help me choose a decent laptop for unity plss!

Hello, i got around 800$ to spend on a laptop (4500DKR).
It will be used for Unity3D/monodevelop, and autocad mainly.

I have been looking at a couple, but im really in doubt!

http://www.edbpriser.dk/baerbar/asus-x552cl-sx013h-id-7614829.aspx
(specs are in "specifikationer")

https://www.komplett.dk/acer-aspire-e1-572g-156-hd/805553
(specs are in "udvidet info")

Mabye you guys can help me choose/find something even better in the pricerange?

Thanks

Kal

 

http://unity3d.com/unity/system-requirements

anything that meets that is fine.

beyond that it depends how big you think your projects will get. probably get something with a decent video card though.

 

I have a core i3 hp laptop with Intel 3000 Graphics. Windows 8.1. Unity works fine with it.

Unity can also run on a little netbook although a bit slowly.

 

Recently I got a HP Pavillion, with a 2Gb dedicated video card. The laptop is great, however... the screen is only 15.6. Believe me, it's hardly ok for Unity. What I do is use my desktop monitor (23") and the laptop screen.

 

You can start by typing and spelling your words properly. Maybe we can really be of assistance. But I'm thinking that you should make a greater effort first. It makes it hard to take you seriously if you use text speak on a professional forum like this one. Yes, I know people type on phones and tablets - I do too. But that's really no excuse.

Also, one thing. Unity's system requirements really don't mean anything. If you want to create anything really cool, (and you probably do, otherwise why be here?) then you'll need a nice machine. Dedicated video cards are a must. Honestly, both those laptops will be okay for basic stuff. If you want to go really heavy I'd suggest investing in a desktop computer.

 

English is not my first or even second laungage, so please excuse any errors that may lead to total misunderstandings of what i was trying to ask.

Oh wait, you still understood the questions..
hm

Also yes a desktop would be better at the price range.. But im looking for a laptop!
l2readlol

 

Something with at least 1920x1080 screen resolution. A 15.6" screen is fine at that resolution (subjective opinion).

I have an HP 15-j171nr laptop, and HP is currently running a deal in march with no interest and no payments for 12 months if you spend more tan $900 (6 months for anything under $900). You can customize one for less than what I paid for mine (~$1064 with shipping), but I needed mine asap (so had to go pre-built and next business day shipping).

I currently use mine for Unity, UDK and Blender.

EDIT: No idea if HP's deal is available outside of the US though.

 

You talked about this being a professional forum, well being rude to newcomers isn't professional if you ask me, also not everyone here has english as first language.

 

I just purchased one today myself, I got a new Sony Intel i5 with 8GB Ram and 1 TB HD for just $380 (Steal of a deal!)

If however I spent solid cash, ALIENWARE laptop hands down, it's the industry standard in gaming laptops and is even used in many Game Development College Programs!

Hope that helps!

God Bless!

Nav

 

Not sure about the second laptop, as I can't access the page, but the ASUS's GPU and CPU are woefully underpowered. They'll work with Unity, but you can get better in that price range. I'd avoid it.

I have an Alienware 14. Pretty much the only thing that I could find period that had Windows (7!), portability, and good performance. If you don't care about portability though, just find the laptop with the most powerful GPU you can afford. The CPU and RAM will follow suit. I've yet to see a single laptop where the GPU wasn't the bottleneck for gaming.

This is by far the best site for laptop research: http://www.notebookcheck.net/.
Incredibly in depth reviews on the laptops AND various CPU's and GPU's.

Finally, Unity runs pretty well on virtually anything. I used to have an i3 with a 5650m and 4 GB of RAM. Worked fine.

 

I bought a refurbished Samsung for $400 on amazon and am very happy with it.
Refurbished is the way to go; it essentially cuts the price in half.

But whatever you do, just make sure you get a Korean brand!!
Seriously.

Japanese and American brands are designed to break and packed with wormy bloatware.

Some good Korean brands are Asus, Acer, and Samsung.

 

I appriciate all your oppinions!
For anyone who can´t open 2th link:

Processor / Chipset

CPU Intel Core i5 (4. Gen) 4200U / 1.6 GHz
Max Turbo Speed 2.6 GHz
Dual-Core
Cache L3 - 3 MB
64-bit Computing yes
Funktioner Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0, Intel Smart Cache

RAM 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB )
Maks. supported RAM 8 GB
Teknologi DDR3L SDRAM
speed 1600 MHz
Model SO DIMM 204-pin

AMD Radeon R7 M265 - 2 GB DDR3 VRAM

 

I did some deep searching on that site...

The CPU is very fast but everything else is bad. If you can get 8Gigs, 1TB HDD and monitor with this deal, that would be nice.
https://www.komplett.dk/saml-selv-amd-fx-6300-radeon-r7-250/744292#!tab:info

There's another laptop at that price range:
https://www.komplett.dk/k/ki.aspx?sku=805403

 

A modern i5 with the newest Intel Graphics HD (4000?) is enough...be aware that many example web player builds you'll see links to in the Asset Store and in the forums strain even the newest dual video card rigs from Alienware and such but if your target is mobile such an Intel i5 is more than enough. Even if you are going for Windows / Mac PCs then you should consider that enough - the average games does not buy a new Alienware PC / Apple PC every year and that's less likely now with all the 'smartphone' / 'tablet' expenses they are likely spending money on.

The bigger thing is you want a mini-HDMI output from your laptop and a HD monitor at least 24" with HDMI input. I use a Bluetooth mouse keyboard but then my laptop has no keyboard.

Look on Amazon.dk to find the best deal but you can get what you need for likely less than $700 USD, whatever the exchange rate is with Kroners nowadays.

 

Fully switched to mac book pro using the BootCamp feature to run Windows.
Very usefull to dev on Windows and mac on the same hardware

 

Anyone who is running a Webplayer that doesn't run on integrated graphics is making a huge mistake, I think Nvidia was taking the option to use a high performance card away from web browsers which means for any new computer its not an option.