recommend me a 17" laptop

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I'm after a decent 17" laptop for work and to share deal from, and need it to be as fast as possible and able to have several internet windows open at the same time.
Any recommendations please for a good 17" laptop
Many thanks
Any recommendations please for a good 17" laptop
Many thanks
Kitchen project - Apologies in advance for all the questions!
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Nothing too demanding, to be honest just want something where I can click on 4/5/6 new pages and they'll all of loaded by the time I go back to them. Current laptop often hangs up/freezes, then you get the 'page not responding' message, then takes a minute or 2 to reload it - frustrating!
17" laptops are big and bulky.
Any modern laptop should be able to cope with that. No need to spend this much. Maybe your current laptop just needs a re-installation of Windows. My 7 year old laptop easily handles these kind of tasks, the only thing I upgraded was an SSD. On the other hand, it doesn't run Windows...
17" monitors are big and bulky. I have an 17" laptop and can understand everyone who wants a 17" laptop.
Has a dedicated graphics card and full HD screen (1920x1080)
saveonlaptops.co.uk/CB-CZ7840-385HS-Cube-Chameleon-CZ-7840_1749157.html
£650
or this @ £675
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/msi-gp70-2qe-17.3-inch-nvidia-geforce-940m-sharkbay-i5-8gb-1tb-win-8.1-9s7-175a12-641/version.asp
Set my heart on a 17" as it'll only really be used indoors, on my lap or the kitchen table, so doesnt actually need to be that portable
Fightsback, havent heard of that make MSI, does brand matter much if the internals as the same as in other more well known brands?
MSI have been around a very long time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-Star_International
IIRC the first self build PC I did centuries ago used an MSI motherboard.
Note the MSI has a 2 year warranty.
Do consider Dell as well:
http://www.dell.com/uk/p/laptops?~ck=bt#!facets=93410~0~1450395&p=1
I've given you some ideas, what I'd suggest for your £700 budget is make sure it has full HD (1920x1080) and a discrete graphics card, i.e. the graphics processor is a dedicated unit with it's own seperate RAM.
MSI are in the market as long as I can think back
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-Star_International
No need to spend £700 or have a graphic card just for office use and a few tabs open in the browser; that's overkill.
I think something like this could be more than enough. It's refurbished though, but comes with a standard 1 year warranty. http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/SecondaryInventorySearch.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dfh&cs=ukdfh1&puid=ff9dd24c
I posted that because you mention wanting a 17-inch screen; that one has no SSD, but the CPU etc will handle your type of usage with no problems. Laptops with SSD cost typically a lot more.
They have a number of 17" models at the moment and all , except gaming machines, are under £500; some much less.