Any advice? I currently play 3 tables on my laptop but I guess I should start playing more to make it worth my time.
What is your laptop's screen size? After I saw a lady using a 19" Dell laptop to access the Internet wirelessly near a Dominican Republic beach, I want to buy one too. Is there any laptop with a bigger screen than 19"?

What do I need to connect a computer to a 32" LCD HDTV?
GTA Poker;176117 wrote3 tables on my laptop
BlondeFish;176134 wroteWhat is your laptop's screen size? After I saw a lady using a 19" Dell laptop to access the Internet wirelessly near a Dominican Republic beach, I want to buy one too. Is there any laptop with a bigger screen than 19"?

What do I need to connect a computer to a 32" LCD HDTV?
All you need are HDMI or a VGA cable -- I have a 15" I think and am thinking of getting a cheap 22" monitor
I now have dual 24". A dell 2407 and a 2408. Was on sale last month for $450 and I couldn't resist having another one. If you want a cheaper one the Dell 2309 was down to like $169 or something like that. But I hate resizing so I go for the high res ones.
Do you think you could 6 table adequately (no overlap) on a 22"?
I have 12 tabled on a 15.4" (1680x1050). With overlap.

/g2
It's a matter of personal preference. If you don't mind overlap then any reasonable size will do. Personally, I have a 22", use a HUD and hate overlapping so more than 4 tabling is not easy on the eyes.
GTA Poker;176149 wroteDo you think you could 6 table adequately (no overlap) on a 22"?
Without resizing I only get 4. 1900x1200 Its more about the resolution than the actual size of the monitor I believe.
It is definitely abou tthe resolution more than the size of the monitor. You can have a huge monitor yet run a small resolution, and you will not be able to run too many tables without overlap. I was able to get 6 without overlaps on a 22" widescreen before, and 8 with a bit of overlap. Now that I'm running a 27", I can easily get 12 with no overlaps.
Yup. Make sure it does 1600x1200 (UXGA) or widescreen 1900x1200 (WUXGA). I run dual 19" UXGA on the desktop and both my laptops are 17" with WUXGA high res as well. That gets you 4 tabling with no overlap without resizing from the std poker table size on all sites.

I got one LCD from here:
dfsdirect.ca

and the other here:
http://www.canadamonitors.com/dellfp1.html

Here is a whole setup for you:
3.6Ghz Dell Precision 380 Dual 20.1 LCDs Bundle - $849.00 : CanadaMonitors.com
Thanks for the link. Does anybody know a good deal for a laptop with a high-resolution 19" screen? I have always bought Dell, but its prices seem high when I just want to use the laptop when I'm away from home but need to play a big scheduled tournament. I'm going to check out a forumer's new 19" HP laptop at the rake-free game this Sunday, then will start looking for a laptop to buy.
A 19" would weigh a ton. Are you sure it was a 19"? They are pretty rare. Even my 17" is a pain to lug through customs. However, I love my dell vostro 1710.
HP is nice but there are power/battery related issues. I'd go with the dell
moose;176185 wroteI love my dell vostro 1710.

I'm thinking of buying one with the following options:

Dell Vostro 1710: Intel® Celeron® 550 (2.0GHz, 1M L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, Service Pack 1
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Office® Basic 2007
Hardware Support Services CS 2.0 (Module 29): 1 Year Basic Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-in Service
LCD Panel: 17.0 in UltraSharp™ Widescreen WUXGA LCD Display w/TrueLife
Camera and Digital Microphone: No Webcam, No Digital Camera Microphone
Memory: 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM 2GB2D
Hard Drives: 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Establish Hard Drive Partition: Custom Hard Drive Partition, 40GB Primary, Remainder Secondary
Optical Drives: 8X DVD+/-RW with double-layer DVD+/-R write capability Data Only
Video Card: Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Wireless Cards: Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Wi-Fi Internal Card
Sound Card: High Definition Audio 2.0
Customized Pictaflex LCD Back: No Customization LCD Option
External Modem: No Modem is required
Fingerprint Reader: No UPEK® Fingerprint Reader
Antivirus/Security Suite (Pre-install): No Anti-Virus/ Security Software
Primary Battery: 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Routers and More: D-LINK DIR-615 Wireless N Router
$1,040 (plus taxes). :-\

Is the wireless router all I need to use my laptop at home with Cogeco Cable?
Are there any components that I should upgrade or delete? I mainly need the laptop for online poker away from home, but I'll let my daughter use it at home.
I'm not a laptop expert, but I have owned 2 HP/Compaq laptops and both died within 2 years of purchase -- small sample but whatever, I'll never buy one of their products again.
These days if i'm going to pay +1k for a laptop, it would have to include a core 2 processor.

How much are they selling the router for? You can usually buy it seperately for cheaper, and if you want to go extra cheap probably only need a G router if you only have G cards.

Everything else looks fine
The only 19" laptops I know of are gaming laptops, and you definitely don't need the parts those laptops come with..stick with a cheap 17" from Dell.

As far as the one you put together...I'm definitely not paying $1K+ for Celeron. I think it does give you better battery life and its not like poker playing require core dual...but no way am I spending $1k+ for Celeron.
westside8;176221 wroteThe only 19" laptops I know of are gaming laptops, and you definitely don't need the parts those laptops come with..stick with a cheap 17" from Dell.

As far as the one you put together...I'm definitely not paying $1K+ for Celeron. I think it does give you better battery life and its not like poker playing require core dual...but no way am I spending $1k+ for Celeron.

+1

Don't waste your money on a Celeron processor. Go with an Intel Core 2 Duo (or Quad) and upgrade the RAM to 4GB (if possible). You won't regret it when you're multi-tabling with PokerTracker or HEM, Pokerstove, IE, and whatever else you use, running.