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| Thread ID: 80575 | 2007-06-28 04:15:00 | Thoughts on this laptop? | mejobloggs (264) | PC World Chat |
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| 563880 | 2007-06-28 04:15:00 | www.dse.co.nz Price... Features... Quality... Whatever I'm looking for one for uni work. Maybe watching a few DVD's, and light gaming. Not sure what cpu it has. Core duo maybe? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 563881 | 2007-06-28 04:37:00 | The main thing i'd want to chack is the RAM. it's only got a gig, and with vista thats nothing. (especially since the gfx card doesn't have a lot of dedicated memory). it's like running XP on 256MB. it says 2 x512. I'd check there is still space to upgrade in the future. It's possible theyve filled up both the sots, although i'd hope not. EDIT: Also look at warranty conditions.. 1 year 'limited' is not an extremely good warranty. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 563882 | 2007-06-28 06:28:00 | I purchased a very similar specd Toshiba from them a few weeks ago (bigger screen though). It came with 512mb ram and I was running Vista home premium with all the bells and whistles going no problem. I upgraded to 1.5gig of ram and it didn't make much difference at all so I don't know what the carry on about Vista needing so much ram is all about. I'd say the HP would be a good 'all rounder' and at that price you won't get much better/cheaper. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 563883 | 2007-06-28 08:07:00 | EDIT: Also look at warranty conditions.. 1 year 'limited' is not an extremely good warranty. Same. I'd only ever buy a 3yr warranty model Toshiba or an ASUS. HP is way down the bottom............. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 563884 | 2007-06-28 08:28:00 | Sorry, I forgot that I bought the Toshiba purely on pcteck's recommendation (no- I'm not kidding, if it's something that I can't tinker with I don't want it to break down!) Surely you can get a Toshiba from DSE for around the price of the HP? I 'negotiated' with them when I got mine... the sales guy just had to grovel to the manager a few times :) |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 563885 | 2007-06-28 09:54:00 | I bought a cople of PC's recently with Vista Home premium loaded. They had 1 GB of RAM as delivered. I bought an extra 1 GB of RAM each, but was underwhelmed with the added performance. The PC's ran fine and fast with 1 GB, no difference was really noted with 2 GB. So I am also puzzled why everyone suggests 2 GB is "essential" for Home Premium. As to laptops, I have had 5 over the years. The only ones still going are the Toshiba ones, which account for 3 of the 5. The last Toshiba (bought when the HP motherboard died) came from Noel Leemings, I negotiated a very good deal for the demo one. Good $$ off, more RAM and a bag tossed in, plus a 3 year warranty. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 563886 | 2007-06-28 09:56:00 | ive heard that toshiba is really crap, dnt listen to me lol, bt i sell asus at warehouse stationery and i reckon it is quite good lol | stevenmc (10754) | ||
| 563887 | 2007-06-28 10:08:00 | www.dse.co.nz Price... Features... Quality... Whatever I'm looking for one for uni work. Maybe watching a few DVD's, and light gaming. Not sure what cpu it has. Core duo maybe?So little information, if I were you I get as much info on that product if possible, because there's one time I've purchased a laptop with a desktop CPU so kinda regret it later because the battery life can't last long at all. Watch out for the CPU. I bet this CPU doesn't have Turbo memory in it. It didn't say Santa Rosa CPU either. |
PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 563888 | 2007-06-28 11:07:00 | Yeah, whatever Turbo memory is, i'm not concerned about it. Or Santa Rosa. 1gb is fine guys. My Dad has had pretty bad problems with his Toshiba, so a bit biased against them. Found this Toshiba: www.dse.co.nz Shortcircuit, what laptop did you buy? I didn't realise I could ask DSE for upgrades. Can they upgrade much stuff, or only the ram? |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 563889 | 2007-06-28 11:30:00 | This is a laptop, only the HDD and RAM are upgradeable. | godfather (25) | ||
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