# Looking to upgrade notebook. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 9, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789 "2009-02-09T18:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![skylinez07](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skylinez07/32/4993_2.png) [@skylinez07](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skylinez07)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/1 "2009-02-09T18:48:42Z")
ok well right now i have a: Model: HP Pavillion dv6700 Notebook PC Processer: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo CPU T7250 @2.00Ghz Memory: 3.00GB System type: 32 bit operating system Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS Screen 15.4" 160 GB HD What should I be looking for notebook wise? Used for gaming, school, work, and leisure. Also looking for vista/windows 7 operating system. Looking for fingerprint scanner. 160-320 gb HD 14-15.4 screen ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/2 "2009-02-09T18:55:40Z")
sounds like you want a mac… but gaming + mac = no good. are you looking to sell your current laptop? ---
**Author:** ![skylinez07](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skylinez07/32/4993_2.png) [@skylinez07](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skylinez07)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/3 "2009-02-09T19:15:59Z")
> [@maverick27](#): > > sounds like you want a mac… but gaming + mac = no good. > > are you looking to sell your current laptop? Quite possibly, ill buy 1st then sell. Dont like macs they give me headaches. Always loved hp/compaq. ---
**Author:** ![skylinez07](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skylinez07/32/4993_2.png) [@skylinez07](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skylinez07)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/4 "2009-02-09T19:26:06Z")
basically looking for same screen size in the new laptop. also vista/windows 7 ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/5 "2009-02-10T08:09:56Z")
> [@maverick27](#): > > sounds like you want a mac… but gaming + mac = no good. > > are you looking to sell your current laptop? LOL most naive response ever… Considering the new MBP’s have the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB in them, pretty good for a mobile. Even my older MBP can handle gaming very well. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/6 "2009-02-10T08:12:04Z")
idunno, the current laptop he is running sounds pretty decent. Why not just upgrade the hard drive to be bigger, and re-install OS? ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/7 "2009-02-10T08:16:42Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#): > > LOL most naive response ever… > > Considering the new MBP’s have the NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512MB in them, pretty good for a mobile. > > Even my older MBP can handle gaming very well. I wasn’t talking about hardware I was talking about software… :picard: ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/8 "2009-02-10T08:17:32Z")
> [@maverick27](#): > > I wasn’t talking about hardware I was talking about software… :picard: ever heard of boot camp? :picard: use windows for gaming, OS X for everything else :picard: ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/9 "2009-02-10T08:23:35Z")
> [@maverick27](#): > > I wasn’t talking about hardware I was talking about software… :picard: And whats wrong with OS X? Do elaborate… ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/10 "2009-02-10T08:29:02Z")
Lenovo IdeaPad Y730 WUXGA ask no further questions. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/11 "2009-02-10T08:29:30Z")
Those fingerprint scanners are pretty stupid. If they had software built into windows that did the login that would be good, but the ones I have seen use ghetto third party software, and it makes the entire experience cheap… ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/12 "2009-02-10T08:52:28Z")
IdeaPad Y730 uses facial recognition, there’s some videos of it on youtube seems to work pretty well Im currently looking at IdeaPad Y730’s, HP Pavillion HDX 16, and Dell Studio XPS 16’s… they are all really nice but we’ve had awesome results with Lenovo’s at work so I am kind of leaning towards that… ---
**Author:** ![maverick27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maverick27/32/4946_2.png) [@maverick27](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maverick27)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/13 "2009-02-10T09:28:45Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#): > > And whats wrong with OS X? Do elaborate… lack of high-end 3D graphics support…most games are ported to mac from windows… and price differential. why pay 3k for a mac when you can get the same performance for 2k or less on a pc? I’m not a mac hater either, I like what they can do but not at the prices they sell them for. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/14 "2009-02-10T10:00:06Z")
> [@chino](#): > > IdeaPad Y730 uses facial recognition, there’s some videos of it on youtube seems to work pretty well > > Im currently looking at IdeaPad Y730’s, HP Pavillion HDX 16, and Dell Studio XPS 16’s… they are all really nice but we’ve had awesome results with Lenovo’s at work so I am kind of leaning towards that… just got a T400. ROCK SOLID laptop. I really like it. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-upgrade-notebook/62789/15 "2009-02-10T10:19:30Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > just got a T400. ROCK SOLID laptop. I really like it. yea we have been buying T61P’s (predecessor to the T500), fucking love them, have had zero problems with them at all hardware-wise. I just like having a nice clamshell formfactor so i’ve been looking at the ideapads