Hardware: New Laptop Recommendations
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Hardware: New Laptop Recommendations
Although i have a pc workstation and a laptop. I find i can multi-table fine with my laptop and an additional DELL Widescreen Monitor (in extension mode)- this is great for mobility purposes as i do travel frequently.
However my current laptop struggles to run Holdem Manager 2 and Table Ninja 2 plus several poker clients at once. I've looked at Gaming Laptops and i'm hoping for something under $2k that can still run everything smoothly. Any suggestions? Any of the RIO members play using a laptop and run all these programs at once with no lag?
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Macbook pro with that budget, not even close. The 13" retina would be great for travel as well.
dont get a mac, cuz then you are limited by software.
Daz, a gaming laptop isnt going to be what you need, because a high caliber GFX card (which is a big part of the $ upgrade in a gaming latop) isnt going to really do anything for you. I would suggest finding something that you can add a second hard drive to, and installing a SSD drive on which you put your OS and your poker clients/apps and then using the regular hard drive for storage. This will drastically speed things up. Also make sure youve got something with 8GB of ram at least and a 64bit OS. I have a three year old dell that was $1K that I added a samsung pro SSD to, and it runs everything fine. Spending anywhere even close to 2K is complete overkill for what you want
you could also try swtiching from HM2 to PT4, supposedly the next HM uses virtually no resources, I think you can get the beta of it now, so maybe try that.
This sounds great, i'm looking into all the things you suggested. Were you talking about HM Cloud?
yeah, that's what its called. I havent tried it or anything tho
You can easialy run windows on mac's, so not limited at all.
Yeah but there's absolutely no point of buying a 13 inch Mac for $2k just to run Windows on it.
Maybe true, luckely you can buy a std macbook pro for $1.2k
Mac software is pretty available nowadays unless your tied to HEM
You want to get:
- quad core, at least 3.0 ghz CPU
- 8 (preferably 16 GB ram)
- SSD - at least 128GB, preferably 256 or 512. You can buy and install your own SSD for a lot less than most places want for the upgrade. It's really easy to do.
- Graphics card that preferably does not use RAM, but has its own.
Graphics and hard drive are where most laptops are lacking. You can upgrade your hard drive and RAM easily, but not graphics and CPU. So spend the money on those upgrades.
Check out www.tomshardware.com for reviews and more information on hardware.
hey guys i'm pretty new here but i'll be grateful if someone can help me...i bought a macbook pro 15" retina display and running windows 8 via bootcamp....also heard cal42688 in a video that he is using it and fit 30 tables without overlap(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V8ZpaKlH-I) at 3:15
can anyone help me with what adjusments should i make on my ps client resolutin scale and so on?
tyvm
What laptops are you guys playing on. I am looking for a laptop to play 4 tables when I am away from home, but I don't know what screen size to choose. I am looking into thinkpad carbon x1 that is 14 ultrabook, very light and portable. Would it be comfortable to play on that small of a screen?
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