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| Thread ID: 125183 | 2012-06-12 01:55:00 | School me on Laptop buying, Dell vs HP vs Sony? | sooby (15023) | Press F1 |
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| 1281170 | 2012-06-12 01:55:00 | Howdy, Our prehistoric PC seems to be on its last legs, with BSoD or system freezes happening almost daily. Being that the PC is 9 years old and now only worth about $200, it hardly seems worthwhile spending more money to try to fix or upgrade it. so... looking at replacement time & it thought why stick with a desktop - perhaps now is the time for a laptop? Now what I know about laptops could fit on the pointy end of a pin, so any help & advice you could provide would be much appreciated! What pitfalls are there to watch out for, battery life, CPU, HDD choices etc? Our main use for laptop would be: -Web-browsing, -watching DVD's, maybe bluray, -skype, -playing MP3's, -watching video streaming, -watch freeview TV thru USB TV tuner, -photo storage & editing, occasional movie maker, -light or occasional gaming , -would like to have the grunt to run CAD if need be. I've been browsing Playtech's website for HP & Sony laptops, (no real reason other than had good runs with those brands in the past) and Dell. Been looking at around the $1,600 price bracket. HP Pavilion DV6-6C38TX i7-2670QM ATI HD7690M 2G 15.6'' 1920 X 1080 8GB 750GB HDMI WIN7HP 64Bit www.playtech.co.nz Dell XPS 15 Laptop: www.dell.com I know Dell wouldn't be the first choice for many of you, but I'm considering it only because I'm guessing they subsidize Microsoft Office Home & Business $188 vs Playtech's $299! Sadly, I only want this software for Outlook - does anyone here run thunderbird, any downside to thunderbird compared to Outlook? I also like Dell's scroll device on their touchpad - seems to make life easier. Also heard Dell laptops have HDD password protection built in that means should the laptop ever get stolen the data is safe without the password. Do any other laptops offer this, or similar? Appreciate any help & knowledge you guys share :) |
sooby (15023) | ||
| 1281171 | 2012-06-12 04:23:00 | Microsoft Office Home & Business $188 vs Playtech's $299! Sadly, I only want this software for Outlook - does anyone here run thunderbird, any downside to thunderbird compared to Outlook? You would use Outlook only if you want the Calendar function. If it is just email, Thunderbird is great and free. I use it and pulls my hotmail, gmail, yahoo mail, and my ISP mail all into one Inbox nicely and manages identities nicely. |
tmrafi (5179) | ||
| 1281172 | 2012-06-12 04:32:00 | You would use Outlook only if you want the Calendar function. If it is just email, Thunderbird is great and free. I use it and pulls my hotmail, gmail, yahoo mail, and my ISP mail all into one Inbox nicely and manages identities nicely. Thanks for that! Does Thunderbird lack anything outlook has? I'm all for thunderbird, but the wife dislikes change :( so convincing her to switch *could* be a challenge Google has a free calendar, so sorted (not that we ever use outlooks calendar anyway) |
sooby (15023) | ||
| 1281173 | 2012-06-12 04:41:00 | You could always install thunderbird on the dodgy old PC and give it a whirl. I personally like it better than outlook which I use at work, but realistically I probably don't use a fraction of whatever features outlook has. By default I think it leaves E-mails on the server so the two programs can happily coexist. I think Toshiba is another brand of laptops worth considering. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1281174 | 2012-06-12 04:54:00 | I use the Outlook calendar a lot like on a daily basis and sync it with Gmail calendar. I still prefer the Outlook based on as it is on my second screen and I don't need to keep a browser open for it. I', not convinced nor am I ready to go cloud based computing exclusively | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1281175 | 2012-06-12 04:59:00 | ASUS are very good. Still, the sony e range of laptops look even better than the asus range. | Nick G (16709) | ||
| 1281176 | 2012-06-12 05:08:00 | Dell vs hp vs sony... The answer is asus. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1281177 | 2012-06-12 05:15:00 | Dell vs hp vs sony... The answer is asus. so what exactly about ASUS do you recommend? |
sooby (15023) | ||
| 1281178 | 2012-06-12 05:43:00 | I wouldn't get any of those notebooks you've mentioned, especially not the Dell. It's all fine until something goes wrong, then you are in customer support hell. A HP Probook or Elitebook would be good, but not a pavilion or similar. Sony tends to be a bit dear. Asus and Toshiba are both excellent, both top on reliability and build quality, also both have good service centers in NZ. Here are a few that would be great for what you want. www.computerlounge.co.nz pbtech.co.nz pbtech.co.nz www.noelleeming.co.nz www.noelleeming.co.nz |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1281179 | 2012-06-12 05:45:00 | so what exactly about ASUS do you recommend? Good question . Most will just give a fav brand, with limited experience of (say) 1 or 2 previous lappy . Other question is what price do you want to pay . All brands have made some dodgy entry level stuff in the past . You want to hear from the guys who actually sell/repair these things , with experience from hundreds of laptops . |
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