so..three days ago my harddrive on my computer failed ether by malicious doings or from wear and tear.
i am disabled, becuse of this i cant work and the disability checks all go into staying alive (i livee in a damn hotel saddly was the cheapest place i could find lol e.e so i get free net at least) atm im on my 3gkindle. i wouldnt mind some advice on a new laptop...perferably gamming and x.x under 1k it will be my.......mom....who will be buying it ._. since i cant work.

no trolls please...seriouse. been three dqys and im starting to loose it lol i sorta need to have somthing to do or i go crazy. i considerd a kindle fire for right now since i got three hundred in amazon cards.. but i was told that i would be forking tha over to help pay for the new lappy...but it will be a long time before we get enough cash to buy one...in the mean time a kindle f would help ease the adhd i have lol x.x

i mostly use my computers for gamming and web surf...but also artwork so i need somthing powerful...but not so damng expensive.

Esme_Belles said:
so..three days ago my harddrive on my computer failed ether by malicious doings or from wear and tear.
i am disabled, becuse of this i cant work and the disability checks all go into staying alive (i livee in a damn hotel saddly was the cheapest place i could find lol e.e so i get free net at least) atm im on my 3gkindle. i wouldnt mind some advice on a new laptop...perferably gamming and x.x under 1k it will be my.......mom....who will be buying it ._. since i cant work.

no trolls please...seriouse. been three dqys and im starting to loose it lol i sorta need to have somthing to do or i go crazy. i considerd a kindle fire for right now since i got three hundred in amazon cards.. but i was told that i would be forking tha over to help pay for the new lappy...but it will be a long time before we get enough cash to buy one...in the mean time a kindle f would help ease the adhd i have lol x.x

i mostly use my computers for gamming and web surf...but also artwork so i need somthing powerful...but not so damng expensive.

Was it only your hard drive that failed? Just buy a new one for 50 bucks {300 gigs easily} and then buy the win 7 os for a hundred, bam, fixed

Or go for Linux if you can't afford Windows

should have mentioned that the laptop is obsolete and litterly falling appart so its not just a matter of replacing the hd..done that twice in the past year. we already considered repair. and decided it would be cheaperr and easyer to buy a new system. specily sice my current one seems to be crap

Although they have been getting better at it, laptops still aren't a good choice if you're looking for a gaming machine. There are quite a few laptops out there with the hardware sufficient to run modern games, but they always run at a much, much higher price than a similarly spec'ed desktop.

I'd say only go for a gaming laptop if mobility is a legitimate issue. Or maybe if you only play old/really old games.

Why don't you buy one of these?
http://www.raspberrypi.org/

They're good enough for looking at porn :D
You'll just have to continue using your old keyboard and screen.

Asus has some pretty good deals.

get a custom computer...that way you can upgrade what you want, when you want. I purchased one for $1000 2 years ago and never looked back.

Im rather technologically retarded but I hear a company called alienware (yes? No? Close?) Makes some pretty win setups... Custom computers or whatever. Could be worth it to scope out!

null0010 said:
Asus has some pretty good deals.

Kotep said:
Alienware is ridiculously overpriced, that's the problem.

You can get an Asus computer that does the same things an Alienware does for about half the price. And Asus is a high build quality brand.

lol...uuh. asus is what i have...been nothing but trouble since i got it...was considering getting another...despite the issues ive had with my G51 but the ones ive seen on amazon where around 1200 - 1500 $ wich while probably reasonable for a gamming rig...is out out my current range :(

as for building my own. i dont know the furst thing about this stuff lol

oh well thank you for the advice guys appreceate it. now im off to find somthing i an do here in my room thatl help pay for this...too bad escorting isnt legal here...[jk]

.clicks on nulls asus link. HOLY crap o.o coulda sworn my G51 was like 1000$...at least. might be easyer to get than i thought lol

I'm fairly certain that Asus also makes a cheap netbook that costs about 100 bucks.