Very interesting. I'd avoid the modern Toshiba laptops like the plague. Also, I'd want the biggest screen possible for the budget, and with a seperate numeric pad. I'm old school though, and use keyboard short-cuts more than the mouse/touchpad.
Yeah, horses for courses, which is why I asked STEMO the question about portability. I really don't get on with the larger ones (but I take mine everywhere, including in the bath
), but know others use them on a table, and rarely move them, so portability/weight is less important than big screens for Excel, Films etc
The Tosh's generally have good reliability, and are built for servicing. 2nd hand parts are generally easy to get from likes of egay. Same with most branded stuff, such as HP, engineered to be serviced. Compare that to Lenovo era Thinkpads, which are nigh on impossible to service without doing further damage.
My budget was £800 and I opted for the HP Envy based on thousands of online reviews. It was between this laptop and an Acer of similar specs. I went for the HP due to it having a very slightly higher customer feedback score, and the benefit of being able to use 2 HDD's at a time. It's 17", has sepeate Numeric keypad and weighs bugger all.... the Touchpad is bloody useless though.
Envy's have a great spec, and really look the part. But, like most HP consumer oriented stuff, suffer badly from reliability. Much like Acer, a lot for your cash, but woeful (worse than HP consumer stuff) reliability.
Allow it room to cool, always use on a hard surface, and be gentle with the power plug, will all help though
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