Best laptop for UT?

navyarf
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:30:40 +0000

Make sure your laptop has a rated battery life of at least 6 hours (usually gets you 4). Believe me, this is important, especially if you plan on using your laptop out of plug for a long time. UT’s got a shortage of plugs in popular areas and it always helps to have good battery life. If you plan on lugging it around, try to keep it under 5 pounds. Your back and shoulder will thank you.

If you can get an older model at a bargain price, there is no need to splurge for the newest core-i processors.

Netbook’s a great option as well. They are light, cheap, and most get superb battery life (8hrs+). Great if all you do is web-browsing/light document editing. Horrible if you are editing videos or performing any other CPU intensive task.