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  1. beef beef is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 7:47pm)

    anyone know what kind of minimum requirments a loptop should have for the use of playing online poker? I only want to use it for poker and i dont want to spend more that $1000. What kind of memery/hard drive do i need. I dont know that much about computers, and have always used a desktop.
  2. Believer82 Believer82 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 7:49pm) in reply to beef

    it's spelled advice. lol not sure ask the guy at the store
     
  3. ronjon13 ronjon13 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 7:53pm) in reply to Believer82

    lol nice edit anywho ask the guy at the store they are more knowledgeable than most p5ers on the subject
  4. mscheesecake mscheesecake is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 7:54pm) in reply to beef

    Basically it depends on two things a) how many sites are you on (that's the biggest thing for hard drive factor) and b) how many tables do you play on...if you're on more than two you're going to need more than just the bare minimum in memory.

    I can appreciate the ask the guy at the store, but if said guy has never played poker, there you are anyway...
  5. oBOBCATu oBOBCATu is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 7:59pm) in reply to beef

    it's actually spelled labtop
  6. threeven threeven is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 8:00pm) in reply to beef

    System requirements are minimal, any new laptop should be able to run multiple tables of multiple sites flawlessly. If you want to play 4 tables without overlap you are going to need a laptop with at least 1600x1200 resolution.
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  7. mscheesecake mscheesecake is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 8:06pm) in reply to threeven

    I'd agree here. On second thought, most of the new laptops are coming with minimum 40GB hard drives anyway, that's more than big enough.
  8. Earlybird893 Earlybird893 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 8:08pm) in reply to mscheesecake

    i guess you have wireless connection at your house...listen to your dad, or at least respect him and move out if your profession is actually 'sng like clockwork'
  9. bmac bmac is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 8:37pm) in reply to oBOBCATu

    thats what she said
  10. SirElliotGordon SirElliotGordon is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 8:40pm) in reply to bmac

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  11. TheParamount TheParamount is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 8:44pm) in reply to Earlybird893

    You'll need 1 gig RAM (usually the min now). 40 Gigs hard drive. Definatly a good size monitor to multi table. Thats all you really need to look for.
  12. gazinthehat gazinthehat is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 8:55pm) in reply to TheParamount

    That's what she said!
  13. longclaw longclaw is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 9:44pm) in reply to beef

    The most important thing to get is RAM. Get as much RAM as you can afford. My next laptop will have at least 2 gigabytes RAM. You might want a bigger hard drive if you play a lot of sites and save all your hand histories or datamine a lot. The rest is just gravy.
  14. Octan3_ipwnsippin Octan3_ipwnsippin is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 9:49pm) in reply to longclaw

    ^thats what she said
  15. Kefkas Kefkas is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 10:03pm) in reply to Octan3_ipwnsippin

    Go to DELL OUTLETS. I cant stress enough what kind of great deals you can find here (either refurbished or scratch/dent items that were returned (which I have never seen an actual physical deformity on the many i have seen).

    I got a E1705, 17'' ultrasharp screen, 1 gig ram, 2.1 ghz, etc. for just under $800
  16. ChuckSty ChuckSty is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 11:12pm) in reply to Kefkas

    i bought an alienware one, it was expensive but it's fucking awesome.
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  17. cubbierae cubbierae is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 11:20pm) in reply to ChuckSty

    "What kind of memery/hard drive do i need." And you went to The University of Michigan State.

    Why dont you just ask your dad what he recommends?
  18. Karnage Karnage is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 11:30pm) in reply to beef

    Best laptop advice I was ever given was to pay AFTERWARDS.
  19. WEC WEC is offline helps keep track of scammers in the Transfer Thread

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 11:33pm) in reply to Karnage

    Seems to me this guy is on here full of crap wasting peoples time---I wouldnt answer his posts anymore
  20. psychodog psychodog is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2006 (10/17/2006 11:48pm) in reply to cubbierae

    Any new laptop will do. Hard drive is not important. Go with at least 1GB ram. Pentium M is preferred but Celeron will work fine too (poker software is not CPU intensive). A 1GHz processor is actually more than you need. As others have mentioned, the screen size (and screen resolution) is the other main consideration if you plan to multitable. 1400x1050 works ok for 4 tables (nonresizable) with slight overlap. Also make sure it has 802.11g for wireless. Stick with more established brands such as Dell, HP, Compaq, Gateway or Sony rather than lesser known brands.
  21. deletesweet_kate deletesweet_kate is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2006 (10/18/2006 12:25am) in reply to WEC

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