mcerd1
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 11:27 AM |
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OT - New laptop for my mum ???
My mum is after a new laptop
she doesn't run anything to demanding, but does use it alot and tend to have a few things on the go at once - so nothing too fancy required, but
it needs a bit of go in it
she says it has to have a DVD drive built in and a decent size screen (we recon a 15" - 15.6" is about spot on) but at the same time as
small and light as possible
budget is up to £600
so far this one has cought her eye: linky
but I know there are some slightly thicker heavier ones with newer internals for the same money...
any suggestions ?
[Edited on 28/10/2010 by mcerd1]
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jossey
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 11:38 AM |
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good laptop
that seems good just ensure you get the extended warranty.
dave
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tegwin
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 11:56 AM |
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Not a fan of Asus laptops...
The dell inspiron range is very highly rated... as are some of the tosh laptops of a similar price...
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mcerd1
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 12:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Not a fan of Asus laptops...
why not ?
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 01:10 PM |
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OT - New laptop for my mum ???
Could be a fair swap. What does she look like and how's her cooking?
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britishtrident
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 02:43 PM |
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With laptops for home use only 3 makes to consider Toshiba or Toshiba or Toshiba
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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tegwin
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 03:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Not a fan of Asus laptops...
why not ?
My previous job I was dealing with a lot of "student laptops"....
When you work with the whole spectrum of laptops and manufacturers you very quickly figure out which are good and which are bad.... Asus dont stack
very well compared to Tosh IMHO...
We had some Tosh Tecra M3's that were abused heavily for 4 years and still work.... By heavily I mean always on, always being carried about, not
really being cared for... Try doing that with a similar price asus for a month...
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mcerd1
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 03:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Try doing that with a similar price asus for a month...
well my old ASUS L2000D is still going strong  (8 year and counting and that was one of there cheapest ones back then)
and my brothers ones been really good to (2 years old)
my other brother and a few other folk have Toshiba's with no complaints, but I always found them a bit on the basic side....
[Edited on 28/10/2010 by mcerd1]
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dhutch
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| posted on 28/10/10 at 11:26 PM |
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dell or think pad, imo
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