Laptop recommendations please

captainhindsight_2

I got sony vaio from pc world. windows 8, 15.6inch touch screen, i5 processor, 4GB ram on offer £499 a few months ago, its now £579.99 for some reason but their are some other makes similar spec for around £500.

Stay away from Mac, i bought this sony to replace my £1,500 mac book and its so much better at £1000 cheaper

fenlander_uk

Despite what the Apple, chromebook and linux enthusiasts might say, you're most likely to end up with a 15" laptop with Windows 8. Let's just say that's the default choice and to go any other route you need a good reason.

To choose which one to buy, you can only go by the spec, the price, the reputation of the brand and the opinions of users. You might like to check out this one:
http://www.ebuyer.com/579678-asus-x552cl-laptop-x552cl-sx047h

The spec is good: i5 processor, plenty of memory and hard disk space, separate video card, which improves performance when playing games or watching hi def video. Asus is one of the better brands. The price is right and the reviews are good. The screen is standard 1366x768 but that's not a problem for photos unless you want to do professional-level editing.

If you want to spend a bit less, you might try this view of eBuyer which lists your choices with a lower-spec (i3) processor:
http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Computer/cat/Laptops?a00053=4&a00035=Intel+Core+i3

Unfortunately, eBuyer don't seem to sell one brand that might interest you - Lenovo. You might like to see what Amazon have:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=lenovo+laptops&rh=n%3A340831031%2Ck%3Alenovo+laptops

grumpycrab

The Asus looks good. Annoys me when these only come with 1 year warranty (irrespective of SOGA). Or perhaps ASUS do cheap warranty extensions? (yes I saw the square-trade warranty)

sunshine79

Hi, thanks for all your responses, certainly have a few to look into. My laptop won't open the photos as it said it hasn't got enough memory and it constantly pops up saying no memory. My phone can't back up on it now.
I have defragged it and deleted non essentials and a friend of mine who works with computers tried a few bits and its a case of add more memory or get a new one and considering its quite ancient, I have opted to put money towards a new one. I won't be printing off the laptop as I order photos through snap fish and I am only doing it for myself and family.
I have a Nikon D3200 camera.
I would have gone for a desktop, but I have no room in my tiny house, though I am looking to move somewhere with a bit more room......

pepdavies

Don't get a Chromebook. I'm using one right now, and I love it, but it's no use for serious photo editing. I haven't found a RAW converter for it yet. I would look for a used Macbook, let the first owner pay the massive premium!

standinman2009

I went MacBook Pro and id heartily recommend getting a new one as the support amazing ,especially if your near an apple store .

Cisco001

This is more expensive, but you can choose IPS screen
http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/ultraNoteII-15/

£503
1920 x 1080 IPS
i3 4110M
4GB DDR3 1600
WD 750GB Black
DVD Writer

ballyblack

I went MacBook Pro and id heartily recommend getting a new one as the support amazing ,especially if your near an apple store

Stay well clear of Apple, this is supposed to be a 'money saving site'

photodgm

From an Amateur Photographer review
"The D3200's JPEG files range between 7.5MB and 15.5MB in size, opening up to 68.8MB in Photoshop, while raw files are 18.5-28.2MB and 137MB in Photoshop"
So don't skimp on RAM and invest in a reasonable amount of storage. Integrated graphics should be fine. Other than that I think it is read reviews to see what combination of processor speed and screen size/resolution/quality are available for your budget.

closed

is the disk full, how much ram is installed, what package is saying no memory, what format and size of file are you trying to open

post a hijackthis log, and free up some space with wiztree