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DVA7729
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on September 09 2009
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
Globetrotter
"Roar like GE-90s!" Mississauga, ON Canada
396 legs, 1,741.6 hours
380 legs,
1,692.7 hours online 391 legs,
1,702.2 hours ACARS 46 legs,
113.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 12 2011 22:25 ET by Shahzeb Bhutto
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Hello there DVA! My final high school year is almost done in about 2 weeks and thus, I'm already starting to get prepared for University. For laptop, I'm considering a laptop on which I can do my post-secondary work + web-surfing, along with some gaming which includes FSX. My price range is less than $800. So after some search, I found these 2 laptops by ASUS that seem to be meeting my expectations, just need to decide which one I should go for:
1) ASUS K42 Series K42JV-XN1
Specs: Intel Core i5 460M(2.53GHz), 4GB Memory DDR3, 500GB HDD 7200rpm, NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M w/ NVIDIA Optimus (1GB GDDR3)
Link: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220862
2) ASUS K52JT-XT1
Specs: Intel Core i7-740QM 1.73GHz, 4GB Memory DDR3, 500GB HDD 5400rpm, ATI Radeon 6370 (1GB GDDR3)
Link: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6891953&CatId=4938
Which one of these two I should go for? Thanks for all your help.
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DVA8441
Captain, MD-88
Joined on March 27 2010
Everett 250 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club
"Gravity is not just a good idea. It's a Law. " Southeastern United States
661 legs, 1,752.7 hours
93 legs,
166.9 hours online 657 legs,
1,740.2 hours ACARS 1 legs,
3.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 13 2011 06:20 ET by Sid St. Clair
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I owned 3 ASUS laptops. You truly can't go wrong with one. Although a desktop tower may be more useful to you, especially because you want FSX.
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DVA7729
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on September 09 2009
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
Globetrotter
"Roar like GE-90s!" Mississauga, ON Canada
396 legs, 1,741.6 hours
380 legs,
1,692.7 hours online 391 legs,
1,702.2 hours ACARS 46 legs,
113.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 13 2011 08:53 ET by Shahzeb Bhutto
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I understand that but due to the lack of space in my residence, I have to go for a laptop. I will be running FSX at about medium settings along with paywares like PMDG, LVL-D, scenery addons, etc. So for that, I need to decide which one of these 2 laptops will run FSX best on my desired settings stated above.
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AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on June 11 2010
Diplomatic Mission
Pushing Tin Club
Online Millenium Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
The Penguins Of Madagascar
Double Millenium Club
50 State Club
Boeing Buckle Down
Four Million Mile Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
"Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away!" Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA
2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs,
5,926.6 hours online 2,853 legs,
9,199.0 hours ACARS 58 legs,
272.0 hours event 350 legs dispatched, 155.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 13 2011 10:02 ET by Robert Armstrong
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First I must ask, how important is battery life for you?
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DVA7729
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on September 09 2009
50 State Club
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
Globetrotter
"Roar like GE-90s!" Mississauga, ON Canada
396 legs, 1,741.6 hours
380 legs,
1,692.7 hours online 391 legs,
1,702.2 hours ACARS 46 legs,
113.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 13 2011 12:19 ET by Shahzeb Bhutto
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Robert Armstrong wrote:
First I must ask, how important is battery life for you?
Not a lot. If I will be running games, it will be running on the charger. But for the normal use without charger, 3-4 or more hours of battery would be great
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AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on June 11 2010
Diplomatic Mission
Pushing Tin Club
Online Millenium Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
The Penguins Of Madagascar
Double Millenium Club
50 State Club
Boeing Buckle Down
Four Million Mile Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
"Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away!" Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA
2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs,
5,926.6 hours online 2,853 legs,
9,199.0 hours ACARS 58 legs,
272.0 hours event 350 legs dispatched, 155.5
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 13 2011 13:21 ET by Robert Armstrong
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Okay, well I did a little research and found that the i5 is only a dual core whereas the i7 is a quad which would be better for games, but it will sacrifice some battery life. If I was choosing I would go for the i7
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DVA2541
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL
Joined on August 17 2005
Century Club
"What's that button for? OOPs" Erwin, TN USA
122 legs, 206.7 hours
1 legs,
1.1 hours online 1 legs,
1.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 16 2011 16:14 ET by John Swisher
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I think the i5 even though a dual core it has a higher cpu speed, and faster hard drive
John SwisherCaptain, B737-800
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