need a laptop - l@@k @ spec is it good value???

[Barry123]

hello again.

I need a laptop too.

£300-£400 around ish.

want something ace - decent high contrast screen is the priority.

muchos grassyarse

[neilandhisvtr]

low budget tbh.

as always i'll recommend dell - http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/laptop_studio?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

phone them up and haggle.

[Barry123]

reckon I can tell them to fuck right off with an operating system? just I have vista business already sitting around doing bugger all?

ssc down yar? again *snigger*

[neilandhisvtr]

i think you can tell them that, we get our business stuff with no OS as we have MS licencing etc.

looks like its down yar..

[Barry123]

i think you can tell them that, we get our business stuff with no OS as we have MS licencing etc.

looks like its down yar..

ace x x x

[Luke]

Haven't you recently bought one?

[Barry123]

Haven't you recently bought one?

yeah but a mate split hot coffee over it and it toasted itself... still works... just I cant use the keyboard... and the screen has a contrast ratio of 1:2 i.e. shit for all my photographic mumbo jumbo.

[neilandhisvtr]

stairs + insurance = spangly new laptop?

[Barry123]

stairs + insurance = spangly new laptop?

wouldn't dream of it.






not a bad idea actually...:zainy:

[neilandhisvtr]

(not that i recommend insurance fraud or have ever done it personally)

[Barry123]

no of course not. and not that i'll take heed of the above post and act upon it...

no.

[neilandhisvtr]

um, good..

[Barry123]

anything other than dell?


what's all this duel core crap?

[Barry123]

is this a good spec for a laptop then?

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5800 (2.0 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 - English
Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word)
1 Year Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
Web Camera NOT included
Street Design Pattern with Custom High-Gloss Finish
15.4" Wide Screen WXGA+ (1440 x 900) Display with TrueLife™
4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
250GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
8x DVD+/-RW Optical drive, including SW
6-cell battery
Accessories
No Carry Case
Dell™ Wireless 1395 802.11b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Services & Software
No Accidental Damage Support
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Also Includes
N1052509
Inspiron Order - UK
English EMEA 1 (EN, AR, DU, FR, GE, IT, CR,SP) Documentation
Resource DVD Inspiron 1525 - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
65W AC Adapter
Power Cord UK 1meter
56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK
Internal Keyboard Uk/Irish (QWERTY)
1Yr Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
Dell Internet Order

£510

can I get any better?

[Barry123]

yo yo nerds/leckies

where art thouh?

[craig180]

If you can stretch your budget we just bought this (http://www.saveonsamsung.com/Samsung_R700_417593.html)

Brilliant for the price - not that I know much about laptops :err:

[betty02]

Video of sayer throwing a laptop downs stairs ftw!

[Barry123]

If you can stretch your budget we just bought this (http://www.saveonsamsung.com/Samsung_R700_417593.html)

Brilliant for the price - not that I know much about laptops :err:

Funnily enough this model popped up in my short list (basically a rip off from that magazine PC Pro)... but the 17" is just too big for me tbh man

otherwise I'd buy it y0

cheers though man :)

[Stickyjam]

get a 15" dell vostro from the business section make sure you get the one with the 8600m graphics chip in(some you might need to select the upgrade, on the customise page but if you dont want the OS ring them up and ask for it in then)... its a dedicated graphics processor unlike the onboard crap you usually get.... will give you more tweeking with your display, and dell usually give ok screens?

vostro's give you more for your money just make out your a business/starting a business they probably wont even ask!

[Barry123]

get a 15" dell vostro from the business section make sure you get the one with the 8600m graphics chip in(some you might need to select the upgrade, on the customise page but if you dont want the OS ring them up and ask for it in then)... its a dedicated graphics processor unlike the onboard crap you usually get.... will give you more tweeking with your display, and dell usually give ok screens?

vostro's give you more for your money just make out your a business/starting a business they probably wont even ask!

bugger... this advice would have been ace if I'd got it yesterday... already ordered a system :(


cheers though bro!

[Stickyjam]

haha no problem i only noticed these sub forum sections earlier tonight!

[Barry123]

laptop arrived today kids, seems nice so far.

thanks for the help :)

happy adsayer

[Mr_suv]

pics or you never got it lol

[Barry123]

oh its nothing special man, just a cheapo thing :)

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/photo2-1.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/adsayer/photo-2.jpg

[craig180]

oooh that's pretty :p

You should have got a mobile broadband package with a free laptop

[Barry123]

did I put you off the iphone succesfully then Craigy?

the lappy came to £550 in the end. so im not sure if I could've got something like that on a contract (+ I just started a new contract :( )

[Mystic]

oooh that's pretty :p

You should have got a mobile broadband package with a free laptop

Not a bad idea when buyng a laptop tbh!

What spec is the one you went for then Ads?

That spec you put up top there is almost the same as my macbook except i paid over double the price for my big glowing apple :zainy:

[craig180]

did I put you off the iphone succesfully then Craigy?

the lappy came to £550 in the end. so im not sure if I could've got something like that on a contract (+ I just started a new contract :( )

Yeah, just going to plump for the BB Bold instead me thinks

[Barry123]

Not a bad idea when buyng a laptop tbh!

What spec is the one you went for then Ads?

That spec you put up top there is almost the same as my macbook except i paid over double the price for my big glowing apple :zainy:

the spec above actually man, I just went for it. sorry I forgot I haggled. got it for £510 lolz

Yeah, just going to plump for the BB Bold instead me thinks

Craig and his new mobile... putting old in Bold...