What To Look For When Buying A Laptop?

mprice1988

I was just wondering if anyone could give me a few tips on what to look for when buying a laptop. I know that you probably need about 2gb of memory, but what else should I look when purchasing a laptop.

BillScarab

It depends on what you wnat to do with it and what OS you want to run on it. The more info you can give the better the answers will be.

mprice1988

I am just looking to play some music, go the internet and type documents on it. Nothing too heavy. I am looking for it to run on vista too

Is this lapotop excellent value for money.. .http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133384

Blacksheep1979

why do you want vista? Have you used it?

epz_2

Blacksheep1979 wrote: »

why do you want vista? Have you used it?

agreed its horrible and apart from the shiny interface has serious issues.

if you dont plan on leaving the house often then i think 17" screens are a lot more usefull,

the best bet at the moment seems to be the dell vostro 1700, you can spec it how you want but it has 2 hard disk bays so if you only buy using one then you can upgrade it simply later on, it will also take upto 4 gigs ram(can be done for about £50) but unless you plan on running a server why bother.

they were starting about £350 but that was with a celleron, still more than enough for surfing.

Danyúl_II

2GB isn't necessary unless you're going to be using it for hardcore gaming/wanting to run lots of programs at the same time.

I would say that 1GB is enough for the regular laptop user. Indeed most motherboards nowadays (on the newer laptops at least) allow you to upgrade your RAM anyway.

Just read that you're only wanting it for music and internet. 2GB def isn't necessary then!

Check out Laptops Direct - I got my Acer from there and it was a great price.

epz_2

Dany!l_II wrote: »

2GB isn't necessary unless you're going to be using it for hardcore gaming/wanting to run lots of programs at the same time.

I would say that 1GB is enough for the regular laptop user. Indeed most motherboards nowadays (on the newer laptops at least) allow you to upgrade your RAM anyway.

Just read that you're only wanting it for music and internet. 2GB def isn't necessary then!

Check out Laptops Direct - I got my Acer from there and it was a great price.

every laptop i have every had or seen has the ability to upgrage the memory, that even includes the 90mhz tosh which i upgraded from 8 meg to a whoping 20meg

Danyúl_II

epz wrote: »

every laptop i have every had or seen has the ability to upgrage the memory, that even includes the 90mhz tosh which i upgraded from 8 meg to a whoping 20meg

Yes.

I would simply recommend a cheap Acer/Dell laptop to the OP.

Should pick up something for a touch over £300.

Strangled

Only one thing to look for.....the Apple logo on the lid/reverse of monitor

Blacksheep1979

Strangled wrote: »

Only one thing to look for.....the Apple logo on the lid/reverse of monitor

and this is exactly apple fanboy speak - doesn't matter what it is, what it looks like or how it performs I'll buy it because of the logo.

epz_2

Strangled wrote: »

Only one thing to look for.....the Apple logo on the lid/reverse of monitor

yeah cause there is no way to get osx running on normal hardare that costs half as much and is easy to upgrade, oh wait there is.

if i recal its asus that make macbooks anyway