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New Laptop
28-12-2010 3:58 PM
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Thing is i do not know the first thing about laptops as I have never really wanted one so any advice would be helpful.
The main criteria is that it is reliable with a 1 or 2 year warranty.
It would be mainly used for searching the internet, e-mails and storing a few photographs......nothing fancy on it like photoshop or other programs requiring a lot of computing power. Built in wi-fi would be required.
Can anyone recommend a specific make, a good place to purchase from and the rough cost.
Thanks
Re: New Laptop
28-12-2010 5:09 PM
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the wife uses a XP netbook for just that purpose, cost me just over £200 over a year ago, WiFi, ethernet, 3 USB, plays Videos 300G hard disk, no dvd, but got a cheap USB plug in, only trouble is the screen res
She is currently doing an interactive Craft course based in the US at the moment
Re: New Laptop
29-12-2010 1:28 AM
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Personally I'd recommend that you get a widescreen (16:9) device - although I think most of them are, nowadays anyhow.
Only ever bought two laptops and I went to John Lewis (2 year guarantee) and none of this return to base stuff.
Range quite limited though.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: New Laptop
29-12-2010 2:52 PM
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http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspiron-15r?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cid=TS_i...
on the "order form" you specify what "extras" or not that you want...
delivery will be probably be in two to three weeks...
(I have had two Dell Inspiron laptops and no problems to need sending them back....)
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Re: New Laptop
29-12-2010 5:15 PM
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Re: New Laptop
30-12-2010 11:56 AM
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Small pic of it here:
It has 3 usb sockets, 1 Wired Lan socket, WiFi, external monitor socket etc.
The only weak point with these is that unlike other netbooks it doesn't have a SSD. It has a normal hard drive with moving parts which isn't great if you accidentally drop it. For the price of £200 +/- it's still pretty good though. I love mine to bits and whenever we go anywhere a long way from home it always comes with us along with the 3G dongle.
Re: New Laptop
30-12-2010 2:13 PM
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Must admit I am leaning towards the dell.
Re: New Laptop
30-12-2010 9:22 PM
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Re: New Laptop
30-12-2010 9:34 PM
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Quote It would be mainly used for searching the internet, e-mails and storing a few photographs......nothing fancy on it like photoshop or other programs requiring a lot of computing power. Built in wi-fi would be required.
Re: New Laptop
31-12-2010 12:00 PM
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Re: New Laptop
31-12-2010 5:22 PM
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Quote from: A Much cheaper - but is it up to playing iPlayer programmes?
The basic (cheapo cheapo) version can be "personalized" during the order process on line, to meet the spec you require....
On line orders are "built to customer requirements" (even the basic version) unlike the "offerings" of Dell you find in places like PCworld....
I suspect the PCworld offerings are a production line of all the "unused" spec parts that Dell had made, but never actually needed.......
Re: New Laptop
20-01-2011 11:47 AM
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http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/shop/detail.asp?ProductID=6505
[£183.29 ex VAT]
[£219.95 inc VAT]
HP Mini 110 netbook bundle - 4316
Quote Operating system: Genuine Windows® 7 Starter
Processor: Intel Atom Processor N270 1.60 GHz, Level 2 cache 512 KB
Memory: 1024 MB (1 x 1024 MB)Supports up to 1 GB DDR2 memory
Storage: 250 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 5400 rpm up to 12 GB partition for system recovery
5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
Mobile entertainment: Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone
Quote Bundle includes:
HP Mini 110 netbook
Somertek external DVD drive (new)
Tech Air laptop sleeve (new)
USB mouse (new)
Re: New Laptop
20-01-2011 12:27 PM
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A minimum or 15 screen is best IMO. Mine's a Sony with two year warranty and some good deals can be had at Laptops Direct. However, I agree about the Dell refurbs as have had one and found it to be OK. Also, you do get the operating system disk which is a big bonus if you need to reinstall (well, at least I did).
With this Sony I had to back up with two DVDs at first boot up (although there is a recovery partition) which you have to do with most of the lappies nowadays.
Re: New Laptop
20-01-2011 3:27 PM
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The real downside to a netbook (and this applies to laptops too) is the track pad. They're cool gadgets being touch tech but I've still yet to find one that I truly like and can get along with. For that reason I always carry a small usb mouse just in case I need to do some heavy duty stuff but for things like email, a bit of general web usage and word processing the track pad is fine.
Re: New Laptop
20-01-2011 3:30 PM
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