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need a fast laptop
innocent_girl
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I want to buy a fast laptop Im sick of slow ones. My work PC is so fast its like immediate as soon as youve clicked its there. Thats what I want but I dont know what I need to look for in a laptop. Can anyone help?
TIA
TIA
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What laptop do you have now?0
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users make them slow, reinstalling windows cures slow.
one with an ssd!!
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Most important question - what is your budget?;)0
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and what is it you actually do with the laptop ?0
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users make them slow, reinstalling windows cures slow.
one with an ssd
this is generally spot on, most work systems will not have half the bloat that is installed on a home pc (due to not being allowed to install beyond the basics needed) so a fresh install (after backing up inportant data) will get rid of the programs you didnt even realise where installed on your computer but which slow it down
otherwise a SSD (solid state drive) will make programs and things saved on it have a almost instant retrival time, however they are expensive for the capcity you get for example £100 will get you 1000GB+ (1tb) of storage space with a normal hard drive but £100 will only get you around 120gb in a SSDDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
you may find a fast processor and more memory helps too.
insufficient memory is often the culpritFriendly greeting!0 -
What laptop do you have at the moment (i.e. cpu, ram, etc)?
A solid state drive will make the world of difference, way beyond any memory upgrade. As the vast majority of laptops have their cpu and gfx chips soldered to the motherboard, upgrading these is nigh on impossible.
Make a backup image of your current hard drive, replace it with an ssd, clone the image back. Job done.:)
Cost will depend on what capacity you need, but I managed to pick up an OCZ Vertex 2 100GB SATA-II for £39.99 a few weeks back.0 -
innocent_girl wrote: »I want to buy a fast laptop Im sick of slow ones. My work PC is so fast its like immediate as soon as youve clicked its there. Thats what I want but I dont know what I need to look for in a laptop. Can anyone help?
TIA
What is your budget? i hope you are not Apple fan?
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Just do what everyone else does & try a few laptops out in P C World.
Once you have found something you are happy with, buy it online.0
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