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Asha

Buying a laptop

By Asha, in General Chat

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Finnegan

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Personally I'd ignore DB11 and anyone else that told you to buy a Dell / pre-Packaged piece of crap.

I really don't know Leicester as well as I used to, but I imagine there's got to be more privately owned, smaller computing shops around the city staffed by people that know what they're on about. I'd have a pokey about and see what's what, buy something a little bit more "raw", a little more bare-bones but essentially unspoiled.

It might sound a bit OTT, but I'd even suggest, depending on your finances / age, a day trip to London and a whiz around Tottenham Court Road is possibly worth it if you want to find the best deal on the best piece of kit. (If you take up this option, Micro Anvika = Sex.)

Oh and if it helps;

HP Pavilion Dual Core 1.66Ghz, 40gig hard drive, 2gig RAM, 256 graphics cost me about £780 - £820ish last year with windows and word bundled.

Asha

Asha

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Would this be better?

Personally I'd ignore DB11 and anyone else that told you to buy a Dell / pre-Packaged piece of crap.

I really don't know Leicester as well as I used to, but I imagine there's got to be more privately owned, smaller computing shops around the city staffed by people that know what they're on about. I'd have a pokey about and see what's what, buy something a little bit more "raw", a little more bare-bones but essentially unspoiled.

It might sound a bit OTT, but I'd even suggest, depending on your finances / age, a day trip to London and a whiz around Tottenham Court Road is possibly worth it if you want to find the best deal on the best piece of kit. (If you take up this option, Micro Anvika = Sex.)

Oh and if it helps;

HP Pavilion Dual Core 1.66Ghz, 40gig hard drive, 2gig RAM, 256 graphics cost me about £780 - £820ish last year with windows and word bundled.

And yeah that helps, might stick with Comet/PC World though...someone specific to blame if any problems occur :thumbup:

Finnegan

Finnegan

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Don't know much about comet but PC World are 'okay.'

I very, very nearly bought a laptop in PC World but they were out of stock. So I trundled back down the road to one of the other shops I'd popped in and found this almost identical model. The PC World variant had had a 128 graphics card and was about £20 more expensive, that's about the only difference and kinda highlights what I mean when I say shopping around private places is often worth a go.

Asha

Asha

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Don't know much about comet but PC World are 'okay.'

I very, very nearly bought a laptop in PC World but they were out of stock. So I trundled back down the road to one of the other shops I'd popped in and found this almost identical model. The PC World variant had had a 128 graphics card and was about £20 more expensive, that's about the only difference and kinda highlights what I mean when I say shopping around private places is often worth a go.

Yeah, something I've never really considered...will take that into account. Cheers. :thumbup::thumbup:

The Reverend

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I've had my Fujitsu Siemens Amilo M1405 now for over 2 years, and had one problem with it - the charger broke so had to buy a new one. Apart from that, i've had no trouble at all, its done everything asked, i dont really use it for gaming, but have had the latest football manager on it, and i'm pretty sure it only has 1gb of ram.

Cost me £400 from a smaller shop.

I agree with Coale39 though, i think Ebay is the way forward now.

Leicfox

Leicfox

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You probably want 2gb ram, Intel dual core processor and 160gb Hard drive.

I built on on dell myself and it's lightening quick.

I have the same although mine is....

Manufacturer Acer

Product Name Aspire 5720

Operating System Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium

Processor Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz

System Memory 2 GB

Hard Drive 1 WDC WD1600BEVS-22RST0, 149.05 GB

CD/DVD Drive 1 HA4012D MTY675C SCSI CdRom Device

CD/DVD Drive 2 HA4012D MTY675C SCSI CdRom Device

CD/DVD Drive 3 HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T20N ATA Device

CD/DVD Drive 4 HA4012D MTY675C ATA Device

CD/DVD Drive 5 HA4012D MTY675C ATA Device

Video Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

Total Available Graphics Memory 358 MB

Audio Realtek High Definition Audio

Wireless LAN Card 1 Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Daggers

Daggers

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Unless you're downloading a LOT of stuff, there's no way in God's good Earth you "need" a 160gb hard drive.

Such a shame - you could have made a wonderful Geek. You've got the glasses and everything...

For shame.

Asha

Asha

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You getting that PC world one? You honestly dont need that graphics card for FM!

Nah changed my mind. Still seriously considering the Comet one that Toshiba and looking about on eBay. Will be getting laptop next weekend sometime so got about a week to make right decision :thumbup:

coale39

coale39

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Nah changed my mind. Still seriously considering the Comet one that Toshiba and looking about on eBay. Will be getting laptop next weekend sometime so got about a week to make right decision :thumbup:

Ok cool. Make sure they have about 100% feedback especially as laptops are expensive and pay through paypal! Good luck with it.

May your purchase be fruit full.

I should really be getting on with degree assignments but I cant be arsed!! :mellow:

Asha

Asha

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Am getting Compaq laptop tomorrow, hence will be on Foxestalk slightly more often.

Sorted. :thumbup: Thanks for all comments/advice etc.

coale39

coale39

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Am getting Compaq laptop tomorrow, hence will be on Foxestalk slightly more often.

Sorted. :thumbup: Thanks for all comments/advice etc.

Which one is it? Spec?

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