Dan
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My laptop has just decided to snap the chassis around the screen from the hinge, so when u move it, it now flops all over the place.
I think its about time we got a new one, ill clean this up, and use it in the office for all my work stuff, and keep the new one purely for browsing etc.
It will get used constantly, but doesnt need to be overly powerful, as itll just be facebook etc.
What makes should i look out for, and what should i avoid these days.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Avoid Dell and Sony Vaio.
I've just got a Lenovo for work but not cheap.
HP or Toshiba stuff is good.
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Daniel_Corsa
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http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236680
Not bad at all for £309
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Dan
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Looks ok,
Thats about what i want to spend.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
Avoid Dell and Sony Vaio.
I've just got a Lenovo for work but not cheap.
HP or Toshiba stuff is good.
What's wrong with dell? 
Got one here, 5 years old and still going strong apart from the usual issue of the hinges loosening slightly (takes 5mins and a screwdriver to fix)
Personally i'd look at spending another £50 or so and getting something with a newer CPU than what Daniel posted, can pick up an HP Intel i3 for around £360.
[Edited on 24-04-2011 by Dom]
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nathy_87
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Or Sony Vaio at that?
I've got a Vaio had it few years now, nothings gone wrong on it for me.
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Daniel_Corsa
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Dell and Vaio's have been nothing but shit at work and Vaio support for parts is a joke!
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moka
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236680
Not bad at all for £309
You tell him to avoid Dell and Sony Vaio and recommend him a Compaq? 
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pow
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Aviod the two market leaders of laptops?!? That's a bit silly.
Dell technical support is pretty good (once you get past the india call centre) and I've never had any problems with Sonys apart from batteries.
HP and Toshiba technical support is non exisitant and they are arseholes to take apart and source parts!
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Dan
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Im guessing i should avoid this then pow...
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pow
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I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, but.. that processor is quite old tech now (at least it's not a Celeron!) and like I say, HP support not good!
On the other hand, they wouldn't have sold in the billions if they wern't okay, seems a good price for the technology 
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Dan
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Hmm...
So much to choose from these days, i dont know wtf to buy lol
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moka
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How much do you have to spend, and what do you want to use it for?
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan
Hmm...
So much to choose from these days, i dont know wtf to buy lol
Spend £360/370 and get an Intel i3 processor laptop - was an HP on eBuyer for £369, probably could get it a bit cheaper if you shop around.
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Daniel_Corsa
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HP are piss easy to take apart and 24hr on all parts with our service agreement!
Personal preference but our quite large organisation only uses HP or Toshiba laptops at this present moment!
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
HP are piss easy to take apart and 24hr on all parts with our service agreement!
Personal preference but our quite large organisation only uses HP or Toshiba laptops at this present moment!
Sounds like you're experience is enterprise rather than consumer, you certainly wouldn't get a replacement part for your HP laptop that you bought in Tesco's in 24hrs 
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Dan
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Much difference between amd phenom 2 p340, 2.2ghz and the i3 processor? Tesco have one with amd which has more ram and bigger hdd. Rest is same laptop
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LukesCorsaSXi
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this is quite good
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOSHIBA-C660-108-LAPTOP-i3-2-4GHZ-320GB-HD-3GB-RAM-/260767957041?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item3cb6fb4031#ht_4869wt_1139
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Kerry
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what about a netbook if its for the web?
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WATSON
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Acer
Ive had no trouble with any of mine, my mum and other half have had a dell and had nothing but bloody problems
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Dan
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We have a little net book but the screen is way to small. Think it's 7inch or something, and with it sat on your lap it's to small.
Having been out today, we now torn between a laptop, a touchscreen acer thing, or an iPad.
To be honest we can still use the laptop it's just no good for portable use as screen won't move. So going to put it in the office and use it on the tv in their.
What's an iPad like? We both have iPhones and love them.
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Rob R
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan
What's an iPad like? We both have iPhones and love them.
Imagine your iPhone....then add 7 inches onto the screen
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moka
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan
Much difference between amd phenom 2 p340, 2.2ghz and the i3 processor? Tesco have one with amd which has more ram and bigger hdd. Rest is same laptop
P320 1308
i3 (im gonna guess 330m) 1966
Atom N270 (found in most netbooks) 303
Ratings from passmark.
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Dan
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Fuck a duck i am stressing out.
I cannot make my fucking mind up and im getting wound up.
A decent laptop, an ipad 2, or a proper pc/touchscreen pc.
Im thinking an ipad 2 is cool as fook, and would be nice, but its a bit lacking in what we can do on a laptop.
A touch screen pc, could be wall mounted in the kitchen, and used as a tv as well. But this is unsociable and one of us will always be in the other room.
Looking like a laptop its gotta be.
Why is this so stressful!!!!
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nathy_87
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Touchscreen pc's are a bitch to get repaired, my friend has got one and it was an arsehole of a job to change the graphics card. But it's all down to personal preference at the end of the day, like i siad I've got a Vaio but am wanting a netbook, so probably be up for sale before soon if so I'll let you know.
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