New laptop decision

[Thmsshaun]

Well i'm after a bit of help really.

I'm looking at getting another laptop for up to around £800

I'm not to bothered on the screen size (15"+)

But I do want 400GB + HDD and 4GB ram.
Blu ray would be nice too.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Piff]

www.laptopsdirect.co.uk ?

 

[Thmsshaun]

Just having a browse on there now.

Any views on this for the money.

Seem good to me

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asp/..._FW31J_Laptop_VGNFW31J&pagetype=version&page=

 

[A210AMG]

Hello

Depends what you want from your laptop...I wouldn't pay that much as pleanty much cheaper. If I want to watch a blueray film I would rather sit back in the lounge with a cold beer and watch on the big TV.

I've stook with toshibas for years, I have a 17" one with 2gb ram, dual core 2.2, 250gb H/D, dvd burner all for £440 from pixmania nearly 2 years ago.

I use an external 1TB drive for backing up my photographs as I like to keep that in a safe seperate. If the laptop goes with a 400gb drive full your a bit knackerd.

The drive will also be 2 * 200GB not one 400GB, not a problem but thats how it will be. Also I didn't think vista 32 bit see's more than 3GB so 4gb overkill?

I surf, type the odd letter and play around with photoshop on mine and fine it does everything I need.

Unless your really going to benift from the Blueray etc I'm not sure its worth spending twice as much?


all imho of course...

 

[RodgerDodger]

Dell Studio

Pretty sure you can get that spec for less than 800

try thier website - user friendly and good for 'buiding your own' so to speak.

Got my son one for Uni (gaming/surfing lol), - 17" and he loves it

 

[Thmsshaun]

The Dell is looking like it could be the one at the minute.

4 year warranty as well works out at something like £20 more.

 

[Sp!ke]

I'd definately be looking for something with onsite warranty and I'd steer clear of Sony laptops period.

£800 is a huge amout to spend on a laptop now. You could get two dual core machines for that price.

 

[jadefox]

I have a sony and it's a bit pants to be frank.

I also have two Toshiba laptops and they have been superb through the years. They seem well made and they take being used continually virtually 12 hours a day every day with no problems!

 

[Sp!ke]

I'm currently typing on a Dell D620 that was driven over by a car (twice).

 

[crockers]

I like Samsungs - I have a X11 but have a look at this

Samsung

plus there are others there - I like John Lewis...

 

[Druk]

Yeh, I use a Tosh but get a bit annoyed with all the in-house add-ons it wants me to play with.

Toshiba this...Toshiba that...Toshiba the next thing.......GO AWAY.

 

[kwakdonut]

Also I didn't think vista 32 bit see's more than 3GB so 4gb overkill?

I think you are right - I installed 4Gb RAM in my desktop (P4 3.2GHz Processor) but have XP SP3 installed - only registers the RAM as 3.5Gb!!

 

[SimonsMerc]

The drive will also be 2 * 200GB not one 400GB, not a problem but thats how it will be.

Why do you say that? 2.5" SATA drives now go up to 500Gb (e.g. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/500G...T-Scorpio-25-SATA-300-5400-rpm-8MB-Cache-2-ms)

 

[daveuj]

on my 2nd Dell now have an XPS M1530 got it from the Dell outlet for £500 this was a great price just go and have a look.

 

[RodgerDodger]

I'm currently typing on a Dell D620 that was driven over by a car (twice).

Me too (work unit) - yes very robust - and 'soup-proof' also

 

[crockers]

I think you are right - I installed 4Gb RAM in my desktop (P4 3.2GHz Processor) but have XP SP3 installed - only registers the RAM as 3.5Gb!!

But you now well prepared for windows 7 ..

 

[Ronnie]

The Dell is looking like it could be the one at the minute.

4 year warranty as well works out at something like £20 more.

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I would highly recommend Dell as well....I had commercial dealings with them in the past and I whilst I know their products are top notch, seeing what importance they put to the after-sales service was eye-opening...in latter days I have found the need to use the warranty service and it is "as described"...brilliant !

 

[Dryce]

I'm looking at getting another laptop for up to around £800

I'm not to bothered on the screen size (15"+)

But I do want 400GB + HDD and 4GB ram.
Blu ray would be nice too.

Any ideas?

Acer do some quite nice 16" laptops for around £600+ depending on the configuration. Blu-ray is available.

 

[Thmsshaun]

Yes I have looked at some Acers and although its a trivial point they really wind me up how they split the partition in the HDD. I know I can re install myself but why should I spend time doing this on a new product.

 

[wemorgan]

The second to last laptop on this page looks like a good deal.

Dell Vostro 1510 Jet Black with camera Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz 4GB RAM 320GB HDD DVD+/-RW Bluetooth Wi-Fi 15.4" WXGA+ Vista Business 256Mb NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 3 Year On site Dell Warranty

Price: £439.00 (£504.85 Including VAT at 15%)