Laptop Advice (Buying)

[Vladamir]

Yo yo amigos.

As i'm off to uni in a few weeks, i'm in need of a laptop. While my options aren't limited massively in terms of price, it'd be nice to get some feedback/advice from you OT whores!.

I've been pointed in the direction of an Ibm Thinkpad from personal preference from my old man, and given that i have fuck all knowledge of laptops it seems fairly good to me

What i'm looking for is something with a lot of HD space (though for music etc an external source could be used), and capable of running games at a decent/high performance level. While i'm not looking to run Oblivion on its highest settings without the slightest glitch ever, it'd be nice to play something that won't need to run in DOS

So suggest away meights! :worthy:

 

[Saggy]

Even if the girls keep on saying "the size doesn't matter" to you it surely does matter in this case 12"-17" screen?

Personally I would go for Asus

14.1"" WXGA 1280x768
Intel Core Duo T2400 2x1.83GHz 2MB
ATI MR X1600 256/512MB
1024MB DDR2
100GB
DVD+-R/RW Dual
WLAN
BT
VGA, SVIDEO, 3xUSB2.0, FW, ExpressCard, 3in1, SPDIF
Battery: 4h 8cell
Weight: 2.00kg 4cell / 2.20kg 8cell
Win XP Pro

<1500€ in UK iirc and there might be newer model out.

Currently I have Fujitsu-Siemens 3438g (data sheet pdf for specs) wich is a bit too large (17" and 4kg)

 

[Vladamir]

Cool, you rox Saggy

 

[cHodAX]

Avoid Asus like the plauge, they just don't have the support network in place if you have problems with the laptop. Stick to the big 4, least that way you know you warranrty is safe and you can actually get the laptop repaired under it with the minimum of fuss, unlike Asus.

 

[Saggy]

Avoid Asus like the plauge, they just don't have the support network in place if you have problems with the laptop. Stick to the big 4, least that way you know you warranrty is safe and you can actually get the laptop repaired under it with the minimum of fuss, unlike Asus.

Can manufactorers fuck with customers in UK?

 

[uron]

recently bought a toshiba satellite pro..
nice laptop..havent really tested it yet tbh, sits on my desk as a BB machine, can run all day with no problems..only run it in TOA version of game atm, not cata but it can handle TOA np, and fine for running round in PVE also. i chose it cause it was one of a few with an ok grfx card (for a laptop) cost me like £450 off net....but only has 40gb HD.
if i had a bigger budget i would go for alienware, or maybe the dell gaming laptops (cant remember name)..but as laptop didnt cost me a penny, i cant b to fussy

 

[cHodAX]

Can manufactorers fuck with customers in UK?

They have a tiny support staff in the UK and no third party dealerships doing repairs. I have spent 90% of my adult life in this buisness and if you want decent warranty support backed up by a dealership and repair network then you need to be looking at IBM/HP/DELL/Toshiba. Perhaps Sony as well although I have heard you have to really push Sony to get a warranty repair on anything expensive.

 

[Lamp]

What I wanna know is this : can I get a decent laptop to play WOW on the highest setting with no lag for £1000 ? Or am I looking at a £2000 Alienware for perfect WOWplay ?

 

[cHodAX]

What I wanna know is this : can I get a decent laptop to play WOW on the highest setting with no lag for £1000 ? Or am I looking at a £2000 Alienware for perfect WOWplay ?

Ironforge lags any machine to be honest but even my 2 year old PC can run the outdoor areas with no lag so I would imagine you can get £1000 laptop that will deliver better perfmance than my old rig.

 

[pikeh]

check out novatech, got mine from there. excellent service and performance.

 

[Mikah75]

bearing in mind he's a student who wants some money left over for uni

 

[soze]

If money is no object them imo try a Alienare for £2k you can make a sil laptop with 2gb ram and 240gb hard disk

Try here to play

 

[Naffets]

Currently running a 8050D, have been for 3 years

Pentium M processor @ 1600mhz
1024 mb of ram
9700 pro with 128mb of dedicated memory
40gb hdd (only letdown)
15.4 screen

Best of all, its a work system so tis free

Oh and it plays any current game at medium/high detail.

 

[Darzil]

Personally, I've had good experiences with Toshiba and Dell, and found IBM's really, really slow for their spec (not too bad if you reinstall and strip out the IBM extras.

Darzil

 

[Coolan]

Saggy i have the same fuji laptop have you ever been able to find somewhere that you can get the internal connection cables to fit a secondary sata drive.

 

[Dudley52]

I know you live in Rayleigh Vlad so pop down to your local PC World and purchase a DELL laptop!!
Best you can get these days!







Just kiddin, sorry man i can't help

 

[uron]

I know you live in Rayleigh Vlad so pop down to your local PC World and purchase a DELL laptop!!
Best you can get these days!







Just kiddin, sorry man i can't help

hmm the 1 by the airport u mean?

 

[Vladamir]

bearing in mind he's a student who wants some money left over for uni

Nope, the rents are paying for it

And Dudley, it's Bahumat that lives in Rayleigh though you're close, i live in Chelmsford, even closer to PC world!

 

[Bahumat]

Heard this is a good laptop

Spoiler

 

[Bahumat]

Nope, the rents are paying for it

And Dudley, it's Bahumat that lives in Rayleigh though you're close, i live in Chelmsford, even closer to PC world!

I live in Thundersley!

 

[Vladamir]

I live in Thundersley!

Where the fuck is that?

 

[Lamp]

E s s e x
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersley)
Southend

 

[Vladamir]

E s s e x

Thankyou captain clueless, but where abouts in essex? ;p

 

[DocWolfe]

Thankyou captain clueless, but where abouts in essex? ;p

Right where the cheek meets the crack.

 

[Lamp]

Its in the Land of Jellied Eels, Cockles, Games Arcades, Boy Racers, Girls with Massive Hoop Ear rings, and Bus Shelters that smell of Wee

 

[DocWolfe]

Its in the Land of Jellied Eels, Cockles, Games Arcades, Boy Racers, Girls with Massive Hoop Ear rings, and Bus Shelters that smell of Wee

You do realise you've just described liverpool...

 

[Darksword]

what you guys think of this?

http://vaio.sony-europe.com/view/Sh...GN-FE28H&site=ite_en_GB&category=VN+FE+Series

 

[Bahumat]

E s s e x
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersley)
Southend

No its not Southend, thats approx 8-10 miles from Thundersley.

Thankyou captain clueless, but where abouts in essex? ;p

Its just outside of Rayleigh, they are on each other's borders. Its a small area with no real building that you would recognise it by.

 

[Corran]

No its not Southend, thats approx 8-10 miles from Thundersley.



Its just outside of Rayleigh, they are on each other's borders. Its a small area with no real building that you would recognise it by.

And just 10 minutes away from where i used to live/my parents currently live(less if im driving ) which is Eastwood

God i cant be arsed to go back there this weekend but family wedding up in Romford. Gonna be fun fun fun!