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gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 8:35 am Post subject: Lap tops.
Ok,so we want to buy one,mid range price bracket,simple to use(we are not good with computors). Our son has recommended to stay away from Dell,why? Any recommendations would be good. Thanks.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 9:07 am Post subject:

Can't recommend any but can explain a bit about Dell. I've had problems with them in the past but, to be fair, as they are such a large company you're bound to find people who're not happy with them. From the reviews I've seen their PCs and laptops in general seems just as reliable as most companies. From my personal experience it wasn't the fact the PC they shipped broke down after a couple of days that upset me but the poor service I received when trying to resolve the problem. I gather things have improved since then but worth tracking down recent experiences.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 9:15 am Post subject:
By mid price range, how much do you mean? Both at home and at work I've found that I've got good deals with Asus laptops. Good quality machines that seem stable and fast.

Jo S

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 5174
Location: Somerset

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 9:30 am Post subject:
I think brand matters less these days as compared to specs. Hit some of the dreaded out of town stores and try them out. Go for a dual core processor and don't be talked into buying one of the ridiculous laptop trays - all you need is a normal laptray like wot you might eat your dinner off.

Stewy

Joined: 17 Oct 2005
Posts: 1453
Location: Berkshire

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 10:22 am Post subject:
If I had £300/£400 to spend on a new laptop I would get something like this: Acer Aspire 5542 Your best bet would be to go to a shop and have a look to see what you fancy and then see if you can get it online for cheaper.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 12:07 pm Post subject:
As Stewy said, Acer are fine. My personal preferences are either Sony or HP.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 12:10 pm Post subject:
I think HP are changing their model range at the moment. There's a lot of pretty high spec HP gear around at low prices, so if you're not bothered about what colour it is...

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 11 12:39 pm Post subject:
Colour is the last thing I need to worry about.Thanks for ideas,we`ll go looking.

Shane

Joined: 31 Oct 2005
Posts: 3467
Location: Doha. Is hot.

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 11 4:15 am Post subject:
Wot Cab said. I bought this one a few months back for 400 quid and it's the mutt's doodahs. Discontinued now, by the looks of it, but there's probably a new version available. Make sure you buy a USB mouse (six quid when I bought the lappy), cos laptop mousepads are the work of Satan.

djoptix

Joined: 24 Nov 2010
Posts: 44

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 11 11:41 am Post subject:
Macbook.

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 11 12:20 pm Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

As Stewy said, Acer are fine.

My personal preferences are either Sony or HP.

as long as you back up the bloody hard drives.

curses

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 11 12:21 pm Post subject:

djoptix wrote:

Macbook.

Mid priced was part of the specification. If it wasn't then a MacBook Air would be my recommendation with Parallels to run Windows/Linux.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42225
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 11 12:25 pm Post subject:
Price is the crunch I think. This iMac is probably going to be the first and last Mac that I own. Though actually that's also partly because Apple have the worst customer service of anyone that I've ever dealt with. By a very, very, very long way. Shame. The actual product is great.

camaro

Joined: 31 Mar 2010
Posts: 178
Location: N. Ireland

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 11 1:18 pm Post subject:
As one who tends to go through a laptop a year, I wouldn't reccomend Dell. Good desktops, but their laptops are very cheaply built and didn't even last a year! Toshiba are good, HP are about the same, but my reccomendation would be to buy the best Samsung you can afford.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Mar 04, 11 1:31 pm Post subject:

toggle wrote:

sgt.colon wrote:

As Stewy said, Acer are fine.

My personal preferences are either Sony or HP.

as long as you back up the bloody hard drives.

curses

Acers are shit. Having to back up the HD to make it a worthy product is not a good idea. Like saying a certain plane is fine, as long as you pack a parachute.

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