Ian W Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Okay guys. as it seems a few others are having similar problems, my home pc is about to give up the ghost and die on me any day now. as such i may be looking to get myself a laptop (mainly for space saving and the fact i don't need a top spec pc for games or anything like that). where's the best place to get one and what's the minimum spec i should look for given i only use it for the web, itunes and a bit of photo printing/editing etc. any help much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 acer makes brilliant laptops, probably better then dell never go for a celeron laptop or pc as its the entry level pentium, try and get wireless, it is flexable and cheaper to buy with the laptop than upgrading later if going for a laptop try your best if it is a pentium 4 to go for 2800 or over, if its a pentium M or centrino try and go for 740 or above ram on a laptop must be over 512mb try and get at least 1mb a decent laptop can cost but you will get a good one for about £700-1k anything under that then your gonna be slow and no matter what people say that it wont bother me, wait till you put office and anything else on it and see how slow it gets, athlon makes good chips but you have to look at getting the highest athlon for speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 cheers dude, anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I agree that Acers are good, but they use the same old Chicony-style keyboard as most other companies. My number one would be a Thinkpad T or Z series, absolutely the finest there is. The professional end Dells are very good too (Latitude D6x0). Agree on the Celerons - steer cleer, but I would also say steer clear of P4s unless you like big fat hot laptops with poor battery life. Centrino (Pentium-M) or mobile Athlon 64 is the way forward. PC World stuff ain't so good - Packard Bell etc. Not a fan of the VAIOs unless it's a high-end one. The cheaper ones really are shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 from experience dont go Dell or Sony. Dont go to PC world and dont get celeron! part of my job at work is looking after the company laptops etc etc. Acer are ok if you want a cheap laptop with lots of bells and whistles. But if you want a laptop thats gonna last, go for HP Compaq NX series or a Toshiba comes in close 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Agree on the Celerons - steer cleer, but I would also say steer clear of P4s unless you like big fat hot laptops with poor battery life. Centrino (Pentium-M) or mobile Athlon 64 is the way forward. PC World stuff ain't so good - Packard Bell etc. Not a fan of the VAIOs unless it's a high-end one. The cheaper ones really are shite. agree with you on everything there, however with athlon 64 you have to go for a high end one too as i bought one for my dad and silly me i never looked into it on great detail and got him the 3000 boy is that slow, p4 is good but battery life is a problem and vaios are just shit reagardless imho its a fashion item to prove you have more money than actual sense, sorry to people who have them but unless they have came down in price since i last looked at them, you can get sometimes twice as good for the same money if you bargain hunt if you want power and not to fussed for battery life go for a p4 but if you want the best compomise go for a centrino or high athlon and 100% agree with carlos pc world dixons comet argos etc they are all shit and rip off merchants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 yup, have a HP from work and like it so was thinking that or a Toshiba anyhow. next question is where's the best place to get one from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 http://www.insight.com they have a HP contract so its pretty damn hard to find HP's any cheaper anywhere else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 http://www.insight.com they have a HP contract so its pretty damn hard to find HP's any cheaper anywhere else... who da man?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 http://www.insight.com they have a HP contract so its pretty damn hard to find HP's any cheaper anywhere else... aye, that's where I send my customers for everything big-name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 teehee I love it when a plan comes together... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 cheers guys, although one question.....i take it i have to order from the USA and get it shipped over or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 if your on insight, just hit the little Union Jack flag to go to the UK website... or go here http://uk.insight.com/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 cheers mate, found it just a minute ago. looks good although they're still not exactly cheap.......maybe i'm just expecting too much as i've never bought a laptop before moon on a stick anyone? edited to retract this last statement....they do actually have some good deals given the spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 try the HP NX6110. i swear by um... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 Looks good mate, although i'm torn between a laptop and a new head unit for the Supe maybe head unit first and laptop next month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMassie Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite Pro M70 Equim with a Pentium-M Centrino 1.73 GHz Processor, 512MB DDR SDRAM, 60GB Hard Drive, Dual Layer DVD Drive, 15" TruBrite Widescreen TFT and and integrated wireless LAN, was a shade under £800. can whole heartedly recommend that model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caliAl Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I've got a HP Compaq nc6000 and can well recommend it. Not great at playing games, but then that’s not what it was brought for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_cozzy Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 HP's the backligher fails (i have 10+ units with a failed backlighter). Tosh'es - dont like them, have had 2 fail out of 4 with system board problems. Get an ibm think pad, its the only laptop I would recommend( however I do have an acer at home!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wez_p Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 my one of these is supposedly arriving tomorrow http://uk.insight.com/apps/productpresentation/index.php?product_id=TOYA04OKH&nbs_search=K%3Dm400 bit fancy, but work are paying and it's to replacement my development PC at work, as well as be a nice little gadget for browsing the internet in the lounge, on the toilet, in the garage, etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 what the hell do you do with your laptops m cozzy for so many to fail?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I've got a HP Compaq nc6000 and can well recommend it. Not great at playing games, but then that’s not what it was brought for I've got nx6110 and its great. Did have a backlight fail on my old pavillion though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 it's an nc6000 i have from work and to be honest, probably don't need much more than this i don't think. i take it the nx6110 is the superior model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 the nc and nx are slightly different range. the nx has more features on it. have got 20+ NX at work, no probs with any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Have you considered an Apple? I bought a Power book a few months ago and I'm still wondering how I ever managed to live with PC's and windows for so long.... PC World stock them, take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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