Tonka wrote:Yeah, and with my current budget at the most i'd only be able to afford a 32gb Wifi iPad 3. Maybe after the wedding... Cheers for the suggestion anyway, any thoughts on the Fujitsu i linked? THFourteen's almost persuaded me. .gif) |
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Buztafen 17,543 posts
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Buztafen 17,543 posts
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Registered 14 years agoTHFourteen wrote:
Cheers for the benchies, all she plays is some game called Hoop-de-loop on King.com...repeatedly...forever. So as long as whatever i get can run that i should be fine.
Here's HD4000 benchmarks if you are interested
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4000-Benchmarked.73567.0.html
However when i am at home, i prefer to play games on my laptop, like the full version of football manager, or civilization, or random stuff i've bought on the steam sale.
I also wouldnt use the ipad to store all your photos on, it resizes them etc, its a nice photo viewer but not a store-r.gif)
Can understand the benefits of a tablet yeah. Right now i think storage and a familiar OS would be best.
Fujitsu it is, unless anyone knows of a better bang for buck out there... -
Right guys,
I'm buying the wife a laptop. I know roughly what I want - but where to buy it from?
What are the best websites for buying laptops? Who is (relatively) cheap and reliable? -
LockeTribal 4,740 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSaveonlaptops.co.uk have been fairly decent in my experience. -
grey_matters 5,507 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLockeTribal wrote:
Did you get it delivered to Ireland LT?
Saveonlaptops.co.uk have been fairly decent in my experience.
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LockeTribal 4,740 posts
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Registered 14 years ago@grey_matters yeah I did, cheers g_m! Bit of an issue with payment though both times I've used them. Quickly sorted over the phone though.
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grey_matters 5,507 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThanks.
Might recommend them to the brother so. -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@MrTomFTW YOU don't know what you want. The unwashed masses know what you want. A desktop. -
I have a desktop. The wife needs a laptop because it has to be portable. -
elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGet a shopping trolley and a generator. Best of both worlds. -
Buztafen 17,543 posts
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Registered 14 years agoNot sure if this is a deal worth mentioning or not, but there's a Lenovo Laptop available for a good price on Dabs for less than £500.
Its a good spec (3rd gen i5, 8gb, 1tb, GT630m 2gb), and you get £50 cashback and if you use the code '15KCHEERS' you get £10 extra of plus you can use Quidco or Topcashback for 2% cashback on top of all that. Works out at about £482 delivered. Only 2 left in stock though...
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RunningMan 3,098 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThe new i5/i7 laptop chips run very hot, so if anyone buys a lappy with one in, check the temperatures. Get a HW monitor and run futuremark or prime95 to give the CPU a good workout and check that the fans and ventilation are up to the job. -
AccidentProne 1,380 posts
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Registered 14 years agoMy laptop died recently and after umming and ahhing for a while over whether to replace it with a tablet or netbook, I've decided I'm probably best off just going for another laptop.
The Lenovo Buztafen recommended earlier in this thread looks pretty good to me, especially with the cashback and Windows 8 upgrades deals. Unfortunately, I'm woefully out of touch as far as these things are concerned. Does this look like a decent spec for the price? -
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Registered 17 years agoBump/ help.
Can anyone recommend me a laptop that can run Team Fortress 2/ Source games at medium to high quality but not too expensive. Other than TF2 etc will just be running classic PC games really but whilst I could easily buy a cheap PC laptops are massively confusing. -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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PinkSpider 3,349 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI'd rather go less than £500 but could stretch to £600. -
damagedinc 3,104 posts
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Registered 10 years agoNeed a laptop purely for storing photos, music and syncing my ipad and phone.
Budget is 300.
Looking at the asus x54. With oentium dual core, 2.2ghz speed, 4gb ram and a 500gb hard drive
Think this sounds ok or is thete bettet for this money? -
damagedinc 3,104 posts
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Registered 10 years agoAnyone?
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Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThis. -
damagedinc 3,104 posts
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Registered 10 years agoCheers, will take a look. -
PinkSpider 3,349 posts
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Registered 17 years agoCan anyone recommend me a laptop from ebuyer which will run Team Fortress 2/ Left 4 Dead 2 etc at high settings. And if possible at around £500? -
PinkSpider 3,349 posts
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Registered 17 years agoPinkSpider wrote:
Anyone?
Can anyone recommend me a laptop from ebuyer which will run Team Fortress 2/ Left 4 Dead 2 etc at high settings. And if possible at around £500?
My Steam/ Civ games are calling me back to the PC master race (and having a PC with moving lots isn't really practical at the moment). -
Moot_Point 5,530 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThis. Slightly higher price due to the processor. -
RunningMan 3,098 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThere's a Lenovo z580 with a 630m in it for under 500 at saveon laptops. There's a £75 cashback deal running. Probably worth checking out. -
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Registered 17 years agoMy girlfriend is looking at this Dell notebook, I wonder if anyone can tell us if it's good enough for her needs? Or if we could get something better for a similar price?
She'll require it to run Photoshop well and to play games such as The Sims 3 and Left4Dead 2 at fairly high settings.
Here's the system:
Dell Inspiron 15R
Processor Intel Core i3-3110M processor (2.40 GHz, 3M cache)
Video Card 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7670M
Memory 6GB 1600MHz DDR3
Hard Drive 1TB (5,400rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
Screen 15.6in High Definition (1366X768) WLED with TrueLife
= £330
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I have a Macbook Pro, and I greatly recommend it, it's great.
Except it isn't, it's mostly a multimedia toy, like most newer Apple stuff.
So, don't listen to me, that's one advice I can give you. -
Short-Round 1,193 posts
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Registered 14 years agoIs it possible to get a decent-ish laptop for around £200? Will mainly be used for web, email, office and will also be left on constantly as a download machine (not sure if a netbook would cope with this use). Not fussed about operating system, could happily live with XP or Vista. Any help appreciated, as I'm not tech-spec minded, so not sure what I should be going for. Cheers -
Short-Round wrote:
Whatever you do, dont get a netbook. They don't excel at anything and are uncomfortable to use due to usually too small keyboards. For me buying one was the single worst gadget purchase, ever.
Is it possible to get a decent-ish laptop for around £200? Will mainly be used for web, email, office and will also be left on constantly as a download machine (not sure if a netbook would cope with this use). Not fussed about operating system, could happily live with XP or Vista. Any help appreciated, as I'm not tech-spec minded, so not sure what I should be going for. Cheers -
Short-Round wrote:
If you don't mind 2nd hand something like this will do the job.
Is it possible to get a decent-ish laptop for around £200? Will mainly be used for web, email, office and will also be left on constantly as a download machine (not sure if a netbook would cope with this use). Not fussed about operating system, could happily live with XP or Vista. Any help appreciated, as I'm not tech-spec minded, so not sure what I should be going for. Cheers
As you're considering netbooks, perhaps even this?
Edited by heyyo at 17:12:44 31-12-2012
My Steam/ Civ games are calling me back to the PC master race (and having a PC with moving lots isn't really practical at the moment). 
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