Help chosing a new laptop

Also remember vista 32 bit cannot see 4Gb ram. If it was me would try to go for less ram maybe even smaller hdd and try to get a seperate graphics card. If you need more storage external hdd are around 50-60 for 320Gb.

oh or odd number's of ram like 3gb.

[hindle8907]

its just my genral experince with toshibas and as a I.T Technican i would say stay away as i wouldnt buy one my self.

my bro has a toshiba seem's good enough too me though it's still quite new there really was no beating the vaio he had before though just a shame he stepped on the screen and broke it.

[hindle8907]

Like ralph said hp are good build quality and you carnt really go wrong with HP.

I've got a 1 year old HP and the screen's bust, power cord broke and had to be replaced, scroll bar breaks every so often, volume bar on the top has broken, the HP addons are useless, the DVD player by HP is full screen so whenever you press the button by accident you have to wait for it to load and then close it which usually disrupts things you're doing. Worst of all though, the cooling design is absolutely abismal, even being cautious, it can burn a hole in my trousers in 2 minutes flat.

Wouldn't recommend them to anyone.

[hindle8907]

unlucky there thingus.

but HP build quality is solid compared to most out there .

where i work nearly all the laptops and desktops and monitors and servers are all HP and work verry well. you have the odd warrenty repair now and again but normaly HP are really good pices of hardware .
talking 600 users +

[hindle8907]

what model you got btw ?

Pffft... Dell, HP, Toshiba, Asus, Acer... They're all the same... They're all made in China by the lowest bidder.

Cheers

They are all as bad as one another, if you want a solid built laptop then you need a laptop using a clevo chassis, however prices generally start at about £1500. Samsung laptops are generally good build. If you want a good bargain for laptops try www.ebuyer.com.