Another laptop buying thread

[Piff]

Hello people - hope you all had a good Christmas

I've spent the last few hours trying to narrow down the choices for a new laptop.

Last laptop has lasted 5 1/2 years and in recent years has suffered with overheating and now battery failure.

My preference is to buy slightly above average spec to try give the machine a longer life and would therefore prefer dedicated graphics memory and a "newer" processor.

I think I've narrowed the choice down to 3 and would appreciate your opinions:

Acer 7736G Laptops - Cheap Acer Laptops. Buy the Acer 7736G laptop at PC World.

HP DV7-3020sa Laptops - Cheap HP Laptops. Buy the HP DV7-3020sa laptop at PC World.

The Dell Online Store: Build Your System

Feel free to throw any other similar options into the discussion.

Thanks

 

[MD5]

Well I bought a well specced HP DV6 a couple of months ago to take away on business. Just searched Google for the link, and noticed how many are being sold refurb'ed for about £120 less than I paid, and I think mine will be going the same way. Mine can take up to a minute to open a jpg file amongst other things, so it's going back now I'm home.

 

[crockers]

As with all things. What's your budget?

 

[Piff]

Budget started around £450 - £500 but quickly realised £600 is nearer the mark for the spec I had in mind.
Each of the 3 listed above are £599

 

[Stratman]

Configure your own here.

Start with your preferred chassis and then choose your specs. Good after sales service as well should you need it.

 

[Mudster]

I have the Dell Studio 17 and I'm delighted with it.

Powerful, nice computer. But it's not what I call a laptop.

Mine is a desktop replacement and is a laptop so it can be packed away and be nice and tidy for Mrs M who has OCD.

I specifically bought a 17" with the numeric pad to the right of the keyboard as it's something I use regularly, and the screen size is much better.

It's too big and too heavy and not sturdy enough to be a true portable machine. As a desktop replacement that may need to go on the move ocassionally it's fantastic, if you want a true laptop that's moving with you daily than you need a proper machine like the Dell XPS...different budget though.

When I travel I take my old Dell 15" Inspiron with me.

 

[Piff]

It is intended as more of a desktop replacement - will rarely travel outside the home. Occasionally we have taken laptop on summer hols for kids games/dvd's, but kids are 17 & 19 now, so not so likely now.

 

[Piff]

Configure your own here.

Start with your preferred chassis and then choose your specs. Good after sales service as well should you need it.

Looks good, but about £100 more than the 3 I've found so far. Would have to think carefully about this.

 

[Piff]

Got this
ACER Aspire 7736G
arrived today
All seems ok but taking time to set up in the same way the old laptop & desktop function.
Amazing how many passwords have to be entered/remembered

 

[moonloops]

We have been using Acers at work for some time, last few months we've had a lot of screens failing.