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« on: 19 November 2007, 22:14:11 »
Im after a new laptop for a christmas pressent for someone and found this http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=425397&cm_sp=FeatureEnd-_-Laptops-_-position1  does anyone know if its any good or know of a better one for around the same price
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« Reply #1 on: 19 November 2007, 22:20:35 »
depends entirely what they want to use it for. For basic internet surfing/email and office type stuff, that will be fine.

Games/video editing etc etc, forget it.
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« Reply #2 on: 19 November 2007, 22:28:40 »
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« Reply #3 on: 19 November 2007, 22:31:42 »
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depends entirely what they want to use it for. For basic internet surfing/email and office type stuff, that will be fine.

Games/video editing etc etc, forget it.

Thanks

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« Reply #4 on: 19 November 2007, 23:01:50 »
This place is only up the road from me less than a mile, so I am thinkin of going up and getting one.
My sister had a Laptop from there about 3-4 weeks ago and its great, it wasn't the one I have posted but the one for £250. :y
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« Reply #5 on: 20 November 2007, 10:02:36 »
Is this one a good deal guys as I am thinking of going up and getting one?
Only use the internet for coming on here, flea bay and Our Bank, so will it be good enough, fast enough whatever?
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Re: laptops
« Reply #6 on: 20 November 2007, 10:12:32 »
Looks reasonable.....
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« Reply #7 on: 20 November 2007, 12:35:22 »
There are plenty of reasonable 15 inchers out there.  The problem is finding something that you can carry.  The missus started with an HP 14 inch laptop b/c it was cheaper, ended up buying a new Dell 13 inch laptop with the smallest battery option lately, but she did last 2 years on the HP.

At least the 15's come with XP!
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« Reply #8 on: 20 November 2007, 19:26:08 »
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There are plenty of reasonable 15 inchers out there.  The problem is finding something that you can carry.  The missus started with an HP 14 inch laptop b/c it was cheaper, ended up buying a new Dell 13 inch laptop with the smallest battery option lately, but she did last 2 years on the HP.

At least the 15's come with XP!
As long as it doesn't come with OS X - that has taken one hell of a hiding on the CERT lists this week, like about 20 critical and medium security flaws announced this week (as opposed to 1 for all Windows platforms) :P
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« Reply #9 on: 20 November 2007, 21:12:07 »
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There are plenty of reasonable 15 inchers out there.  The problem is finding something that you can carry.  The missus started with an HP 14 inch laptop b/c it was cheaper, ended up buying a new Dell 13 inch laptop with the smallest battery option lately, but she did last 2 years on the HP.

At least the 15's come with XP!
As long as it doesn't come with OS X - that has taken one hell of a hiding on the CERT lists this week, like about 20 critical and medium security flaws announced this week (as opposed to 1 for all Windows platforms) :P
The beauty of a Mac isn't OSX, it's the built in support for multi-boot including XP.

And you will notice that I didn't bring up macs . . .  ::) ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 20 November 2007, 21:18:53 »
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This place is only up the road from me less than a mile, so I am thinkin of going up and getting one.
My sister had a Laptop from there about 3-4 weeks ago and its great, it wasn't the one I have posted but the one for £250. :y

My sister works for PC World - so I'm sorry but she'd be no help to you  :P
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« Reply #11 on: 20 November 2007, 21:27:49 »
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There are plenty of reasonable 15 inchers out there.  The problem is finding something that you can carry.  The missus started with an HP 14 inch laptop b/c it was cheaper, ended up buying a new Dell 13 inch laptop with the smallest battery option lately, but she did last 2 years on the HP.

At least the 15's come with XP!


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« Reply #12 on: 20 November 2007, 23:00:05 »
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There are plenty of reasonable 15 inchers out there.  The problem is finding something that you can carry.  The missus started with an HP 14 inch laptop b/c it was cheaper, ended up buying a new Dell 13 inch laptop with the smallest battery option lately, but she did last 2 years on the HP.

At least the 15's come with XP!
As long as it doesn't come with OS X - that has taken one hell of a hiding on the CERT lists this week, like about 20 critical and medium security flaws announced this week (as opposed to 1 for all Windows platforms) :P
The beauty of a Mac isn't OSX, it's the built in support for multi-boot including XP.

And you will notice that I didn't bring up macs . . .  ::) ;D
Probably, like all "my mac is so secure" peeps, keeping a low profile this week ;)

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB07-323.html
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« Reply #13 on: 21 November 2007, 00:44:32 »
Yes the Acer does look nice.

Have a look also at this one:

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=286494

HP are very shy about this model range (too cheap for HP-branded hardware...), but it is a very nice unit, I bought a couple myself... it is a little more expensive than the Acer, but it's an HP and it also has a better processor i.e. CoreDuo not Celeron.

But as said, for the price the Acer is not bad either.

HTH.





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« Reply #14 on: 21 November 2007, 10:11:22 »
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Yes the Acer does look nice.

Have a look also at this one:

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=286494

HP are very shy about this model range (too cheap for HP-branded hardware...), but it is a very nice unit, I bought a couple myself... it is a little more expensive than the Acer, but it's an HP and it also has a better processor i.e. CoreDuo not Celeron.

But as said, for the price the Acer is not bad either.

HTH.


Or cheaper from Dabs ;)

I only know this, as I've been doing some pricing experiements...
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