Best laptop for £1k +

[bmwdrivernigel]

I need to buy myself a laptop and need suggestions as to where is the best place to buy, what model should I go for and what is the most reliable etc. Am NOT a techie so answers in english please!!!!

[workshy fop]

www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/alist/

Dell D620 this month.

[Andy M]

And, before you say it, these can load XP as well as Apple's (hugely superior) operating system.

See: www.apple.com/uk/getamac/

[deva link]

bmwdrivernigel said:

I need to buy myself a laptop and need suggestions as to where is the best place to buy, what model should I go for and what is the most reliable etc. Am NOT a techie so answers in english please!!!!

Give us some idea of the spec you want (or what you'll be using it for).

I recently bought an IBM (OK, Lenovo) ThinkPad T43 (14" XGA screen, 2GHz Centrino, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD) and I'm as pleased with it as you can be about a laptop.
They look a bit dear, but the price includes 3yrs w'tee.

Edited by deva link on Tuesday 4th July 17:58

[bmwdrivernigel]

I will be operating our booking and despatch system on it, and emails etc, nothing fancy but I need reliability and security over speed or gizmos, as I seem to be out of the office more and more.

[deva link]

bmwdrivernigel said:

I will be operating our booking and despatch system on it, and emails etc, nothing fancy but I need reliability and security over speed or gizmos, as I seem to be out of the office more and more.

Thinkpad T43, then.

[magic torch]

What Andy M said.

As for Security.

[supersport]

I recently bought a Tosh Tecra A4 which I am well happy with, 2GHz, 1GB Ram 80GB HD and 15.4 screen. Am totally happy with it, feels quick and happily carry it on my push bike.

I paid £870 including mouse/keyboard, but this was through the higher education agreement jobby, so not sure on the real world cost. Probably not that different.

[cyberface]

Mac all the way. If you're not fussed about ultimate speed but need robustness and reliability, then get a MacBook (the plastic one) and load it up with RAM. The MacBook Pros are nice but a bit precious and fragile, if you're carting it around every day (like I do) then the more robust MacBook is worth it.

I'm currently doing an experiment seeing whether I can get 4 GB of RAM in my MacBook.