What Laptop

[nice1two]

Sadly my Trusted Sony Vaio is starting to Die, so i am looking for a good all round Laptop for storing Photo's the occasional game etc etc, preferebly with HD as well. My Budget is anywhere from £1000-£2000. Please help as im not a computer guy. and dont understand most of the terms.

[sawman]

nice1two said:

Sadly my Trusted Sony Vaio is starting to Die, so i am looking for a good all round Laptop for storing Photo's the occasional game etc etc, preferebly with HD as well. My Budget is anywhere from £1000-£2000. Please help as im not a computer guy. and dont understand most of the terms.

you should be able to get plenty of apple computing for that budget - might even get you a black roll neck with the change left over

[BeeRoad]

A Vaio Z13 would fit your bill perfectly and is a lovely piece of kit. If you want to save a bit, look at the Dell Adamo, it's hard to believe it's a Dell!

[FraserLFA]

HP pavillion DV-7. Just got one last week, 17 inch LED screen, loads of ROM, everything you need

[Efbe]

Firstly. Never just use a laptop to store photos. Make sure you have at least two other backups if everything

As for the laptop, do a seRch for kobalt computers, at this price range, by far the best laptops bar none

[Efbe]

Also, from your description it sounds like yu are spending way way too much on a laptop. That sort of money buys gaming laptops

[Silent1]

Dell Latitude E6510

Base Unit: Dell Latitude E6510, Intel Core i7-720M Quad Core 1.60GHz 6MB, 15.6" Full HD Display
4GB RAM, 2 2048MB Non-ECC DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM
250GB Hard Drive, 7200RPM 2.5" SATA with Free Fall Sensor
Internal 10/100/1000 Intel NIC
Dell Wireless 1520 802.11a/b/g/n MiniPCI card

Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth
nVidia Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB Graphics
Integrated Webcam
Integrated Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
PCMCIA Slot
Internal Modem
Internal Backlit Keyboard
Stereo Speakers
Integrated Microphone
4 USB 2.0 Ports
1 eSATA Port
Headphone/Speaker Out
IEEE1394 Port (Firewire)
Touchpad and Pointing Stick
Fingerprint Reader
Lithium Ion 6 Cell Battery (standard battery)
90W Power Supply
Modular 8x DVD-ROM Drive
Dell Optical USB Mouse
Dell USB/PS/2 Keyboard
Port Replicator with 130W Power Supply
Top Load Nylon Case
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
Weight - 5.53lbs
Dimensions: 14.74"W x 9.97"L x 1.1"H

[Original Poster]

Why such a large budget?

You could easily get something that fits your needs for £600 unless I am missing something that you need it for?

[annodomini2]

Silent1 said:

Dell Latitude E6510

Base Unit: Dell Latitude E6510, Intel Core i7-720M Quad Core 1.60GHz 6MB, 15.6" Full HD Display
4GB RAM, 2 2048MB Non-ECC DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM ...

Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

4GB of RAM with 32bit windows is pointless.

Silent1 said:

nVidia Quadro NVS 3100M 512MB Graphics

Quadro cards are designed for CAD, while they will play games, not ideal.

You don't give a price.

[annodomini2]

Sony Vaio VPCEC3X5E

Core i7-640M
6GB Ram
320GB HDD
17.3" 1920x1080p screen
1GB HD5650 Graphics
DVDRW
Win7 64bit Home Premium

£1079 inc Vat

Direct from sony's website

[nice1two]

Thanks for the ideas guys.really useful The budget is as big as I figured that's roughly what it would cost for a decent one.

[Efbe]

nice1two said:

Thanks for the ideas guys.really useful The budget is as big as I figured that's roughly what it would cost for a decent one.

Just remember the depreciation of laptops I'd not like cars. It's 100% over 5 years

If it's just for pictures then your budget should be 500max

[Silver993tt]

With that budget, then a high level Thinkpad would be the best choice. Best quality machine, great support and lots of options.

[working class]

Macbook Pro?

[Efbe]

working class said:

Macbook Pro?

17" starts at £1899 which only gets you 4gb ram and much inferior GPU and an i5 processor :/

£2539 with the same CPU as the vaio and decent ram. ridiculous prices.

for a grand, that vaio mentioned before looks good.if you can afford £1.5k or more then i'd go for a specialist laptop maker such as Kobalt Computers : http://www.kobaltcomputers.co.uk/notebooks.html

Edited by Efbe on Wednesday 27th October 20:57