matt.c
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posted on 1/8/12 at 08:36 PM |
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Im going to cry!
What a hell of a crap week im having. Will all the house stuff going on my laptop has just decided to blow up and my boy breaking swmbo's
phone!!
Screen black and its not booting up properly. I dont know what to do with apart from smashing it to bits! (childish but would make me feel better)
Havent been on the market for a few years now for lap/notpads etc. Whats about? Anything i should avoid?
Really just use it for the net.
Cheers guys
Matt
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vanepico
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posted on 1/8/12 at 08:47 PM |
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All joking aside avoid HP laptops.
There are thousands of ones that will do web browsing etc so if that is what you want it for you should find one.
If you are looking for more I would not recommend you get a high spec laptop, they are more trouble than they are worth and are less mobile, get a
desktop.
As for the phone was it dropped or just software related fault? It is unlikely if the screen element is broken, that it would all fail at once so
I'd say it would probably have had it.
[Edited on 1/8/12 by vanepico]
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matt.c
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posted on 1/8/12 at 09:01 PM |
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The phone screen it white and totally dead. Ready for the bin i think.
What about these new IPads etc? Worth having or are they just a fad?
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Daddylonglegs
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posted on 1/8/12 at 09:12 PM |
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I've had several laptops over the years, my work one is an HP at the moment and I agree, it's cr*p"!
I have an Acer which I really like and it seems to be much more stable than some I've had.
HTH
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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matt.c
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posted on 1/8/12 at 09:23 PM |
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Mine is an acer. Had it 3.5 years. Just looking for something a bit smaller.
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vanepico
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posted on 1/8/12 at 09:26 PM |
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I'd say no to an Ipad, it'll be 4-5X the price of a netbook with about a quarter of the functionality, but if you like tech cause it is
shiny go ahead!
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nick205
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posted on 1/8/12 at 09:43 PM |
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Going against the above I've always had great experience with HP laptops; very stable and hard wearing. That said they have been work laptops
and decent spec machines. Previous HP nx9015 did close to 8 yrs professional use often running 10 hrs a day. Current one is ProBook 4530s and is
faultless in the year or so I've had it.
I recently bought a £350 Toshiba Satellite C660D for wife and kids and have to say it's pretty naff. Feels really cheap and flimsy, battery
life isn't great and the touchpad is hopeless. I wish I'd stuck with HP and gone for a Pavillion-G6 instead.
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vanepico
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posted on 1/8/12 at 09:52 PM |
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I recently made a massive long 'review' about my hp laptop on amazon, with just about every fault I have had in the first one and a half
years of owning my DV7 pavilion, and two of my mates have had dv6 pavilions do exactly the same things, your old work computers may have been good,
but the shite they are releasing now is not fit for purpose, they overheat, the power supply rubber strain relievers break.
They are inventing new technologies, putting it in a new laptop then releasing it before soak testing it, it is pretty pathetic. And they will not
extend the warranty on mine, what does that say about the company?
A quick google search for 'netbook' brings up lots, every single one of them is probably capable of browsing but are far cheaper than an
ipad
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B0034G5GAQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_two?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addTwoStar&showViewpoints=0
[Edited on 1/8/12 by vanepico]
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matt.c
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posted on 1/8/12 at 10:03 PM |
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Looks like the ipad is out then. I think i will go for a netbook. Seem to be pretty cheap and look like they will do for surfing etc.
Any good/bad ones?
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vanepico
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posted on 1/8/12 at 10:08 PM |
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Apparently Eee PCs from Asus are pretty good, I've never had one but I've heard good things!
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?sugexp=chrome,mod%3D10&q=netbook&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=8915082518012271466&sa=X&
amp;ei=IJYZULSuBcK7hAf3tYCYAg&ved=0CIMBEPMCMAI
[Edited on 1/8/12 by vanepico]
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posted on 1/8/12 at 11:01 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by vanepico
Apparently Eee PCs from Asus are pretty good, I've never had one but I've heard good things!
http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?sugexp=chrome,mod%3D10&q=netbook&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=8915082518012271466&sa=X&
amp;ei=IJYZULSuBcK7hAf3tYCYAg&ved=0CIMBEPMCMAI
[Edited on 1/8/12 by vanepico]
Had an asus... loved it then HATED it after a very short time after the warranty ran out, it had a crap keyboard, the very small and angled charge
jack failed, then the touch pad failed, then the memory slot failed.. then it went in the bin.
Bought an ex Argos Display Samsung N130, full size (read that as very strong) charge jack, very good keyboard and still running strong 2 years later.
Some people can never handle the truth and always try to shoot the messenger instead of taking an honest look in the mirror (its always easier to
blame another than to face reality), but secretly they wish they could grow a pair and be the messenger !!!
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Tiger Super Six
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posted on 2/8/12 at 08:20 AM |
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quote: Originally posted by matt.c
The phone screen it white and totally dead. Ready for the bin i think.
What about these new IPads etc? Worth having or are they just a fad?
Is it an Iphone, if so hold the button at the top in and the circle button on the front for ages. With them both pushed in it will in the end do a
hard reset. I've had that before.
Mark
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steve m
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posted on 2/8/12 at 08:37 AM |
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It's an iPad from me, since getting one the laptop is redundant, but will keep it as a backup, personly I found the net book tedious, not sure
which one as we borrowed it
Sent from my iPad, on holiday in hythe,kent
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Slimy38
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posted on 2/8/12 at 09:28 AM |
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Another one bucking the trend and actually regarding HP as being good hardware. But I think there should be a distinction made. HP business laptops
are decent, low powered but reliable. HP personal laptops are high powered but very unreliable. Then again, that can be said for most manufacturers.
So in general if you pick up a laptop that was designed for business use you'll get a better quality laptop, even if it's not as powerful
as the equivalent priced home laptop.
I've bought a few laptops from http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/, they get ex-company stock and clean them up.
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SteveWallace
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posted on 2/8/12 at 09:39 AM |
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+1 for problems with HP home laptops. I have had a lot of trouble with the power supply, charging and battery on mine, which means that it keeps
crashing without w
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JC
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posted on 2/8/12 at 10:01 AM |
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It's the iPad for me too! A few little quirks about how it handles attachments to emails, both incoming and out going, but other than that, has
totally replaced my laptop! Typed from my iPad in a hotel in Nigeria!
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Jasper
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posted on 2/8/12 at 02:50 PM |
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I had a netbook, hardly ever opened the thing as I had to wait for it to boot up. Got a second hand iPad 1 and use it ALL the time for looking up
stuff on the net, emailing, watching TV and Youtube and a few fun games. Superb bit of kit and a joy to use.
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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motorcycle_mayhem
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posted on 2/8/12 at 04:58 PM |
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The Aspire One I bought from Dell 2 years ago is still going strong.
It's a little 10.5" thing, does everything from (this) to real-time mapping taped to the dashboard. Was well under £250 at the time I
recall.
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JoelP
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posted on 3/8/12 at 08:42 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by SteveWallace
+1 for problems with HP home laptops. I have had a lot of trouble with the power supply, charging and battery on mine, which means that it keeps
crashing without w
very droll
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Fizzer
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posted on 5/8/12 at 08:12 PM |
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we use dell at work, pretty good stuff but we don't buy the cheaper ones so can't comment on them
whatever you get, try to stretch to one with a good solid state hard disk (ssd) - otherwise it will slow down a lot over time.
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bj928
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posted on 6/8/12 at 01:25 AM |
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i will only buy ASUS, just about to get the asus TF700 tablet, my laptop is ASUS, and when ever i build a PC i always use ASUS motherboard, never had
problems with them, had my laptop about 2 years now, and its on 24/7 in a truck thats bouncing around all day every day down the motorways/interstates
in america, if and when it goes bang, it will be replaced with another ASUS no questions asked, u will find a lot of parts in other laptops are ASUS
anyway as they make a lot of good parts for other laptop makers, but i fund with the ASUS u don't pay a brand name primium.
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