Laptop Advice
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evo801

Original Poster:

243 posts

224 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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Dear All,

Currently looking to purchase a Laptop.

Has to be a PC, and my budget is £400 max.
Be using it for business work etc, Indesign, Photoshop, CAD etc.

Many thanks,
Best Regards

S6PNJ

5,834 posts

310 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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So you figured rather than wait for an answer from the Computers forum, you'd double post here?

www.dmxdimension.com or Dell outlet - have a search, see what floats your boat. Any fast processor and lots of memory will work well!

porcupineprince

624 posts

215 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp...

I've just purchased this beast. It's performance is incredible for the money. The display is fantastic, plenty of storage, and the processor is one of Intel's newest, based on it's new GM45 chipset. Excellent VFM.

It's very light, so although portable, makes me wonder how durable it is as i suspect it's made with rather cheap plastics. The components are top notch though.

evo801

Original Poster:

243 posts

224 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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Thanks all, appreciate you help.

In a bit of a rush to go buy a laptop..

ahdguy

279 posts

236 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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Tesco. HP laptop hp-g70-111em 17" screen, 3Gb Ram - Still availible in some stores.

jkennyd

3,142 posts

228 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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Tesco takes a bit of beaten when they have their deals on

MonkeyBusiness

4,240 posts

216 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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porcupineprince said:
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp...

I've just purchased this beast. It's performance is incredible for the money. The display is fantastic, plenty of storage, and the processor is one of Intel's newest, based on it's new GM45 chipset. Excellent VFM.

It's very light, so although portable, makes me wonder how durable it is as i suspect it's made with rather cheap plastics. The components are top notch though.
That's a very good deal.

porcupineprince

624 posts

215 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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MonkeyBusiness said:
porcupineprince said:
http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp...

I've just purchased this beast. It's performance is incredible for the money. The display is fantastic, plenty of storage, and the processor is one of Intel's newest, based on it's new GM45 chipset. Excellent VFM.

It's very light, so although portable, makes me wonder how durable it is as i suspect it's made with rather cheap plastics. The components are top notch though.
That's a very good deal.
It helps that i'm good friends with someone who works there too, so i actually got it for less than £400.

jkennyd

3,142 posts

228 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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It's an Acer though.......I really hate Acer....Its personal thing and I should grow up but they are total mince....IMO....smile

porcupineprince

624 posts

215 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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jkennyd said:
It's an Acer though.......I really hate Acer....Its personal thing and I should grow up but they are total mince....IMO....smile
This new one has replaced a previous Acer, which ran sweetly for 3 years without ever missing a beat. Maybe it's just good fortune, but I haven't had any problems with them!

benoli

1,351 posts

218 months

Thursday 19th February 2009
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porcupineprince said:
Maybe it's just good fortune, but I haven't had any problems with them!
we have 3 Acer lappys at work
in 2yrs - all have been done what they are told !

(only downside : battery life is poor, 1hr, tops)