than required but worked like garbage. I don't know a single person who had Acer without glitches or problems.
sure, but that's in case if you're using your laptop for poker only.
mkdrummey
Visionary
Silver Level
If you're buying a new laptop I would try and get more than 4GB of RAM. I bought an HP i5 with W10 and the first thing I had to do was buy more RAM because it was so sluggish. I have since added a SSD and it's really zippy now.
amatola
Legend
Platinum Level
Bought an Acer Aspire 5 HD, i5, ssd and hd, MX150 g card - nice mid priced machine that can play most older games. Bought 16 months back or so.
I used to like Acer - but will now not touch their products ever again. Bought online, so didn't feel it - but the main problem is the screen - terribly designed, the thing just bends when opening and closing - which I now try not do. Move the screen just slightly now, and the laptop shuts down. Gets way to hot as well. Screen is splitting on the sides, have had to tape it.
Acer not interested as I reported it 13 months after buying. Just junk. Will be buying a 2nd hand gamer desktop when I get to the UK. Get two decent sized screens
I used to like Acer - but will now not touch their products ever again. Bought online, so didn't feel it - but the main problem is the screen - terribly designed, the thing just bends when opening and closing - which I now try not do. Move the screen just slightly now, and the laptop shuts down. Gets way to hot as well. Screen is splitting on the sides, have had to tape it.
Acer not interested as I reported it 13 months after buying. Just junk. Will be buying a 2nd hand gamer desktop when I get to the UK. Get two decent sized screens
Dzob
Visionary
Silver Level
I recommend above all ASUS laptops, which are the most trouble-free. I think a poker laptop should have the minimum parameters:
4 GB DDR4 RAM,
4 x 2 GHz quad-core processor
512 GB SSD
Windows 10 operating system
Graphics Card:
Intel: HD 4000 or better
AMD: Radeon HD 6000 or better
Nvidia: GeForce 500 or better
4 GB DDR4 RAM,
4 x 2 GHz quad-core processor
512 GB SSD
Windows 10 operating system
Graphics Card:
Intel: HD 4000 or better
AMD: Radeon HD 6000 or better
Nvidia: GeForce 500 or better
amatola
Legend
Platinum Level
How taxing can these poker sites be? Think any computer can run them.
More interested in screen space - maybe a dual monitor set - and if buying a laptop HD is nice - you can then have 4 tables open on a decent size.
Secondly is a reliable internet connection - have a pretty slow 4mb download which is more than capable, problem is upload - 0.3mb!
If my wife uploads any pics or files the internet just dies on me.
More interested in screen space - maybe a dual monitor set - and if buying a laptop HD is nice - you can then have 4 tables open on a decent size.
Secondly is a reliable internet connection - have a pretty slow 4mb download which is more than capable, problem is upload - 0.3mb!
If my wife uploads any pics or files the internet just dies on me.