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Nerd advice needed!

Created 14th March 2011 @ 19:54

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vlad_drac

xoxo

Do any hardcore nerds know of a great value for money laptop or perhaps a sale, deal, whatever on at the moment relating to such?

I’m referring to small, light, thin, but the kind of thing to do uni work on. The uni work is physics, so i’m not talking games development style work, i’m talking spreadsheets and word processing and such.

We’re talking below 400 quid – the further below the better.

Thanks guys!


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Harlski

How big d’you want the screen?

Psyche

actually, I’m very sorry for hijacking your thread but I’ll put out the question:

I’m actually looking for the same thing, except the work will revolve around programming and probably, later on, small game designing. Being able to play a game or two without major lag would be nice. I have no budget, if the screen can do 1680*1050 it’s fine.

vlad_drac

xoxo

Not bothered about the screen really. I’d prefer not one of the tiny ones, netbooks are they called? I think they might be a bit too small, though i’d give one a look over in a shop to make sure, so if someone says they’re extremely cost effective, i’ll listen to the advice

Also, as for the specs – whatever you think is good enough for that kind of thing. I’m not trying to bring the price down to 0, i’m sort of saying if there’s one for 400 quid which is hugely better than one for 350, i’d not be shy of spending the extra 50. I’d end up using the laptop to its limit whatever the specs end up as. I just want the best i can get for the price i pay, maximum of about 400ish!


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Harlski

If you’re from the UK, try http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/ :)

AnimaL

dell has extremely good deals every few months

and if not, they still are one of the top value laptops

http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/deals1/fs.aspx?refid=deals1&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&~ck=mn – £379 for powerful spreadsheet laptop, £429 and u can even play tf2 with decent fps

here is a good one: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/minicat/services_N00N5051_promo_uk?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs £399 for 2.4ghz i3, 320gb hdd and 3gb ram

Quoted from Harlski

If you’re from the UK, try http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/ :)

most crappy site ive ever seen, why r they asking to pay extra for 1yr guaranty? :D any electronics u buy in EU should have minimum 1yr guaranty without any charge

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenovo_G555_Laptop_M273PUK/version.asp nice lappy for work since it has numpad


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Wabbeh

Quoted from vlad_drac

The uni work is physics

You fucking don.


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toogyboogy

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Also some helpfull tips. Lenovo chargers last like forever while HP chargers breaks down every so often.

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