Nick DV
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 01:54 PM |
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Which Laptop?
My lad wants a new laptop, nothing too fancy apart from a 17" screen. He is considering an Acer Aspire V-731 and a Toshiba Satallite
C870-143.
Can anyone give any opinions, pros/cons? Anything will be gratefully received.
Cheers, Nick 
"The force will be with you, always!"
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Slimy38
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 02:13 PM |
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I'd do Acer rather than Tosh, but that's about all I can contribute? I've had troubles with Toshiba before where Acer still seem to
have a good track record.
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Agriv8
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 02:19 PM |
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which mag rates Acer as one of the top brands at the moment.
ATB agriv8
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D Beddows
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 02:21 PM |
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On the other hand my wife has a Toshiba Satellite which is a few years old now and it's not been a moments trouble and in performance terms it
seems to defy the fairly lowly spec!
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 02:22 PM |
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Acer are a good buy in my book. Had mine a good while and it's good value for the price I paid.
HTH
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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fesycresy
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 02:23 PM |
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I've an Acer, bought it this time last year after loads of research. It's been excellent.
Watch the key board bounce with some Toshiba's, a couple I saw were discounted down but the bounce was shocking.
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Nick DV
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 02:46 PM |
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Thanks folks, that's helpful.
Has anyone had experience with purchasing from 'Laptops Direct'?
Cheers, Nick
"The force will be with you, always!"
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mark chandler
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 03:06 PM |
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Avoid Dell, we got a lenenvo from ebuyer and its been great only the budget version.
Does not look very flash but is robust and does all that is asked of it.
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Nick DV
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 03:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mark chandler
Avoid Dell, we got a lenenvo from ebuyer and its been great only the budget version.
Does not look very flash but is robust and does all that is asked of it.
Thanks Mark. Never fancied a Dell laptop but have used Dell desktops for years at work and home, and to be fair they have been very good.
Cheers, Nick
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dhutch
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| posted on 14/12/12 at 04:00 PM |
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That said, we have three dell laptops in our family (i have an old ibm thinkpad) and they have been fine.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/12/12 at 12:12 PM |
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Acer are good I also have seen motherboard problems with Tosh.
One thing I will say is 17" screen in Laptop is is a bit of an oxymoron --- in mobile computing more is less --- less battery
life, much less portable.
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dhutch
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| posted on 17/12/12 at 10:48 AM |
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Although they make good desktop replacments.
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