by Eric Gothens

Created on: September 03, 2009

In this day and age, people want more faster and efficient technology at their fingertips. We have iPods and MP3's to store our music and listen to them wherever we travel. We have DVD players and hi-definition televisions so we can watch movies and TV programmes in the best quality available that is within our budget. We also have gaming consoles and computers so we can play video games without sloppy, sluggish frame rates. What is the difference between a gaming laptop and the above devices? Laptops can teach you how to 15 different things with one hand, simultaneously!

Okay, maybe that was a slight exaggeration. But the point is, there is a very little difference, if any, between a decent gaming laptop and all of those technological devices. A good gaming laptop will cost roughly the equivalent of how much money you would spend on those various gadgets. And it certainly will give more bang for your buck that purchasing a normal laptop, especially if you are a gamer and are looking to play video games on your new portable computer. I'm sure that by now, you know that a laptop can play any type of media, games, discs, you have the ability to roam the Internet and create awesome CG animated artwork using a variety of programs such as Paint and Photoshop. Of course, a computer can do everything that a laptop can do, perhaps maybe even slightly more. But the one great thing that truly draws the fine line between a laptop and a computer, is that a laptop is a portable device, which you can take anywhere and everywhere, whereas a computer's endless wave of cords have to plugged in for it to become operational.

Setting up a good gaming laptop can total up as a bit of a lump sum, because you'll probably need to upgrade the GHz (which basically determines how fast and how smooth your laptop can operate, the higher it is the better. In other words, it is your CPU Speed.) You will also probably need to purchase a new video card and have it installed into your laptop. The benefit of having both of those items in your laptop is not just that you'll be able to play some of the more recent games, but it will also fasten the rate that your laptop performs out of game, too. With more GHz and RAM, you should be able to run more programs at once, at a faster rate, and the programs that you have open should require less of your CPU (central processing unit) to run.

I personally recommend a Toshiba laptop, as I currently have a Toshiba Satellite and so far, it is great. I suggest

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