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I’ve got about £500-600 to spend, find me a laptop, please
Cheers
Byte
Last edited by Evil,
Quoted from naMu
for what purpose ? :P
Movies/games/uni work
something like http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199174
Last edited by Evil,
hmm i recommend http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199174
dell studio 15″ is nais
if you time it right, you can get much higher spec than Acer shits
i3, 4GB ram, 500GB, decent gpu on lower resolutions, 550p, will be in ur hands within a week, what else do u want :]
Last edited by AnimaL,
Gaming is always bit so and so with laptops because of the integrated graphics card solutions most of the laptops use, but i will just throw a few options of units what drops on your price range and has a “proper” graphics card in em. Should be enough to run some games and HD videos:
HP Pavilion dv6-3050sa:
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/pi/27-2638086/Laptop-Computers/HP-Pavilion-dv6-3050sa-Product-Info
Acer Asprire 7741G:
http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/pi/27-2605084/Laptop-Computers/Acer-Aspire-7741G-333G32Mn-Intel-Core-i3-330M-2.13GHz-3GB-320GB-LED17.3-DVDRW-Win-7-Home-Premium-Product-Info
Those are just suggestions, few on top of my head. But what ever laptop you ever get do a check list:
– at least 2 core prosessor
– at least 3gb memory
– ATI or NVIDIA graphics card. (never ever take any intell or another manufacturer options if you are planning to run any game on it)
Edit: just checked your link and it seems that unit is on my list too ;)
ps. I’m computer tech
Last edited by naMu,
Whatever you do, don’t get packard bell.
Yea only really needs to play sc2
15″ screen is a bit too small on those screens, I have a 11″ N10J net-book atm and that plays sc2, so I don’t need ultra portability
Acer Asprire 7741G
or
HP Pavilion dv7-3101sa
Would be near perfect for your needs then. Both having proper specs and 17″ monitors. One more thing I have to add. I know it costs bunch of money to get warranty extension to laptops (to get 3y warranty), but its worth it. I have been working with laptops past 5 years by installing fixing and stuff. I have seen it all. Personally I would not buy any laptop anymore without extension to warranty time, they are not build like 10 years ago when they could stop a fucking nuclear attack and survive.
Dell’s are worth looking at if you remotely value build quality. You’re paying a little more for the specs, but it won’t fall to bits in 12 months time, thats the impression I get from seeing an awful lot of laptops, my own Vostro 14 for example is still chugging along great after nearly 3 years.
Check out the Dell Studio 17, but not on the official Dell site with build it yourself, etc, check here:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dfo&
http://ndc.co.uk/browse_sub-Studio_17-92.html#GBP
I know its “refurbished”, but really its new for all intents and purposes, just make sure to check it doesn’t say its scratched/damaged etc in the description (most aren’t, but if they are it always explicitly tells you so in the description).
As I say, got mines from NDC, and about another 3 from those sites for other people, never had a problem.
Last edited by Skyride,
Quoted from Skyride
Dell’s are worth looking at if you remotely value build quality. You’re paying a little more for the specs, but it won’t fall to bits in 12 months time, thats the impression I get from seeing an awful lot of laptops, my own Vostro 14 for example is still chugging along great after nearly 3 years.
Check out the Dell Studio 17, but not on the official Dell site with build it yourself, etc, check here:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dfo&
http://ndc.co.uk/browse_sub-Studio_17-92.html#GBPI know its “refurbished”, but really its new for all intents and purposes, just make sure to check it doesn’t say its scratched/damaged etc in the description (most aren’t, but if they are it always explicitly tells you so in the description).
As I say, got mines from NDC, and about another 3 from those sites for other people, never had a problem.
agree my laptop from them lasted me 2 years thus far, its an xps cant remember the numbers but its doing very good still used at lan as i was too lazy to bring desktop rofl.
I have a Dell Studio, although its modified a bit, would definitley recommend, never given me any trouble at all!
cant say dell has 10/10 of build quality, even studio is starting to tear apart after 10 months of nearly usage
if you want build quality – sony vaio, but that would cost ~ 200 p extra at least
17″ dell’s also seem better quality, even inspiron
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