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31-12-09, 08:51 AM
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Re: Laptops, buying which one?
just indulged myself, got a cracking deal on a Dell studio off their pre-ordered ones.
Studio Midnight Blue with Microsatin Finish T7250 Intel Core2 Duo 2.0GHz (2MB Cache) 4GB DDR2 667MHz RAM 500GB Serial (SATA) 5400 RPM 17.0" 1440x900 (WXGA+) CCFL Widescreen Display DVD-ReWriter Drive Dedicated radian graphics card (1GB) IDT High Definition Audio Dell TrueMobile 1397 Wireless (A/B/G) BlueTooth Integrated Webcam Included Standard Life 6 Cell 53Whr/56WHr Lithium Ion Battery Features: Integrated Biometric Fingerprint reader Full Size Keyboard with Seperate Numeric Keypad 8-in-1 Multimedia Memory Card Reader Slot Load Optical Drive FireWire (For Video Editing etc) Broadband Ready Network Card Touchpad Built-in speakers & Microphone HDMI Output for watching High Definition Movies on external HD screen Ports: 5 x USB 2.0 1 x Integrated 10/100/1000 LAN (RJ45) 1 x FireWire IEEE1394a 1 x VGA 1 x HDMI 1 x ExpressCard 54mm Slot Microphone/Headphone Sockets I like the dedicated graphics card as that'll help with the photshop and other photographic stuff I do,17" is a bit big, but hey for the money I'll live with it....  .As normal I put it threw their builder program and it came out at £881 + delivery, as I paid under half that I'm well pleased, well will be when it arrives anyway..... Cheers Mark.
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31-12-09, 10:19 AM
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Re: Laptops, buying which one?
Sony... I boycotted their products as much as reasonable possible (it is impossible to completely avoid them) after that root kit fiasco marked them as un-trusted.
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31-12-09, 02:15 PM
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31-12-09, 05:50 PM
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Looks a decent spec that Mark, I'm currently toying with the idea of another laptop or going to one of these mini desktop things. I too want a dedicated GFX card for photo editing etc, and really now want to be looking for something with full HD capability in both the card and monitor as come a few years down the line, everything will be HD.
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Re: Laptops, buying which one?
Just ordered a samsung laptop from comet , just for normal use so nothing special cost of < 350 quid had 5% discount code & cashback
Screen size 15.6 inches Processor Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor model number T4200 Processor speed 2.0 GHz Processor bus 800 MHz Processor cache 1 MB Memory (RAM) 3 GB Storage (hard drive) 500 GB Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium replacing by old celeron 1.5 with 512mb ram which screen has busted Cheers Steve
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Re: Laptops, buying which one?
On reliability, this is intersting:
http://gizmodo.com/5406415/laptop-re...ome-out-on-top If I were buying a new laptop, I would rather buy a cheapie at £300 and replace it every 18 months. If you are not doing anything like photoshop, programming, games and you're not a tart, then there really is not need for anything too whizz bang. Laptops are more and more becoming disposable items, like phones. You should have your data backed up on an external HDD or two, so migration won't be an issue. As someone said in one of the new TV threads, if you keep waiting for the latest update or latest tech to become available before buying, then you'll wait for ever as there's always something new on the horizon. |
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