Swagging in 2013 - Part 1

spiritwood

surfersparadise30 wrote: »

Hi

Slightly off topic, so apologies, but I know that some of you are very technical. My Mum has offered to buy me a new laptop (mine is 6 years old and very slow). I mainly use it for e-mail, ebay and swagging, survey sites etc. Can anyone tell me what best to look for please, as I know the sales staff will bamboozle me. Many thanks.

a thinkpad! i would never have anything else now i have used them

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/gbweb/LenovoPortal/en_GB/catalog.workflow:expandcategory?current-catalog-id=FD6DB49790C7411D933567FC361231FB¤t-category-id=4B4553459C5D44098719F072E1F156DD&menu-id=products&ref-id=products&cid=uk|semd|se|google|lenovoukdirect|z1D52C|s

they are hardwearing even if dropped ( the hard drive has a little airbag and they have fingerprint readers and gizmos. i am using an edge at the moment and love it.

quinechinoise

Hey, just wanted to share that I've finally completed a survey on Swagbucks - I usually get screened out of those things. So, it's also the first time I've achieved the daily target thingy.

Kantankrus_Mare

And shes off......... with a search for

"How many toads have gonads?"

10 SB's

Thankyou very much.

Zakalwe

surfersparadise30 wrote: »

Hi

Slightly off topic, so apologies, but I know that some of you are very technical. My Mum has offered to buy me a new laptop (mine is 6 years old and very slow). I mainly use it for e-mail, ebay and swagging, survey sites etc. Can anyone tell me what best to look for please, as I know the sales staff will bamboozle me. Many thanks.

To be honest, any laptop these days will do anything internet related with ease, and it has got to the point of diminishing returns regards cpu and graphics speed - you can get a top of the range high speed rig and not really see a big difference from a lower spec one. I would say get one you are comfortable with - no point getting a small screen if you are constantly going to be frustrated with having to move windows about.

Get a brand with a known name, rather than something made in a warehouse in china. Avoid Dell as their customer service is terrible (Packard Bell aren't much better). Avoid Apple like the plague - I know some people love them, but their OS is a pain, and you pay almost double the cost for the spec. Don't be convinced by Windows 8 - it might be new but it isn't an improvement over 7, and hasn't been released long enough to have really proven itself (personally I hate it). Have a look at customer reviews - they tend to be more honest than the manufacturers.

Most of all, know what you want to be able to do with the laptop, as that will decide your budget. If it's just internet, email, music, watching movies, then you don't need a £1500 alienware rig; I would expect £600 max. For the sake of speed try to get something with 2gig minimum RAM (most these days will have that) and if possible a solid-state drive (the difference that can make is amazing in itself).

PM me if theres anything I can help with.

CathWales

I fail to see the point of those little survey profiles when I say I don't have kids and I don't smoke and those boxes are ticked and I just get dq'd anyway. I also stated in a previous survey that I don't have a dishwasher, but this was not an option for the survey I want on to complete (but did get credit, so not too much complaint there:o).

Kantankrus_Mare

I also fail to see the point of surveys that ask me to bring my 17 yr old to the computer then two mins later DSQ me!!

Daughter getting right miffed with being brought to PC then told to go away again. :cool:

CathWales

Kantankrus_Mare wrote: »

I also fail to see the point of surveys that ask me to bring my 17 yr old to the computer then two mins later DSQ me!!

Daughter getting right miffed with being brought to PC then told to go away again. :cool:

That did make me laugh a little tho:rotfl:

sonicetomeetyou

Zakalwe wrote: »

To be honest, any laptop these days will do anything internet related with ease, and it has got to the point of diminishing returns regards cpu and graphics speed - you can get a top of the range high speed rig and not really see a big difference from a lower spec one. I would say get one you are comfortable with - no point getting a small screen if you are constantly going to be frustrated with having to move windows about.

Get a brand with a known name, rather than something made in a warehouse in china. Avoid Dell as their customer service is terrible (Packard Bell aren't much better). Avoid Apple like the plague - I know some people love them, but their OS is a pain, and you pay almost double the cost for the spec. Don't be convinced by Windows 8 - it might be new but it isn't an improvement over 7, and hasn't been released long enough to have really proven itself (personally I hate it). Have a look at customer reviews - they tend to be more honest than the manufacturers.

Most of all, know what you want to be able to do with the laptop, as that will decide your budget. If it's just internet, email, music, watching movies, then you don't need a £1500 alienware rig; I would expect £600 max. For the sake of speed try to get something with 2gig minimum RAM (most these days will have that) and if possible a solid-state drive (the difference that can make is amazing in itself).

PM me if theres anything I can help with.

I couldn't agree more. My dad's new pc has Windows 8 and I absolutely hate it. Luckily my new pc came with Windows 7 though. I definitely wouldn't go with Dell either. My pc and laptop are both HP and I haven't had any real problems with either.

Happi

Zakalwe wrote: »

To be honest, any laptop these days will do anything internet related with ease, and it has got to the point of diminishing returns regards cpu and graphics speed - you can get a top of the range high speed rig and not really see a big difference from a lower spec one. I would say get one you are comfortable with - no point getting a small screen if you are constantly going to be frustrated with having to move windows about.

Get a brand with a known name, rather than something made in a warehouse in china. Avoid Dell as their customer service is terrible (Packard Bell aren't much better). Avoid Apple like the plague - I know some people love them, but their OS is a pain, and you pay almost double the cost for the spec. Don't be convinced by Windows 8 - it might be new but it isn't an improvement over 7, and hasn't been released long enough to have really proven itself (personally I hate it). Have a look at customer reviews - they tend to be more honest than the manufacturers.

Most of all, know what you want to be able to do with the laptop, as that will decide your budget. If it's just internet, email, music, watching movies, then you don't need a £1500 alienware rig; I would expect £600 max. For the sake of speed try to get something with 2gig minimum RAM (most these days will have that) and if possible a solid-state drive (the difference that can make is amazing in itself).

PM me if theres anything I can help with.

Windows 8 is actually very good IMO, people who say they don't like it probably have never tried it, i agree it's not an improvement over win 7, but coming up from vista, major major improvement.

It's actually a bit, very little bit faster than win 7 to boot up.

Happi

Just got DQ from a survey on shoes! :cool:

A woman getting DQ from a survey on shoes? ..........mmmmm