Choosing Between Two Gaming Laptops

Let's call these machines out and give them a finite life span of 2 years before troubles. Some may call that pessimistic but let's go with the reality that we are buying devices with finite lifespans. For this exercise we can figure out if we are willing to rent the machine.

At 2500 and 2900 that's about 104 to 120 bucks a month rent.

Both will be fine gamers and should follow the same trajectory of troubles as they age. Gamer laptops have developed a good track record of a few years of fun and then you need to get it repaired or replaced.

That's all of 16 bucks a month in difference so why not the pricier unit?
Bob

A key question you might need to ask yourself is do you have a requirement for mobility? For a period of time, although I knew I could get more gaming power in a 17" platform, I refused to carry a gaming laptop with anything larger than a 15" screen. I would contend that on most commuter level flights, you can not get a 17" laptop screen open in an airplane seat and work comfortably unless you are in an exit aisle; and that is if you are on a sizable craft on a cross-country or overseas trip. If I lucked out and the seat next to me was open, I could put a 17" screen on the adjacent seat's tray table.

Eventually I allowed a 17"-er into my arsenal, but that was only because I paired it with a netbook or UMPC if I carried it on travel so that I knew I had a platform I could get open on a plane and work. Of course, even if you can get a 17"-er open on a plane, you will usually get 2 to 3 hours of work done. If you are on a non-direct flight, get jammed for time at your layover and can not charge the laptop sufficiently, you are out of luck. All of this only applies if you need to work in transit, which I did. If your travels allow you to relax until you are on the ground, and relaxing does not include the need to be continuously powered up, these issues go away.

Ask yourself how you travel, whether the 17" fits that paradigm, and then if it is worth carrying the weight. Also consider that there is not that much difference between the weight of a 17" versus a 15". What gets you often is the power brick, which can scale between the two much more than the 2" of screen real-estate delta might lead you to believe. Hope this helps.
- Vr/Z..>>

would be the last thing I would compare. Looking at the 2 laptops the m-15 has 15.6 has a true wide screen 1920x1080 (1080p) display. Typically the new wide screen laptops are 17.3 with 1920x1080 (1080P), 1600 x 900 or 1440 x 900. The better older 17" gaming laptops screens screen are more square and not in the wide screen format with 1920 x 1200 resolution. So you may want to look at this if you are going to view movies with the wide screen format.