Which laptop to get?

[CarMadMike]

Hey all,

 

I currently have the Compaq 702ea netbook, but i'm desperately looking to upgrade to a notebook as the netbook runs like a bag of nails when i have a broswer open, with an application or two open as well.

 

I'd of course love a macbook but I'll be getting a car in 4-5 months time so it's they're a bit out of my price range.

 

Here's the specs i'm looking at:

- 15" glossy screen, 13" if the specs are great

- £300- £550 or so

- light, as ill be carrying it everywhere everyday.

 

I watch TV programs on my laptop twice a week, so a half decent video/graphics card would be nice.

 

But the main purpose would be for coursework, so it needs to be reasonably powerful as i'd like to have a few windows open at the same time, and run resourceful programs such as photoshop.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

Mike.

[T3hReaper91]

Will have a browse tomorrow for ya but im guessing the most luck will be with Asus and they are epic aswell.

[CarMadMike]

Thanks, I haven't had a chance to check out Asus yet, Only had a look at Vaio's, pavillions and Inspirons so far.

[T3hReaper91]

xD just noticed the fail in ma last post i put Asus instead of Acer :P

 

Here is a couple now.

 

 

Middle Of your budget:

 

Acer Aspire 5551: Clickage

 

3Gb Ram, 320GB HDD, 2.1GHz Dual Core, 15.6" Screen, 2.5Kg

 

 

Top End of your budget:

 

Acer Aspire 5738DZG: Clickage

 

4Gb Ram, 320GB HDD, 2.2GHz Dual Core, 15.6" Screen, 2.8Kg

 

Although the cheaper seems to be better as its roughly the same spec for £100 less the graphics on the top end is dedicated memory instead or shared so much better graphics without taking away system performance.

 

Will look more for you tomorrow.

[T0M722]

I have a Satellite notebook and it's great for the stuff that you describe as it's similar to this one. It has a nice glossy screen and

 

Satellite C650-15Z

£ 429.00 (inc VAT)

Key Features

- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit (pre-installed, Toshiba-HDD recovery)

- Intel® Pentium® Processor T4500

- DVD-RW SuperMulti drive (Double Layer)

- 3072 MB (2048+ 1024) DDR3 RAM (1066MHz)

- 39.6cm (15.6") TruBrite® HD (1366 x 768) High Brightness display with LED backlight with 16:9 aspect ratio

- 2.5kg

- 4hr20m battery life

- 320GB HDD

 

 

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-C650-15Z/1087575

 

 

(How do you put a link into a word? lol like reaper did :D)

[T1M]

 

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-C650-15Z/1087575

 

 

(How do you put a link into a word? lol like reaper did :D)

[ URL=<link>]Clicky (or whatever you want it to say) [/url ] Without the gaps. ;)

 

How about one of these? :D I'm probably no use but it's just a suggestion.

 

Anything but a Dell Inspiron laptop, my brother had one and it wasn't very reliable.

[CarMadMike]

Thanks reaper, the lower spec of the two there seems like a bargain, and the case for it looks rather nice too. I think that's definitely a contender.

 

I'll have a look at the satellite Tom :)

 

And the screen on that is a bit too small tim, and it offers nothing special to make up for the small screen I suppose. Thanks for the advice about the inspiron though

[T3hReaper91]

No worries mike :) hope it helps and let us know what u pick or if u need more help :p

[CarMadMike]

http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Sony_VAIO_VPCEE3E0EWI_1011206.html

 

I think i'm going with the above :)

[T3hReaper91]

Looks nice and seems to be a good deal :)

[T0M722]

Nice computer Mike :D

[Rai06]

A low end XPS 15 will set you back only that much, and you get 1 gig of nVidia 430 GT (?) dedicated graphics...you could go for something even better, like more memory too.