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any good???

blackpoolowl
blackpoolowl Posts: 42 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
thinking of buying a new laptop, mine is dead r.i.p.
is this any good? loads of memory also comes with media centre
http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/TruHome/TruComputers/TruComputersLaptop/808008

if not any ideas £800 price range

terry
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  • blackpoolowl
    blackpoolowl Posts: 42 Forumite
    come on guys any help.....please
  • MercilessKiller
    MercilessKiller Posts: 7,143 Forumite
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    Tis good except the gfx.. if your going to be gaming you need to look for lappys with ATI or Nvidia graphics cards in with at least 128mb.. not an onboard one

    Everything else is great thoguh so if your not gaming, go for it.
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"The internet is a great way to get on the net."
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  • blackpoolowl
    blackpoolowl Posts: 42 Forumite
    thx merciless
    any other surgessions for the £800 bracket? i would like the option to game but not essential. if i wanna play games i will use 360. prob. use for videos internet occasional brochure making etc.
    i would like to be as future proof as possible if you can be nowadays
    thx
    terry
  • showman36
    showman36 Posts: 625 Forumite
    blackpoolowl wrote:
    thinking of buying a new laptop, mine is dead r.i.p.
    is this any good? loads of memory also comes with media centre
    http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/TruHome/TruComputers/TruComputersLaptop/808008

    if not any ideas £800 price range

    terry

    why do companys bother to put together a high spec laptop like that and spoil it with shared bleedin graphics?:confused:
  • MercilessKiller
    MercilessKiller Posts: 7,143 Forumite
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    lol showman I agree completely.

    Anyway for £800 you can get a decent gaming laptop. Check out Dell Factory Outlet (the uk store).

    Look at the high end spec Inspiron's. They have similar spec's with decent graphics card for around the same price range.

    Dell Factor Outlet is a reseller. It sells returned (but not fault or damaged) goods. So you still have warranty and it still is guarenteed to work. I bought fromt here.. amazing :)
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"The internet is a great way to get on the net."
    - Bob Dole, Republican presidential candidate    [/FONT]
  • albertross_2
    albertross_2 Posts: 8,932 Forumite
    If you aren't bothered about games on it, just buy one for half the price, and buy another higher specced one for the same money in 2 years time with vista on it.

    You can't future proof anything in IT, especially laptops, so if you buy cheap, you can get a laptop in the future with the money you have saved. If you want to game, get a desktop.

    http://www.dmxcomputers.co.uk/blogcategory/dell-hot-offers.html

    http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/TruHome/TruComputers/TruComputersLaptop/807575?ref=808008
    Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:
  • blackpoolowl
    blackpoolowl Posts: 42 Forumite
    thx albertross you make a good point
    btw what is vista????
    terry
  • blackpoolowl
    blackpoolowl Posts: 42 Forumite
    has anyone stumbled across any decent laptops for around the £400 - £500 mark then?
    i would like one wiith media edition on if poss. so i can run 360 through it.
    thx guys i know you wont let me down
    terry
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    blackpoolowl wrote:
    thx albertross you make a good point
    btw what is vista????
    terry

    The next version of Windows. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx. Windows XP is now nearly five years old.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • MercilessKiller
    MercilessKiller Posts: 7,143 Forumite
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    ahhh so excited about vista :D

    although so not excited abotu having to format my pc when i get it :(... 500gb of data and files to backup ahhh

    omg and all my itunes info gone.. nooo my ratings, play counts, playlists.. grr what an effort
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"The internet is a great way to get on the net."
    - Bob Dole, Republican presidential candidate    [/FONT]
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