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| 704392 | 2008-09-11 04:50:00 | Well never owned a laptop before, and the girlfriend has put it upon me to choose what laptop to get her Basically, 1k budget. give or take a hundy Ram doesn't matter, can be upgraded. OS doesn't matter, i have xp pro at home that isn't in use anymore. HD isn't highly important space wise (although a 7200rpm would be nice, and space ot install a second HD) What is important is: -Warranty, if this thing craps out then we don't want to be stuck with a boat anchor -CPU, really after a C2D -GPU, 8600m GT would be delicious, but something decent eh. Saw www.dse.co.nz when quickly browsing, but don't really know what laptop brands are good anymore (also intel based gpu kind of puts me off, but hey they're pulling into the pro gpu market soon with their line of cards coming up so i guess they're doing something right) Anyone know what I'm after? any help highly appreciated... |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 704393 | 2008-09-11 04:52:00 | Don't buy an Acer. Ever. You won't really get a machine that meets all your requirements for under about $1500-$1800 or so. An Eee PC by Asus might be OK for her - Asus have just released the 1000H model, which is small (but not as small as the previous models) and costs about $1000. It has no CD/DVD drive though, and the processor is single core. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 704394 | 2008-09-11 05:00:00 | Don't buy an Acer. Ever. You won't really get a machine that meets all your requirements for under about $1500-$1800 or so. An Eee PC by Asus might be OK for her - Asus have just released the 1000H model, which is small (but not as small as the previous models) and costs about $1000. It has no CD/DVD drive though, and the processor is single core. apparently has no lan or usb ports either :/ yeah the physical size of it doesn't matter much either if anyones worried about that lol thanks for the suggestion though, and i will heed your warning |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 704395 | 2008-09-11 05:09:00 | Nope... Every Eee PC has an Ethernet port and 3 USBs. It's the MacBook air that (infamously) has no ethernet and 1 USB port :eek: |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 704396 | 2008-09-11 05:13:00 | Nope... Every Eee PC has an Ethernet port and 3 USBs. It's the MacBook air that (infamously) has no ethernet and 1 USB port :eek: fail, on the link you gave me, which has gone :/, it said this about it: :/ thats right, pressf1 is anti image posting lol. Link: img375.imageshack.us |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 704397 | 2008-09-11 05:21:00 | and space ot install a second HD) Good luck with that. I've never seen a laptop with a second internal HD. I'd opt for a big single disk, unless you want an external HD or flash drive cluttering up everything. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 704398 | 2008-09-11 05:22:00 | fail, on the link you gave me, which has gone :/, it said this about it: :/ thats right, pressf1 is anti image posting lol. Link: img375.imageshack.us I'd put it down to "user error" I think :p But look through the images HERE (www.laptopmag.com) and you'll see the full selection of ports it has. Geekster: I have seen a number of new laptops with dual HDs... Dell's Studio 17 and some Asuses have them I know - but mainly the high-end ones. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 704399 | 2008-09-11 05:28:00 | Good luck with that. I've never seen a laptop with a second internal HD. I'd opt for a big single disk, unless you want an external HD or flash drive cluttering up everything. i've seen heaps with space for a second hd although if a good laptop gets mentioned without one im still keen. I'd put it down to "user error" I think :p But look through the images HERE (www.laptopmag.com) and you'll see the full selection of ports it has. Geekster: I have seen a number of new laptops with dual HDs... Dells and Asuses have them I know - but mainly the high-end ones. user fail? lol yeah kind of needs a dvd drive |
Codex (3761) | ||
| 704400 | 2008-09-11 05:29:00 | We are looking at getting another one here for family use & the Toshiba Satellite Pro L300 is on the short list at present. It's got everything we need & the reviews arn't to bad. If you want horsepower & grafics, get a desktop system. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 704401 | 2008-09-11 05:32:00 | Feel bad now. Wrong about second laptop HD, and I brought a new Acer three months ago (Cos it was the best bang-for-buck). | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
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