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    After buying a new Laptop

    i would like help please on finding a decent laptop, capable of running wow.
    I should probably note im from the UK and im after an intel chip rather than an amd.
    I am on a budget sub £300 would be awesome but £400 is my limit
    also i dont mind if its a refurb, other than that a webcam and decent speakers would be desirable as i will be watching movies onit.
    thanx brak

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    For this budget you will get a new laptop that can barely run wow (C2D or first gen i3, entry level video card). But if you want to "enjoy" playing wow, then you should aim for a middle class video card and maybe an i5 (but that one is not that important, because it is only a little bit faster). Obviously you won't get a new one with these specs for sub 400, but some stores sell barely used laptops for up to 100,- less than the original price. You just have to keep your eyes open.

    P.S.:
    I work at a computer store, and sometimes there are pretty sweet deals with such barely-used laptops. Take for example the Acer Aspire One 522 (that is the one with the AMD C-50 cpu). At the time, this netbook was released just about 2-3 weeks earlier and the price was 299 € (in germany, still costs 289,- now). It looked like we got some units returned inside the 14-day period (you get when you shop online) and re-sold them for 199-219 € (can' remember the exact price). That's a 25-33% discount for a 2 weeks old, perfectly fine netbook.
    Obviously, that was a very good deal. And most of the time, the discount is not that high, but 10-20% is pretty normal for such return units.
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    My new E-350 netbook can handle WoW surprisingly well, for the record. Much better than low end i3's with an IGP or Atoms.
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    Last edited by brak; 2011-05-04 at 09:27 PM.

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    WoW will barely run on either of those. Maybe with everything on the lowest setting.

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    i know its amd but it does have a dedicated gfx card how is this one compared to the others?

    http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Samsung_R525_987270.html

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