Pablo
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Right peeps. Im thinking about getting a new laptop, i have a media center and netbook at the moment which im going to sell so keep eye out for my posts in sales section this week.
Im thinking of combining th two so I just have one unit, fed up of all the plugs/leads power being used and need to downsize as Im moving into rented soon.
I dont want to spend too much, but would like a fairly good machine. Will be used for films, itunes, webbing, web design etc HDMI is a must. Not so fussed about optical drive
Shall i get a 13.3 screen or bigger?
Intel duo core i think would be better, least 3GB ram and 320Gb hard drive. (I have 100GB music) so thinking that the 250 might fill up quick
Thoughts?
Thoughts??
Thoughts???
Any other ideas welcome. Would prefer to keep costs to around £500ish but if I get a much better suited laptop for slightly more then I would spend the extra now instead changing it 6months down the line
Thanks
[Edited on 04-10-2009 by Pablo]
[Edited on 06-10-2009 by Pablo]
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DaveyLC
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I've never had Samsung computer gear until I bought my NC10 and I must say I'm bloody impressed with it, the build quality is perfect and the battery lasts 7, yes 7! fooking hours!
I'm sorely tempted to get the bigger NC20 or a samsung notebook.
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Pablo
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N510 seems interesting, just seems altho may not be fast enough. I have an NC10 and if the screen was bigger id prob stick with it, altho the N510 has slightly bigger screen its still an Atom processor
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Andrew
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Just think you will regret selling your media center if a bit of a geek.
I have a Mac Mini i use as a media centre and a dell mini 9 net book. Then there is my quad core rig and power edge 840 server.
Dell is always good for 3 year waranty!!
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dannymccann
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Going to wait until 7 comes standard on all the laptops?
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Sam
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My other half has just ordered a new 17" widescreen Dell laptop for about £500, has 3Gb RAM, 320Gb HDD, (can't remember CPU sure it is an Intel of some description) with Vista Premium + free upgrade to Windows 7 Premium, and also has dedicated 512Mb video RAM which is really good for a laptop!
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Pablo
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yes im just thinking 17" screen pretty hefty altho i wont carry it around loads if I go see family I usually take it around with me as I wach alot films and listen to alot music. Why I was thinking 13.3" screen would be better but much more money
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by Pablo
N510 seems interesting, just seems altho may not be fast enough. I have an NC10 and if the screen was bigger id prob stick with it, altho the N510 has slightly bigger screen its still an Atom processor
That N510 is really tempting  and only £380!
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Pablo
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Yes just shame not lil more powerful
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DaveyLC
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I put a 2gig dimm in my NC10 and it runs Windows7 like a dream.
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Pablo
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I find the NC10 to runa bit slow for itunes. Also Vista score for NC10 is 29 and its 22 for the N510 ?!
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DaveyLC
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What OS you running on your NC10? Mine was a dog on XP and they are supposed to suck big balls on Vista.
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Pablo
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Yes XP Home as its came works well. But I watch allot divx on my HD TV so want to make sure that its going to cope with that, when I have tried to work on my iTUnes before sorting out the libary the PC is SOOOO much faster
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DaveyLC
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2GB ram + Windows 7 = smooth as a silk!
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pow
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I have a Dell Mini 9 
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Pablo
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Whats Macbook pro like? more money but hopefully last me fair few years
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DaveyLC
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The airbook is a lovely bit of kit, but pointless if you dont need a mac.
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Pablo
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macbook pro, will do everything i need but lot ££
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Pablo
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Macbook pro or spend similar money on a speccy laptop?!
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DaveyLC
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The question you should be asking yourself isn't does the MAC do what I need but more like do you NEED a MAC? 
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pow
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The answer is no, you don't need a MAC 
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Pablo
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http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=377435&CatId=3123
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Pablo
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As I like the NC10 so much I decided im going to save my money upgrade the ram from my NC10 to this, upgrade the hard drive as I have a 320GB SATA and stick it all in this:
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=itbusiness&type=notebookcomputers&subtype=nseries&model_cd=NP-N510-KA01UK
All rounder should work fine, that way I can keep my media center rather buy one machine for everything.
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andys sxi
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my girlfriend has got the samaung NC10, didnt relise how popular these are always see people recommending these, she seems happy with it and i use it now and again and its a good little laptop (thats coming from me and i normally hate laptops i perfere desktop computers)
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Pablo
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i love my nc10 why ive gone for the n510 pretty much the same, slightly bigger screen and hdmi capabilities
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