TomN Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Alright guys wanting to purchase a laptop. But don't want to spend loads on a decent one more like £600 max?I want the laptop to handle a lil bit of everything,So what you think of these ones:L1L2L3Or if anyone know any other decent laptops for £600 or less...Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarquin Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Number 1 or 3.3 you get 20GB more harddrive, 1 you get the funky fingerprint security.Hard choice, but for less money the smaller 60GB harddrive & fingerprint one grabs me better. (1)To be honest performance wont be much between these two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Jones Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Maybe a little over budget, but you can run Windows or OSX and nothing will crash or anything (with OSX at least) - http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook/J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMack Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 You could get edu. discount on that Macbook too, bringing it down about 10% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 just a word of warning, my mate got that hewlet packard i think, exactly one year ago, and last week 4 days after the warrently ran out it's refused to turn on.he has taken it to uni and that so i dunno how abused it's got but the majority of the time it's being sat in the same place at his house.anyway, maybe just something for you to read up on before you take the plunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concussion Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Rather than start a new thread..... I need a laptop too. Haven't got a chuffing clue what one to go for? (Ebay = confusion etc)Needs to run Photoshop CS, comfortably! That`s about it... oh and be super cheap! All I know about is ram (512mb - min).... A link would be fab!Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty_susanne Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Alright guys wanting to purchase a laptop. But don't want to spend loads on a decent one more like £600 max?I want the laptop to handle a lil bit of everything,So what you think of these ones:L1L2L3Or if anyone know any other decent laptops for £600 or less...CheersI can just say one thing.laptop is shit!!!ok, its easyer too handle and everything but after a year they broke! its not only my'n who has broke, got friends who is sick of fixing and spend money on their laptops!so im telling u this because, if u get the chanse buy a real computer instead...True words from me who spending alot of money on my'n //Suss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Maybe a little over budget, but you can run Windows or OSX and nothing will crash or anything (with OSX at least) - http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook/J.beat me to it you big bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Why pay for form when he could be paying for function? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 ahh here we go , and spend most of his time getting spyware and virus removes e.t.c ahh I cant be arsed going into danny you win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Unless your a tard you will never get a virus or spyware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 You just called a lot of people a tard there haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted August 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 lol only want the laptop to take to uni and bach home, as I got other pc at second place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 You just called a lot of people a tard there haha a lot of people are.lets not turn this into a mac vs. PC debate, because we all know macs suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatsink Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 I was in the same position, before I found the solution. Really happy with my Dell Inspiron 1300, at the time their cheapest laptop at £399. I notice that they do a variation of specs for even less now too (See link below). Buying a second hand laptop was a waste of time I found in terms of the specs and the often additional cost of buying a new battery at £40.My usual places for buying electrical equipement (Supermarkets!) don't want to offer anything under £600. I'm well aware that many dealers will try and over sell you a spec that just isn't needed. 50% more price with only 5% more benefit. Very difficult to beat Dell's spec for the money.Things I was looking for and got in my laptop: Fast enough for what I do: Windows stuff, Email, Some solidworks, future vid editting.Built in wireless capability so no dongles needed that will be vulnerableWide-screen would be goodDVD reader/writer driveReputable dealer with support.Look alright.The Spec is the same as the one listed on the far left of the link:http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products...;l=en&s=bsdI'd recommend you pick up a newspaper and see if Dell have special offers on. Literally every day they had full page ads in most papers. Our laptop had free shipping, but I notice that it doesn't at the moment. Worth checking the price of this, it could be £40 or more.Now I've got the laptop the PC never gets used. It's very convenient to be able to carry it around the house running on the battery, and at all points it picks up the internet. So easy to store away under the sofa when we need some room on the coffee table. So on convenience and space efficiency it has relegated the PC to the shed under various bike parts. Laptops ***!SteveRather than start a new thread..... I need a laptop too. Haven't got a chuffing clue what one to go for? (Ebay = confusion etc)Needs to run Photoshop CS, comfortably! That`s about it... oh and be super cheap! All I know about is ram (512mb - min).... A link would be fab!Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 (edited) lol only want the laptop to take to uni and bach home, as I got other pc at second place.first thing. They all have shit graphics cards so you're not going to be playing any 3d games newwer than quake 2 on them. so....I'd go with the Acer cos ...the Acer Aspire my missus got 2 years ago is still working fine, the build quality on that is excellentit's not an athlonit has the biggest screenit has a dual core processordon't worry about the disk space - you can always go buy an 250GB external drive for under £100 to keep your porn & shit on. The important thing here is the CPU cos upgrading that is basically a no-no on a laptop. The one in the Acer is pretty shit hot, the one in the HP isn't shit hot and running an Athlon in a laptop is asking for a badly burnt lap. Edited August 18, 2006 by poopipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted August 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 Ok cheers people Only games i'll be playing is FM and probably odd CS thats all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBProductions Posted August 19, 2006 Report Share Posted August 19, 2006 I'll get slated but for games an the odd bit of what you mentioned cant go wrong with a decent pc , like the acer mentioned about. Most local computer shops will have some gaming and adivce nerds in them check them out but dont touch pc world unless your really wanting a wallet raper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 Ok cheers people Only games i'll be playing is FM and probably odd CS thats all.dunno what FM is - you'll probably get away with CS 1.6 but there's no way on earth CS:Source will run on any of those machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted August 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 FM is Football Manger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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