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AFV524
Captain, A320

Joined on October 23 2009
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Century Club
Online Century Club

Mankato, MN

120 legs, 196.5 hours
117 legs, 192.4 hours online
119 legs, 195.5 hours ACARS
448 legs, 794.0 hours total

Posted onPost created on November 20 2011 06:46 ET by Antonio King

Yup, another "looking to upgrade laptops/pcs" thread! Not really too tech savvy with the underbelly of a computer, so I figured I'd turn here for some technical guidance. I want to upgrade laptops as I currently play FS9 on my laptop. Can't really upgrade graphics cards, and I maxed out of memory at 4Gs. I like the convenience of taking my laptop around whenever I want to, so I'm not looking to go for a PC (in case someone suggests getting a PC instead).

Would this suffice for a gaming laptop upgrade? Looking to keep it under $900 if possible, max $1K. http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/P750/P755-S5392

And I'm not too sure how I can tell if I can upgrade specific components of laptops either (why can't there be a "you can upgrade me!" area of specs?), so can someone guide in that instance too?

PLZ AND TY! biggrin

Antonio King

Captain, A320

DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on November 20 2011 06:53 ET by John Anderson

I really can't help, I'm sry, but . . .

"(why can't there be a "you can upgrade me!" area of specs?)"

+1

John Anderson (DVA9677)

Posted onPost created on November 20 2011 17:10 ET by Antonio King

Anyone?

Antonio King

Captain, A320

AFV447
Senior Captain, B777-300

Joined on June 05 2007
International Tourist
Diplomatic Mission
Quinticentenary Club
Online Quadricentenary Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Puddle Jumper Century Club

"Ahh folks, from the flight deck..."
Winter Park, FL

595 legs, 1,190.4 hours
478 legs, 918.1 hours online
590 legs, 1,176.9 hours ACARS
14 legs, 41.1 hours event
713 legs, 1,390.5 hours total

Posted onPost created on November 20 2011 18:14 ET by James Lightbody

Should do just fine.

James Lightbody

Senior Captain, B777-300

Posted onPost created on November 22 2011 00:09 ET by Antonio King

Do you think this'll handle FSX? I won't have a problem shifting really since it'll be an entirely new machine. I plan on keeping my current laptop for business/leisure, and use the new one (above) for gaming. Is that powerful enough for FSX?

Antonio King

Captain, A320

AFV292
Senior Captain, A380-800

Joined on March 02 2009
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
50 State Club
Diplomatic Mission
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
Flying Colonel
Two Million Mile Club
Historical Five Hundred Club
Under African Skies

"Flying steadily onwards and upwards"
ZA

1,845 legs, 5,394.9 hours
1,833 legs, 5,371.5 hours ACARS
1,908 legs, 5,542.5 hours total
3 legs dispatched, 4.5 hours

Posted onPost created on November 22 2011 06:23 ET by Mark Stead

Upgrading of laptops is difficult as every different manufacturer of laptots eg Fujitsu, IBM, Toshiba all make different motherboards and the point to note is they have different motherboard designs so the component has to be compatible with that particular manufacturers motherboard design, its not very much standardised, not like the desktops where it is way easier to upgrade as most are an ATX design, so the laptops will remain difficult to upgrade unless manufacturers can agree on a common motherboard design-hope that helps!

AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 11 2010
Diplomatic Mission
Pushing Tin Club
Online Millenium Club
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The Penguins Of Madagascar
Double Millenium Club
50 State Club
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Four Million Mile Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary

"Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away!"
Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA

2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs, 5,926.6 hours online
2,853 legs, 9,199.0 hours ACARS
58 legs, 272.0 hours event
350 legs dispatched, 155.5 hours

Posted onPost created on November 22 2011 08:57 ET by Robert Armstrong

That laptop would probably be good for FS9... Getting FSX to run well on a laptop is almost impossible... But you can try

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