Need help!!! Cyber monday!!

[Forestland]

So i want to know if apple laptops are cheap on cyber monday? do they sell them online cheap too or do i have to go to best buy and make the line on black friday for it? :/ i need help cause i want to get a laptop for my girlfriend ( i'm making the line early for her) and i want her to get it! halp! also, i need help on whether to get a good gaming laptop less than 800 bucks or a good desktop for 600-800 bucks, i need help asap! THANKS!

[Dillweed]

I know best buy is having a sale online on black Friday and thanksgiving. You might be able to get it for the same price as in store. I got my desktop from cyberpowerpc.com for around $800 and that was for a back to school sale. You could get one for cheaper if you shop around on newegg and buy parts separately.

[Cremate]

"good gaming laptop less than 800 bucks" -- Thats a hard find... it may be possible on Black Friday, like you say, but you will also be able to find really good deals on PCs that will out perform the laptop. You will always get more bang for your buck (performance wise) going with a Desktop of equal price. Now if full function portability is REALLY that important to you... sure, go with a laptop. But with the technology we are seeing in smartphones nowadays, I think its much better to have a quality desktop with some power... and let your smartphone handle all of the quirky portability things you need. With that in mind, remember that there is a lot of functionality to be utilized by networking your smartphone with your PC. Things like sending a document from your PC to your phone, making a few edits on the fly, and printing it out remotely are completely possible with today's technology. It kind of negates the need for laptops if you are just doing casual tasks. But some people would call me crazy for saying that.

TL;DR I would personally prefer a decent Desktop over a Laptop.

[Tigridia]

Apple usually has Black Friday promotions on a few select products in their online store, but you're likely to find better deals elsewhere. MacMall, maybe.

Keep an eye on http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/black-friday/ for the latest.

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[Forestland]

Apple usually has Black Friday promotions on a few select products in their online store, but you're likely to find better deals elsewhere. MacMall, maybe.

Keep an eye on http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/black-friday/ for the latest.

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Thanks Tig!!!

Also Yeah Cremate, im going for the desktop. just going to force myself to get more savvy with them so i dont end up over heating it D:

[KillerPotato]

Apple do have black friday sales, but they are hardly "sales", they would drop $50-75 off select models that run around $1300+.
But keep an eye out on Apple.com on both friday and monday after thanksgiving.

As for a gaming computer:
A gaming laptop for $800 is very hard to find. Lenovo has the Y50 model for $1089 - very, VERY nice laptop:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/le ... eries/y50/
It might drop a couple hundreds on black friday, so keep an eye out.

I'm generally not a fan of gaming on a laptop, and can't really understand people who prefer to game on laptop than on a desktop.. but thats a different discussion (except for people who actually use the laptop as a laptop.. ie travel with it).

Anyway, you can build a solid gaming desktop for $800, assuming you just need the case and the inside of it - no monitor, keyboard, mouse.. etc.
Between black friday and cyber monday you'll have plenty of chances to pick up the different parts, just be on the lookout on newegg, tigerdirect, amazon and microcenter and you're set.

Side note: you dont buy Apple products for people you care about.

[Forestland]

Apple do have black friday sales, but they are hardly "sales", they would drop $50-75 off select models that run around $1300+.
But keep an eye out on Apple.com on both friday and monday after thanksgiving.

As for a gaming computer:
A gaming laptop for $800 is very hard to find. Lenovo has the Y50 model for $1089 - very, VERY nice laptop:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/le ... eries/y50/
It might drop a couple hundreds on black friday, so keep an eye out.

I'm generally not a fan of gaming on a laptop, and can't really understand people who prefer to game on laptop than on a desktop.. but thats a different discussion (except for people who actually use the laptop as a laptop.. ie travel with it).

Anyway, you can build a solid gaming desktop for $800, assuming you just need the case and the inside of it - no monitor, keyboard, mouse.. etc.
Between black friday and cyber monday you'll have plenty of chances to pick up the different parts, just be on the lookout on newegg, tigerdirect, amazon and microcenter and you're set.

Side note: you dont buy Apple products for people you care about.

haha thanks flay, yeah she just needs it for school and what not, she's the one buying it cause i know better not to ever get apple products since the iphone 3 i got couple of years ago.. it sucked. Mind you helping me choose the right parts for the desktop? really a newb about building them :/ would appreciate your help!

[Forestland]

Apple do have black friday sales, but they are hardly "sales", they would drop $50-75 off select models that run around $1300+.
But keep an eye out on Apple.com on both friday and monday after thanksgiving.

As for a gaming computer:
A gaming laptop for $800 is very hard to find. Lenovo has the Y50 model for $1089 - very, VERY nice laptop:
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/le ... eries/y50/
It might drop a couple hundreds on black friday, so keep an eye out.

I'm generally not a fan of gaming on a laptop, and can't really understand people who prefer to game on laptop than on a desktop.. but thats a different discussion (except for people who actually use the laptop as a laptop.. ie travel with it).

Anyway, you can build a solid gaming desktop for $800, assuming you just need the case and the inside of it - no monitor, keyboard, mouse.. etc.
Between black friday and cyber monday you'll have plenty of chances to pick up the different parts, just be on the lookout on newegg, tigerdirect, amazon and microcenter and you're set.

Side note: you dont buy Apple products for people you care about.

haha thanks flay, yeah she just needs it for school and what not, she's the one buying it cause i know better not to ever get apple products since the iphone 3 i got couple of years ago.. it sucked. Mind you helping me choose the right parts for the desktop? really a newb about building them :/ would appreciate your help!

[KillerPotato]

Sure, whats your budget like ?
(and again, keep in mind its for the desktop only)

Something important to note is, that its kinda hard 'planning' for black friday, as you don't know what will be on sale, if it will be on sale.. etc
So what i'll do (based on your budget) is give you a couple of options for each part, you'll just have to keep an eye out on BF and grab things as they go on sale.

[Forestland]

Flay, i bought one.Had a cousin help me check out. it was on a diy package from newegg that they had on offer for black friday, so i took it. 705 bucks. worth the money. I'm looking at videos right now to see how it will be for when i put them together with my cousin. Im looking foward to the day that i finally get it!!! this week!!

[KillerPotato]

Congratz!

Early heads up (and i'm sorry if i'm bumming you out).
The video card is fairly... i wouldnt say 'weak' but average at best..

Everything else is fine, but the card will be a pretty big bottle neck.

I don't know what your options are now in terms of funds, but sales are still going, you might want to look into something better.
(by better i dont mean a $400 card )

Just to give you an idea, this card runs for about $60-80, its considered low-mid range, and while WoW is more cpu than gpu demanding it still requires some power, and this card, at best will offer you medium graphics (in raids).

Again, sorry if i'm bumming you out, the whole system is pretty sweet, just that one thing
And, it's better you know now.

[Deathpal]

I know the NVidia 750ti's with 2gb ram are going from 100-150 depending on the brand. I have the asus model that's superclocked and it runs around 130

[Forestland]

I tried wow with the free trial 2 days ago and i could play on ultra settings, never seen ultra in my whole experience with wow. i was amazed... lets just say that haha. and im upgrading soon as i pay everything off. for now, this is what im getting could more than likely wait for next black friday, trust me i have patience but i have to see how it runs on raids, so im getting wod now and playing but on the eu with my friends dont worry ill be on the us soon

[Cremate]

I tried wow with the free trial 2 days ago and i could play on ultra settings, never seen ultra in my whole experience with wow. i was amazed... lets just say that haha. and im upgrading soon as i pay everything off. for now, this is what im getting could more than likely wait for next black friday, trust me i have patience but i have to see how it runs on raids, so im getting wod now and playing but on the eu with my friends dont worry ill be on the us soon

Your video card is completely fine and ample to play games like WoW on awesome-sauce settings, and will give you no problems. Are you going to be able to play the newest Battlefield on anything above Average settings? No... but at least it will play it. It is definitely not a bottleneck for most casual gaming needs. It is the low end of modern gaming video cards... but it is still a gaming video card, and much better than what you will find in most office desktops.

[KillerPotato]

Your video card is completely fine and ample to play games like WoW on awesome-sauce settings, and will give you no problems. Are you going to be able to play the newest Battlefield on anything above Average settings? No... but at least it will play it. It is definitely not a bottleneck for most casual gaming needs. It is the low end of modern gaming video cards... but it is still a gaming video card, and much better than what you will find in most office desktops.

Cremate man, I haven't seen so much contradiction in one paragraph in a long time.. loved it.

And for the record, i didnt say the card is a POS, i said its average at best and taking into account the rest of the system, is the bottleneck for higher end performance.

Most important part is that Forest is happy.
And yes, seeing WoW on Ultra is pretty amazing, makes you feel like its a whole other game, very impressive.