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Can someone recommend a good business laptop for £650 tops ...
vishy01234
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I am looking for a seriously good laptop on a budget of £650 absolute max (cheaper would be better of course!!) with the following features:
Fast processor which is good at conserving battery life
17" screen (forwatching DVDs when I am away from home)
High capacity battery
OS - not sure / should I go for Vista or tried and trusted XP?
min 3Gb RAM
min 250Gb HDD
Integrated wireless, bluetooth and webcam
Any recommendations?
Fast processor which is good at conserving battery life
17" screen (forwatching DVDs when I am away from home)
High capacity battery
OS - not sure / should I go for Vista or tried and trusted XP?
min 3Gb RAM
min 250Gb HDD
Integrated wireless, bluetooth and webcam
Any recommendations?
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>Min 3Gb you will need Vista then, XP has a limit of 3.2Gb I think
Read the reviews in the PC mags.0 -
I wouldn't recommend going for a "cheap" laptop.
Dell do do some half decent laptops; but for ruggedness, I'd recommend Toshiba's.
However, for that price - with the specs you're after I think you'll be hard pushed to find a decent laptop.
Have a look at the Acers and Dells as I believe they may just about fall into your range.
Win XP Pro will handle upto 4GB of RAM.
>3GB of RAM is a bit of an odd requirement; are you going to be doing Graphic Design or Video Editing on it or something?0 -
I wouldn't recommend going for a "cheap" laptop.
Dell do do some half decent laptops; but for ruggedness, I'd recommend Toshiba's.
However, for that price - with the specs you're after I think you'll be hard pushed to find a decent laptop.
Have a look at the Acers and Dells as I believe they may just about fall into your range.
Win XP Pro will handle upto 4GB of RAM.
>3GB of RAM is a bit of an odd requirement; are you going to be doing Graphic Design or Video Editing on it or something?
I heard that Vista is really memory hungry so thought it would be a smart move to get plenty of memory now as I know I will not be bothered doing upgrades and all that once I start using the laptop. Would you recommend I go for XP or Vista?0
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