any major pc geeks? - Saxperience

Ashleyp · 5th January 2009, 19:34

help needed:

is this any good?

any thoughts, comments or advice is much appreciated

if you dont know what your on about. please dont post crap

i know there are some knowledgable people on here, so id like to thank you all for your help in advance

Noddy · 5th January 2009, 19:45

Firstly, good choice on Toshiba. I've had many Tosh laptops and i can barely fault them.
The only point i would note out of that spec is that its running Intel GMA (integrated) graphics. If you're looking to use that for gaming then that would be the bottle neck in its spec.

Apart from that its very well equipped for that price

Ashleyp · 5th January 2009, 19:52

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Originally Posted by Noddy

Firstly, good choice on Toshiba. I've had many Tosh laptops and i can barely fault them.
The only point i would note out of that spec is that its running Intel GMA (integrated) graphics. If you're looking to use that for gaming then that would be the bottle neck in its spec.

Apart from that its very well equipped for that price

not a big pc gamer tbh mate. so guess thats that problem gone

thanks for your reply by the way

my mate used to work on a PC shop, he said he rated toshiba laptops very highly

and this one seems a bargain for the spec from what i know

ideally want 4gb of ram and as much hard drive as possible, which this seems to have, not sure on anything else really though as i dont understand computers that well..

Noddy · 5th January 2009, 20:16

what part would you like expalined?

davidandrews5343 · 5th January 2009, 20:18

what is this gona be used for, alot of traveling about? 13" screen is gona make it lighter and easier to transport, if its gona just be sat at a desk, then maybe a 15" or 17". But overall a nice laptop

Ashleyp · 5th January 2009, 20:35

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Originally Posted by davidandrews5343

what is this gona be used for, alot of traveling about? 13" screen is gona make it lighter and easier to transport, if its gona just be sat at a desk, then maybe a 15" or 17". But overall a nice laptop

ive got a 15" at the moment. and tbh i can honestly say i doubt the smaller screen would bother me (after having a play on mates 13" screens)

im planning to go to uni next year, so would take it there.. would be just used as a general laptop.. but i do produce music and the programs used need a lot of mem, hence the need for 4gb of ram

i just want a pretty decent spec laptop now so that it wont go out of date in a couple of months

as to noddy.. all i know about computers is that bigger ram and bigger hard drive the better lol

want something with a good cd / dvd writed, wifi, and just as many practical features as possible

plus it looks pretty sleak imo

flynnsvtr · 5th January 2009, 22:35

Yeah thats a good price for the spec, as mentioned integrated VGA isnt the best but tbh if your not an avid gamer its fine

Ashleyp · 5th January 2009, 22:48

ok so just found this

http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.c...1OM/1059341/#0

is this any better than the 1st option?

please if you understand pc's read each spec and compare for me please?

greeb blobs waiting for you all..

MarkyG · 6th January 2009, 08:12

Both specs are good for a laptop and as everyone else has said, Toshiba are quite nice. Had my bosses one to fiddle around with and install a few bits on and it runs like a dream.

I would go for the first spec you listed personally as the front side bus of the CPU is higher, therefore making it a little quicker.

Ashleyp · 6th January 2009, 11:32

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Originally Posted by MarkyG

Both specs are good for a laptop and as everyone else has said, Toshiba are quite nice. Had my bosses one to fiddle around with and install a few bits on and it runs like a dream.

I would go for the first spec you listed personally as the front side bus of the CPU is higher, therefore making it a little quicker.

thats what i was thinking

being a noob on hard drive, other than the slightly faster processor, bigger hard drive, and bluetooth ability. i cant see much else between them?

but like i say, im a noob and dont understand half the stuff writted about it lol

what is you guys views on 13.3" screen? too small? ive got a 15.4" at the moment, will there be a huge difference? i think ill pop into a computer shop and have a look at screen sizes

flynnsvtr · 6th January 2009, 12:22

That second one is better value for money, I mean do you really need 320gb of hard drive space? If you simply use word processing, internet browsing, and a few multimedia apps I cant see you needing more then 250? Should be plenty.

As for screen size, considering you will be at uni and the laptop wil be spent, for the most part, sat on your desk the bigger screen size will come in handy, especially for watching films, the 13" one is good if you travel alot via train etc so its light and compact but for what you will be using it for that second one perhaps suits yours needs more!

Jamie · 6th January 2009, 12:32

As said Tosh's usually good,

The first one Bad points

Small screen
Intel GMA (integrated on motherboard) graphics = shit shit shit shit
Processor could be faster espesh if its running the almighty Vista although its not that bad i guess for a laptop..

Good points Ram and expandable to 8GB
HD isnt too bad either @320Gb

Second one just has a bigger screen id like to think the top one is way above * but its alot of money on top so for moneys second, price no object first..

Stickyjam · 6th January 2009, 13:06

bah thats alot of money for an ok spec.... seen lappys around that spec @ nearer the 500 mark... admittedly the second one is...
heres some to consider

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

send another hundred and you can have a few more features ya probz and hard drive moves up from 250gb to 320.. and 260mhz extra...

something to bare mind is that if the operating system is 32bit you arent going to take full advantage of 4gb vs 3gb...

the difference vs the toshibas your looking at is your getting a dedicated graphics chip..

Ashleyp · 6th January 2009, 18:14

thanks for your replies guys.. im still considering the toshiba as ive heard lots of good things about them

but after searching a little more ive found this

whats your views on it? better than the 1st option toshiba?

and does anyone know how samsung perform?

green blobs to all you guys if i could, youve made some good points which i never actually considerd!

Ashleyp · 7th January 2009, 22:44

well.. in the end i got the samsung in the link above

on its way and should be here on saturday.. hope its good

lol

beaumontdvd · 10th January 2009, 22:27

Mate for that price! i would snap that up! 4gb ddr :O thats more than my desktop lol! thats a fast runner mate, dual core processors. Wont freeze much good buy!

alanrichie · 11th January 2009, 01:55

Ash, i would say its nothing special...
the processor is very low end dual core + ntegrated graphics (sigh)

but its a laptop so you know...
you said you wanted 4gb mem, well yes its 4gb ram but its only 667 MHz ram...
and that is to my knowlegde the lowest speed DDR2 ram,

consider this, for a DECENT DD2 4gb (900mhz) ram for a PC, its £40,

i built my current PC for £600, and its at least twice as better as that, and i built my pc last year, so parts are alot cheaper now,

as i said its nothing amazing for the money...

EDIT : DAMN SHOULD OF READ WHOLE POST NVM.

Ashleyp · 11th January 2009, 09:19

damn my noobishness!

thanks for the reply though alan..

im not too worried about graphics as i never play PC games etc

think it will do for me though as im not a hardcore PC user

alanrichie · 11th January 2009, 14:53

Its fine ash, i worked it out last night and i think i could build the same spec pc for about £450.

but a laptop includes monitor,keyboard,and mouse really

but if you dont game then no hurts done