Laptop Help

westferret

I am thinking of getting laptop for University in about a years time and am looking now to find one. On pc world I have found two that are the same price but these are the only differents can someone tell me which one is better for basic university work and probably games

______________A___________________________B
Memory size__1024________________________512
Memory type__DDR 2 SDRAM_________________DDR
Graphics card_Intel Graphics Media Accel 900__RJ11 NVIDIA GEFORCE Go6400
Modem Type__V92/V.90____________________RJ11

Also does anyone know of any new laptops at a maximum of £800 that are better than this. They have 80GB hard drive, double layer DVD+- RW, 24x CD speed, wireless,128MB Graphics 1.73GHz process speed,15.4 WXGA Screen, li ion battery, windows xp home

Thank you for your help

viru.doshi

Heylo,

When buying a laptop I normally tell people don't worry too much about the RAM size and Hard Drive size, mostly because these components can be upgraded.

The processor and graphics card for example cannot so they are more important considerations in my view.

The spec's you've outlined seem pretty good. Though I wouldn't buy from pc world - good to go there and look but try finding a cheaper price elsewhere - i'm sure you will!

Dell often do great deals with laptops, sometimes adding a free printer and RAM upgrade.

Since you have the intention of using it at uni and will probably use the internet, will you be living on campus? Does you uni have wireless LAN access? Things to consider could be to buy a laptop with integrated wireless adapters, which you have stated. Both laptops will be fine for uni work. But can't say much for games as i dont know what you'll play.

Might be worth doing a google search for performance reviews of the types of graphics cards in those laptops.

westferret

Yes I think the uni has wireles so I will look for that can you think of anywhere where where this might be cheaper

viru.doshi

Sticky at the top of this forum, lots of posts, too much for me to read But you might find some good links in there: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1993

Little_John

Buying laptop or a PC a year in advanced isnt a good ideanext year 1GB will be standard, cpu speeds will be faster in the lower end of the market drive capacities are getting bigger.

Its good to keep an eye on the market just incase some really good deal comes up but I would wait untill you are actually going to need it

westferret

I just looked around and found this on a website does is this good http://laptops.timeuk.com/pc_specification/power_laptops/17398/61319/TIME_TRAVELLER_A760_WIN_PACKAGE

viru.doshi

westferret wrote:

I just looked around and found this on a website does is this good http://laptops.timeuk.com/pc_specification/power_laptops/17398/61319/TIME_TRAVELLER_A760_WIN_PACKAGE

Not bad for the price, but its a Time laptop, i'm sure ive heard negative comments about them as a company in the past...or was it Tiny?

albertross_2

Are you going to buy this now, or in a years time? As Little john has already mentioned, it's pointless doing research a year in advance, as the prices, bargains, and technology changes rapidly.. Vista is coming soon, and needs more horsepower than XP. Personally I'd get a cheap Dell 350 new, 200 second hand, and lag behind the latest technology a bit, it will save you loads of money in the long run.. If you spend £800 it will probably get nicked.

http://www.dmxdimension.com/blogcategory/dell_uk_inspiron_1300.html


You can spend the 500 pounds you'll save on beer instead.