― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link
BUT--it is still over £400 under the retail price and he says it has 1024MB RAM instead of 512MB. I am scared!!! what do I do?
I have even looked at getting a train to WREXHAM, tomorrow or so, and BACK! to pick it up, if I win it. it would cost £70 and ten hours of travelling but I would be a bit safer, that way.
anyone got any ebay horror stories, to put me off? or are you good at spotting potential SCAMS?
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 18 June 2004 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link
but, haha.
I went to john lewis, today, and looked at the HP 17" laptop, that I wanted. it seemed a little less robust, than I had hoped for. I looked around and found this. it is the same spec, as the HP, but with double the RAM and the memory card reader is hotswappable, with a second battery and stuff. also, the lid is steel. robuster. it is also slightly smaller and lighter. it is priced at slightly higher, than the HP. I have found some, on ebay. it seems that gateway have kinda stopped trading, in the UK. does anyone know any more?
― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 19 June 2004 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and beware of random refurb outlets, I bought a laptop from Refurb Depot and they sent me a piece of shit that wasn't working properly and then gave me massive attitude and headaches when I tried to return it - had to send my credit card people after them, who luckily saved me from getting ripped off to the tune of $1100.
I've bought parts and things from Buy.com and they've been great so far. What about checking customer reviews on Amazon to see what others say? Also epinions, even searching on Slashdot. Best to do your research.
― daria g (daria g), Saturday, 19 June 2004 22:53 (nineteen years ago) link
mine is over a year old and i havent had it freeze up on me to the point of rebooting a single time. it is fabulous. pretty quiet as well.
― todd swiss (eliti), Sunday, 20 June 2004 04:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 20 June 2004 07:59 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, my sister and a friend, both with good positive feeback, were phished and before they realised it high end electrical goods suddenly appeared on their seller lists. Look at their payment options, avoid anything which asks for a money order or wire transfer only.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 20 June 2004 09:42 (nineteen years ago) link
- Can't be a Mac. Boo hiss etc.- Reasonable price (around 1200 UKP tops - cheaper the better)- It'll be used for basic Home Office stuff - no need for super-duper graphics accelerator etc. Reasonable sized HD (20Gb would be fine). Processor needs to be good enough to handle Dreamweaver, Word, Excel, Acrobat. Not blazing super duper but not clunky old shite- key issue - needs built in 56K Modem, Ethernet card and wireless ready - 11g standard if poss. But wireless is not necessary if has PCMIA card slot for wireless card - how much do they go for? Is it better to go for a built in standard, or use card slots?- Pretty robust as it'll be moved a bit, and not too heavy either (ie, given the price, a nice Vaio is out, but nor do we want an anvil typewriter stylee thing).
― Dave B (daveb), Sunday, 20 June 2004 11:14 (nineteen years ago) link
A general tip is to buy a laptop which uses the Pentium M CPU (Centrino) since the CPU uses less power than the Pentium 4. Oh, and I'd choose a built-in wireless solution instead of using the PCMCIA route.
― TBA (TBA), Sunday, 20 June 2004 14:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:17 (eighteen years ago) link
The Dell Inspiron line looks like it has a few good deals depending on what he's looking for.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 01:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 27 July 2005 06:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 17 March 2006 12:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Samsung X20 might be what you are looking for.
― Ed (dali), Friday, 17 March 2006 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I also think the screens on the Vaio are superb; are samsung screens OK?
― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 17 March 2006 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
do you own a laptop?
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 17 March 2006 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 17 March 2006 14:18 (eighteen years ago) link
MAXDATA ECO 4000 IWBasic System
Processor: Intel® Celeron® M processor 370(1.50 GHz, 400 MHz, 1 MB cache)Operating System: Original Microsoft® Windows® XPHomeDisplay/Resolution: 15.4 inch TFT -WXGA (1280 x 800)Capacity: 256 MB DDR2 SDRAMChipset: Intel® 910 GML / ICH6-MDisk: 40.0 GB hard drive, 5.400 (U/min)Graphics: Intel® Media Accelerator 900Sound: HD Audio SystemDrives: DVD/CD-RW combo driveModem: Internal 56k modem/V.92WLAN: WLAN 802.11 b/gNetwork: LAN 10/100 MBit/s onboardInterfaces: 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x PCMCIA Type II,1 x LAN, 1 x Modem, 1 x IEEE1394(FireWire), 1 x VGA external,1 x S-Video-Out, 1 x Line-Out,1 x Line-In, 1 x Mic-In,1 x Kensington LockDimensions: 353.8 x 25–33.5 x 250 mmWeight: approx. 2.9 kg (depending onconfiguration)Software: Norton AntiVirus, Nero Express,Power DVD PlayerWarranty: 2 year warranty, 1 year pick-up &return service (have to check this...)
or hang on longer for a low-end refurb mac costing twice as much, and with the possibly still latent possibility of making me FURIOUS every other day?
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 00:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 00:59 (seventeen years ago) link
price: £300 vs £210proc: celeron 1.5 vs pentium m 1.7xp: home vs professionalram: 512 vs 512hd: 80 vs 80
cant remember the rest of the stuff, i only bought it to fuck around with linux on, though the fact that it runs better than my powerbook means i might shift reaktor over there.
i guess they're pretty comparable, but the fact you can pay £90 less not to have celeron must be worth investigating
― Storefront Church (688), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 09:11 (seventeen years ago) link
a 2.16ghz macbookpro is £1349. and apparently you need some sort of seatbelt too
other than some graphicy stuff, explain to me what is so good about the MBP. you can shout if you like, i don't mind!
― Friendly Tree (688), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― UART variations (ex machina), Monday, 5 February 2007 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― UART variations (ex machina), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link
I wonder if I can hold of till WWDC.... Ed, any word on what's next for the desktop Macs?
― UART variations (ex machina), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― UART variations (ex machina), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:36 (seventeen years ago) link
oh, the macbook has to have a glossy screen? i dont like the sound of that
i could get dell inspirion 6400 for another £300 less, also core 2 duo, but 1.66ghz, rather than 2
you all hate dells still though, right?
when the quads come out, is everything going to drop, pricewise, again?
― Friendly Tree (688), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:37 (seventeen years ago) link
MBPs will get the next serious bump around Expo '08 (slight chance xmas 07) when 45nm quad core chips with proper shared cache become available. In time for my next upgrade.
― Ed (dali), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― UART variations (ex machina), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Monday, 5 February 2007 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
is it possible to get a laptop with 2gb of ram for £650? where is best to buy from?
― siobh (siobh), Monday, 5 February 2007 21:40 (seventeen years ago) link
As a supplement to my fading fast desktop, is this one any good?
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Samsung_R40_Plus_LWM_440_NP-R40XY02-SUK/version.asp
― Upt0eleven, Friday, 5 October 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
must...resist...
― DG, Friday, 5 October 2007 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
We're thinking about getting one of those XO laptops next month in the "Give One Get One" program.
― Rock Hardy, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:06 (sixteen years ago) link
better: http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5710WLMi_LX.AHB0X.093/version.asp
― DG, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I've got an Acer Aspire, 15 months old. Just got it back from my local computer shop where it was in for 6 weeks getting repaired.
― Billy Dods, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
okays i defer to thy wisdom. excuse my ignorance but how's it better?
― Upt0eleven, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
it's got a proper core 2 duo processor unlike the first one which has a celeron :( :( :(
― DG, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
aaah i seeeee. that's good enough for me. and is that price okay?
― Upt0eleven, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
pretty much. you get a 'better' version of vista on the acer as well but it probably wouldn't make much difference.
of course if the budget allows you could always lol get a mac (etc)
― DG, Friday, 5 October 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
what spec is good for playing live music from? im thinking a 2gb ram, maybe this one http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Asus_F3Jp_Laptop_F3JP-AS113C/version.asp but is there anything i need to know about processor and stuff? am i right in thinking i can just wipe over the vista crap and stick xp on there instead, or do some laptops not work like this?
― s.rose, Friday, 5 October 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i made the mistake of whacking vista on my pc and after realising my mistake tried to put xp back but it appears to have done something that's fucked the xp install program. so possibly not.
for music i'd say get a macbook (no, seriously) and logic express 8, use the education discount store, they never check
― DG, Friday, 5 October 2007 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
it's weird about the vista xp thing, is there some kind of solution to it? annoyingly i can't get a mac as my music-playing program doesn't work on macs.
what is best processor-wise when it comes to playing music - reliability is key, obv
― s.rose, Saturday, 6 October 2007 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
well the in-thing at the moment is intel's core 2 duo and the low end apple laptops have superior versions of it to any pc laptop at similar prices, but probably the difference isn't noticeable. just don't get a celeron :(
i don't know if there's a solution to the OS problem because i'm not sure what the problem actually is, it's just like the pc is sulking or something
― DG, Saturday, 6 October 2007 16:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Best processor for playing music....
All processors are reliable unless they are faulty, all modern processors are more than capable of playing music.
Your OS problem, I have no idea give us some more information, when you are installing XP are you formatting the hard disk?
― Jarlrmai, Saturday, 6 October 2007 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
im using a porgram which can eat up processor speed by adding effects, an external behringer mixer, external soundcard etc. is there a certain type of processor which is better than others for this type of thing or all they all pretty much the same?
surely you can install xp over vista, couldn't you do this with xp and me and 98 ?
― s.rose, Saturday, 6 October 2007 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link