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Matt H

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15th Dec 06 at 19:02

Don't want to spend an absoloute fortune, only really needs to be able to connect to a wireless network & not be too big

It's mainly for doing coursework on & wont be running lots of demanding programs. Possibly only IE & word at the same time

Any suggestions? Im a complete noob when it comes to these things!

MarkM

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15th Dec 06 at 19:12

Acer

Robin

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15th Dec 06 at 19:15

How much is not 'an absolute fortune'?

Gary

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15th Dec 06 at 19:16

Fujitsu Seimens,mine cost me 350, cracking machine for the money

Matt H

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15th Dec 06 at 19:20

quote:
Originally posted by MarkM
Acer

Care to expand on that?

Matt H

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15th Dec 06 at 19:20

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
How much is not 'an absolute fortune'?

Up to £500, ideally under £400

Robin

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15th Dec 06 at 19:22

try pcworld, they have a good cheap laptop atm.

Matt H

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15th Dec 06 at 19:23

I get 10% off there too

Gary

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15th Dec 06 at 19:27

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/358710 mine

Cavey

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15th Dec 06 at 19:32

Was gonna say there's that one at PC world for £299 at the moment, can't argue at that price really

Matt H

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15th Dec 06 at 19:36

quote:
Originally posted by Cavey
Was gonna say there's that one at PC world for £299 at the moment, can't argue at that price really

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@2105827338.1166211328@@@@&BV_EngineID=cceeaddjjeldkjhcflgceggdhhmdfjg.0&page=Product&sku=389383&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&tabIndex=1

That one?

Joe

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15th Dec 06 at 19:45

You looked on Dell? I'll say it before Abdus does.

MarkM

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15th Dec 06 at 19:47

quote:
Originally posted by Matt H

quote:
Originally posted by MarkM
Acer

Care to expand on that?

Value for money

Cavey

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15th Dec 06 at 19:57

The link you gave me doesn't open due to my PC being shit, but it's EI SYSTEMS 3087 that one, i'm assuming this is the same link http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0668603363.1166212355@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccejaddjjdjifgmcflgceggdhhmdfin.0&page=Product&sku=389383&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&tabIndex=1

Matt H

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15th Dec 06 at 20:30

Dell one

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_1501?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Does that have Wifi? Can't see it anywhere?

John

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15th Dec 06 at 20:42

Yes it does have wireless.

Matt H

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15th Dec 06 at 20:44

That sounds quite good then, spec seems OK?

John

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15th Dec 06 at 20:49

Yip it'll do exactly what you want it to.

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17th Dec 06 at 18:09

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/121052/rb/23816348076

i have just ordered one of these. for the price it is great spec 2ghz, 1gb ram and 120gb hardrive. it has got great reviews as well, get mine on thursday

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17th Dec 06 at 19:03

Dont touch anything with a Cleron Processor.

Get a Fijtsu Siemens with an AMD processor great spec lap tops for the money

abdus

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17th Dec 06 at 19:14

quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Dont touch anything with a Cleron Processor.

but buy a DELL

Matt H

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17th Dec 06 at 19:20

Got a Packard bell one in the end

It looks nice & has WiFI, all I cared about

DarkBahamut

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18th Dec 06 at 17:35

The advice in this thread is shocking. People recommending laptops with 256MB of ram that onboard graphics that will use some of that? You should be shot for that.

Also, Celeron-M processors are infact very good budget processors. AMD laptop based processors arent very good (and im an AMD fan). They use more power and are slower than their Intel counterparts. They arent terrible but arent the best.

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18th Dec 06 at 17:38

quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
The advice in this thread is shocking. People recommending laptops with 256MB of ram that onboard graphics that will use some of that? You should be shot for that.

Also, Celeron-M processors are infact very good budget processors. AMD laptop based processors arent very good (and im an AMD fan). They use more power and are slower than their Intel counterparts. They arent terrible but arent the best.

are you of CHUMP? I suspect you are.

Matt said he wanted to use it for word docs and the internet. Why the fcuk would you need anything more? Pointless spending extra £££ on expensive hardware you won't use.

DarkBahamut

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18th Dec 06 at 17:56

quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--

quote:
Originally posted by DarkBahamut
The advice in this thread is shocking. People recommending laptops with 256MB of ram that onboard graphics that will use some of that? You should be shot for that.

Also, Celeron-M processors are infact very good budget processors. AMD laptop based processors arent very good (and im an AMD fan). They use more power and are slower than their Intel counterparts. They arent terrible but arent the best.

are you of CHUMP? I suspect you are.

Matt said he wanted to use it for word docs and the internet. Why the fcuk would you need anything more? Pointless spending extra £££ on expensive hardware you won't use.

a laptop with around 224MB (which is about all you'll have after the onboard has had its fill) is a joke and will barely run windows at any sort of speed, let alot much else. You can get laptops with 512MB of ram for not much more at all, hell, even 1GB is pretty easy to get for under £400.

Why the hell would you buy a slow laptop with barely any ram at all when you can get one with much more for not very much more price wise? More so when its within the price ranges posted.

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