Saintandy666 Posted 30 September, 2009 Posted 30 September, 2009 I'm probably going to be buying a laptop before the end of the year and I'm interested to hear peoples opinions on what ones are good to get. I can go up to about 800-900 pounds max, but 500-600 would probably be perfect. Just wanted to see if anyone has a particularly good one at the moment that they could reccomend or one that they know of which is good.
hypochondriac Posted 30 September, 2009 Posted 30 September, 2009 Mate get a macbook. Best decision I ever made.
hypochondriac Posted 30 September, 2009 Posted 30 September, 2009 HP but then never used a Macbook. Soooo glad I bought my mac. With a few applications it is basically the same as my old laptop just much better.
skintsaint Posted 30 September, 2009 Posted 30 September, 2009 give us a clue on what you will be doing on the laptop?.. I brought an Acer Aspire something or other 3 years back, still use it to this day, hasnt had one fault.
Saintandy666 Posted 30 September, 2009 Author Posted 30 September, 2009 Looking for it to last 5 years ish, 3 or 4 gigs of ram and a decent sized hardrive. I was looking at Vaio's today, are they generally any good?
sotonjoe Posted 30 September, 2009 Posted 30 September, 2009 Soooo glad I bought my mac. With a few applications it is basically the same as my old laptop just much better. And about three times as expensive. Get in!
mynameisthehulk Posted 30 September, 2009 Posted 30 September, 2009 Looking for it to last 5 years ish, 3 or 4 gigs of ram and a decent sized hardrive. I was looking at Vaio's today, are they generally any good? I doubt you will get anything that will look much cop in 5 years time. For example I have at home an IBM thinkpad which is about 7 years old and would have been top top spec for 2002, but now 1ghz PIII, 30 gig HDD, 256meg ram, 8meg! shared graphics looks (and apart from for surfing/basic office use) and performs very poorly. Due to laptops having limited upgrade capacity, I would not ever buy one that you intend to last you more than about 3 years. Am not going to start on the Apple thing because I think I have made my feelings pretty clear on that issue over the time. I would look for something that has around 500 gig hdd, 4 meg of ram and a dual core processor around the 2-2.5 ghz mark, and if possible dedicated graphics. Also a Bluray drive and HDMI out. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169018 Is and example, although I am sure you could find the same specs a lot cheaper by avoiding Sony, who I am told make shyte laptops anyway.
Saintandy666 Posted 30 September, 2009 Author Posted 30 September, 2009 I doubt you will get anything that will look much cop in 5 years time. For example I have at home an IBM thinkpad which is about 7 years old and would have been top top spec for 2002, but now 1ghz PIII, 30 gig HDD, 256meg ram, 8meg! shared graphics looks (and apart from for surfing/basic office use) and performs very poorly. Due to laptops having limited upgrade capacity, I would not ever buy one that you intend to last you more than about 3 years. Am not going to start on the Apple thing because I think I have made my feelings pretty clear on that issue over the time. I would look for something that has around 500 gig hdd, 4 meg of ram and a dual core processor around the 2-2.5 ghz mark, and if possible dedicated graphics. Also a Bluray drive and HDMI out. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169018 Is and example, although I am sure you could find the same specs a lot cheaper by avoiding Sony, who I am told make shyte laptops anyway. Dankeshun
Arizona Posted 1 October, 2009 Posted 1 October, 2009 I've got an Acer Aspire which does me okay. 320G HD, 4G RAM and a blu-ray player.
Son of Bob Posted 1 October, 2009 Posted 1 October, 2009 Depends if you want a Mac or a PC. If you want a PC then I'd recommend HP or Toshiba. Having been a laptop engineer for about 10 years now I'd generally regard them as being the best put together and most reliable. Tosh would edge it for me personally. I've had 3 Toshibas in the last 10 years and none of them have ever failed me. In fact my second one is still doing loyal service with my Dad and going strong after 7 years. All I've ever replaced in them is hard drives and memory but that was in the name of progress, not failure. Something like this would do the job nicely; http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165966
Saintandy666 Posted 1 October, 2009 Author Posted 1 October, 2009 Depends if you want a Mac or a PC. If you want a PC then I'd recommend HP or Toshiba. Having been a laptop engineer for about 10 years now I'd generally regard them as being the best put together and most reliable. Tosh would edge it for me personally. I've had 3 Toshibas in the last 10 years and none of them have ever failed me. In fact my second one is still doing loyal service with my Dad and going strong after 7 years. All I've ever replaced in them is hard drives and memory but that was in the name of progress, not failure. Something like this would do the job nicely; http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165966 Now that is very interesting indeed Thanks alot.
saint lard Posted 1 October, 2009 Posted 1 October, 2009 I've got an Acer Aspire which does me okay. 320G HD, 4G RAM and a blu-ray player. Me too,does me fine.
hypochondriac Posted 2 October, 2009 Posted 2 October, 2009 And about three times as expensive. Get in! Well not really because mine was a bit of a bargain at 450 quid.
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 2 October, 2009 Posted 2 October, 2009 How about this, a really good Laptop! http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167263
Saintandy666 Posted 3 October, 2009 Author Posted 3 October, 2009 Got mine today, Sony Vaio VGN-NW11Z/T, very good on first impressions.
Son of Bob Posted 4 October, 2009 Posted 4 October, 2009 Got mine today, Sony Vaio VGN-NW11Z/T, very good on first impressions. Good laptops but a bit overpriced for what they are.
Saintandy666 Posted 4 October, 2009 Author Posted 4 October, 2009 Good laptops but a bit overpriced for what they are. Mmmmmm, but they are the best looking ones I thought, and it was a pretty good one, though yer quite expensive compared to other makes but I'm gonna be using this all the time, so I'm not too bothered.
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