student laptops

zakmac

magoogy wrote:

can anyone advise me as to the best place to get my daughter a laptop please? need a brand new one though not reconditioned as i dont trust them - i like a guarantee with my stuff....

also, do comet,etc do student discounts please?

thanks

ALDI stores have got a pretty decent deal on at the mo, but be quick cos they dont last long. the laptop comes with a 3 year warranty as well

manhattan

gizmoleeds wrote:

Macs look great but that's about all they're good for.

WRONG

that statement is always from people who have never even used a Mac or at most have tried an old g3 Mac with only enough ram to boot the thing up.its all about what people have heard from other people..

try one and see.

i was a devoted windows user who thought the same UNTIL i actually used one.BUT if you are a major games player stay with a windows pc,but in my opinion Macs are superior in most ways.

and when the new Macs are released with intel chips there will be plenty of games available.

lets not get into the old better or worse arguments though,i still use a windows pda and a Mac laptop which is the better option for me.

manhattan

i was not suggesting that the op should buy a Mac.

i was just referring to your comment "Macs look great but that's about all they're good for"

which is bs.

1)if your satisfied with your windows pc and think it has a better interface then thats fine and thats your opinion.

2)im not telling you to switch to a Mac,im just trying to educate people here that what you said about Macs is bs.why would you revert to being a computer novice by using a Mac?you know your way round a windows pc,whats wrong in learning another os?

3)you wouldnt have to buy Mac versions when a program called virtual pc will run almost all windows software on a Mac.

username

jr666 wrote:

256mb of ram should be quite enough for most things.

256Mb of RAM is not enough if you want to multi task.

I would recommend a minimum of 512Mb of RAM; I have 512Mb in my PC, and although fine for day-to-day usage and having word-internet explorer-winamp-msn messenger etc open all at once, it can struggle with the more challenging things I throw at it, like audio editing and gameplaying so I am looking to bump it up to 1Gb when I get money.

magoogy

thanks for all your help guys - i ended up getting a hp - cant remember the model number - it has 526mb on and dvd and cd rw - is wireless too, and only paid £600 for it - couldve got a cheaper one online but had vouchers i could only use at comet plus a student grant....all in all i only put £200 towards....

zhenboy

Here's a good deal....

https://www.medionshop.co.uk

go to notebooks

then go to page2 (forward)

what do you think of the pentium-m 1.7 dvdrw 15" widescreen? £370 delivered

zhenboy

Product Description
BRAND NEW UNIT


Specifications

* Medion MD42773 Notebook
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
* Intel® Pentium® M Processor with 1.50 GHz
* 15.4" TFT WXGA display with 1280x800 px.
* 16:10 for optimized DVD playback
* Incl. Spider-Man the movie
* 512MB DDR-RAM memory
* Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 - Wireless LAN 802.11g
* 60 GB hard disk
* DVD-Writer/-ReWriter (DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW + CD-RW + DVD-ROM)
* 32 bit 3D/2D graphics integrated in Intel 855 GM chipset
* 16 bit Sound chip & 2 loudspeakers
* 4 in 1 multicardreader
* 10/100 Mbit Fast Ethernet LAN port & 56K V.90 Modem
* Integrated Touchpad with two mouse buttons
* UK Keyboard with 2 Multimedia Hotkeys
* External AC adapter & Li-Ion battery VDE/GS approved



Interfaces

1x PCMCIA type II, 3x USB 2.0, 1x VGA out, 1x TV out, 1x LAN (RJ 45), 1x modem (RJ 11), 1x Fire Wire (IEEE 1394), 1x microphone in, 1x line-out, 1x S/P-DIF.


Software included

* Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition SP1a (recovery version and CD-ROM)
* Microsoft WorksSuite 2004 (OEM Version)
* Power Cinema Suite (OEM Version)
* Nero Burning ROM 6 (OEM Version
* additionally with Nero Recode 2-SE (OEM Version)


Warranty

12 Months