How long do you reckon that this laptop will last?

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lewisp56

New member
hi guys,

How long do you reckon that this laptop will last, it will be great to see if people think that it will last a long time but if you think that it will only last a few years max then should i consider upgrading?


Here are the specs...
Chassis & Display Optimus Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB SEAGATE MOMENTUS XT HYBRID, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (7200 rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® N135 802.11N (150Mbps) + BLUETOOTH

thnx to anyone that reads this!
 
vanthus

vanthus

Member Resting in Peace
It should last until a new application or game that you want comes out and your system can't handle it,requiring an upgrade or if this isn't possible a new machine.
When this could happen is any ones guess I suppose.
 
ubuysa

ubuysa

The BSOD Doctor
I doubt that anyone can seriously tell you whether it will still be good in a few years time. Nobody has that kind of crystal ball and the technology is advancing more rapidly than ever. That's where PCS score, you have the capacity on that laptop to upgrade the CPU, RAM and hard disk. You even have a second hard disk bay. At the price you'll be paying I'd have thought you're about as future-proof as it's possible to get.
 
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M3zxu

Silver Level Poster
well, depending on what you want to do with the lappy - Crysis 3 is already out there and will easily bring the gtx660m to it's knees. Even 680M and 7970M will struggle to get ~60FPS on med/high from what I've read.
 
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dogbot

Bright Spark
Your laptop is only up to date when you buy it. From then on it will always run the software you run now in the same way but technically it can never compete with the next best thing to come along. At some point a decision has to be made, to buy one now or keep waiting .... and waiting ...... and ....

In 3 months time the Intel 4000 series Haswell processor will be available. That will be more energy efficient and have 10% more power and an integrated GPU up to twice as good. The downside is that the cost of being an early adopter is likely to be high. I believe I am also right in saying that the processor will be soldered to the motherboard and hence the whole assembly would need to be changed if upgrading. Of course if you want to wait a couple of years there is always Skylake.

About 15 years ago I was contracting and travelling around so needed a laptop (well, it had Windows 98). It was top spec for its time but within 6 years the advances in programs and technology had made it like so much scrap. Today that situation hardly applies, in fact the trend is towards more energy efficient processors for small laptops and pads. The average consumer still buys 2 core computers from PC World or wherever while anyone with more demanding work buys accordingly. Only if you are a gamer need you keep upgrading to play the latest games as apparently these tend to take advantage of the latest hardware.

So what about me, I hear you ask. My desktop was rebuilt 3 years ago but is still adequate for the task (mainly video editing) but I need to be a bit more mobile so am buying a laptop now. In theory it has twice the power of the desktop so should be adequate for some time to come. On the other hand, I am 74 years old and the laptop may well outlive me. So I don't care.
 
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Jonnyash

Member
Hi All,

I was thinking about using the above spec'd Optimus 17.3" with 12 GB of RAM instead. At £849, do you think this will whip the pants of a Samsung Series 5 I was looking at previously that is about the same price?

Thanks,
 
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