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nik
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28th Aug 07 at 10:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
After a new laptop, nothing amazing want to spend around £400 max. Seen the Acer 5520 which looks pretty good.

Any other options?
John
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http://www.dell.co.uk
Marc
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Agreed, get a Dell.
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apple
John
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Go and find me an equivalent brand new apple mac notebook, thats even close to equivalent specs of a 400 quid dell system and i'll go and buy one myself.
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28th Aug 07 at 16:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dell are as well built as apple imo, apple is overpriced
nik
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Cheers will have a look at Dell Is the 5520 Acer good for the money? (£400 all in)

http://www.laptopsandpcs.co.uk/Shop/PCs_and_Displays/Laptops/ACER/9149_ACER_TRAVELMATE_5520-5A1G12_15.4_inch_TK-53_1GB_120GB_VISTA_HOME_PREMIUM.html
nik
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Or the Dell InspironTM 1501

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/notebooks_good?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
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28th Aug 07 at 17:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Any will be good enough if its just for general use.
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
dell are as well built as apple imo, apple is overpriced


Apple is for firefox and linux users.
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also known as benders john?



































[Edited on 28-08-2007 by andy1868]
John
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Maybe
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but seriously, didn't i hear somewhere that dell were offering users ubuntu instead of windows to cut their prices even further?
John
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Yes lol.

$50 off iirc.

I don't actually mind linx, I give it the odd go.

Never understood the apple appeal though apart from the apparent fashion one.
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28th Aug 07 at 17:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
couldn't agree more mate on both counts.

i'll stop hijacking the thread now
nik
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29th Aug 07 at 10:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Also seen this

http://www.shoplaptop.co.uk/pp/Acer_Aspire_Laptops/Acer_Aspire_5630_Series/Aspire_5633WLMi_Vista_3.html

That anygood for the money? Is Vista really that shit?
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I've had no problems with Vista, other than Sky Sports website crashing, which could be unrelated.
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29th Aug 07 at 10:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What do you want it for Nik? Web browsing, letter writing etc or something more serious?
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
I've had no problems with Vista, other than Sky Sports website crashing, which could be unrelated.


i get that alot on xp
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Web, work, basic games (maybe) such as champ manager. Thats about it really, want it to be quick.
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You'll be wanting a good processor and ram then if you want games.

Games like champ manager sap so much memory out of pc's from my experience.
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29th Aug 07 at 10:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well, I probably won't bother playing games think the acer looks pretty good spec for £450
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I over specced my Dell laptop as they're not like pc's for ease of upgrading. So I made sure I'd never have to!
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never? must be some spec
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LOL

Just made sure it was beyond my needs is what I meant Stcheven.

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