- Sep 26, 2004
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OK, so I am going to be buying a new lappy sometime between now and mid July. I am starting an executive MBA and they require that I have a laptop running the following:
Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional
> 2 ghz processor
> 1 gb ram
DVDROM
> 64 mb video ram
ethernet/wireless/headset required
I have to be able to install / run:
Microsoft Windows Update
Microsoft Windows Defender
Adobe Reader
Camtasia Player
Flash Player
Sun Java
QuickTime
RealPlayer
McAfee AntiVirus
Centra
Excel AddIns (Sensit and Treeplan)
Regress
Premium Solver
VPN (Fuqua Virtual Private Network)
WinZip
WS_FTP (File Tranfer Protocol)
NOW TO THE FUN PART:
I want to be able to play WarCraft3 and StarCraft 2 (when it comes out).
I am thinning that a 15 - 15.4 " screen
Core2Duo
2gb Ram (upgrade after purchase if necessary)
possibly go8600 (will I need this for StarCraft 2 ?)
Can I make this happen with a MacBook Pro?
Do any of the IBM Lenovo's come with gaming graphics cards?
When will we see go8600's from Dell?
I was also looking at some of the ASUS machines they have at NewEgg.
I know there was a somewhat similar thread lately but I didn't want to derail that one. I would really appreciate some suggestions.
Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional
> 2 ghz processor
> 1 gb ram
DVDROM
> 64 mb video ram
ethernet/wireless/headset required
I have to be able to install / run:
Microsoft Windows Update
Microsoft Windows Defender
Adobe Reader
Camtasia Player
Flash Player
Sun Java
QuickTime
RealPlayer
McAfee AntiVirus
Centra
Excel AddIns (Sensit and Treeplan)
Regress
Premium Solver
VPN (Fuqua Virtual Private Network)
WinZip
WS_FTP (File Tranfer Protocol)
NOW TO THE FUN PART:
I want to be able to play WarCraft3 and StarCraft 2 (when it comes out).
I am thinning that a 15 - 15.4 " screen
Core2Duo
2gb Ram (upgrade after purchase if necessary)
possibly go8600 (will I need this for StarCraft 2 ?)
Can I make this happen with a MacBook Pro?
Do any of the IBM Lenovo's come with gaming graphics cards?
When will we see go8600's from Dell?
I was also looking at some of the ASUS machines they have at NewEgg.
I know there was a somewhat similar thread lately but I didn't want to derail that one. I would really appreciate some suggestions.