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Title: new laptop Post by: Tal on March 18, 2014, 12:03:37 PM I do 90% of my surfing on my 'phone and have an ageing desktop for word processing etc. My laptop is about ten years old now and isn't in the best of health. A replacement is in order so that this one can get a well earned retirement in Silicon Heaven (one for the Red Dwarf fans)
I'm looking for a laptop that will be serviceable for a bit of casual poker, here and there, general browsing and of course some chess. Larger screen is useful, but any views or recommends? Title: Re: new laptop Post by: Acidmouse on March 18, 2014, 12:29:36 PM Lenovo have a really good range, generally good value with decent screens. I got mine for £300 last year and it plays games, poker, browses fine. Other brands with same spec were generally £500-600.
Title: Re: new laptop Post by: dakky on March 18, 2014, 03:05:14 PM to be honest anything you buy new will do those jobs fine for you. Pick a budget and go shopping! If you want a big screen then go for a 17inch (though you will get less choice and heavier if you plan to lug it around).
ebuyer.com is a decent website Title: Re: new laptop Post by: titaniumbean on March 18, 2014, 03:45:44 PM check hotukdeals before you buy obv.
novatech seem good value and i've heard good reviews about them - http://www.novatech.co.uk/laptop/?s=1 Title: Re: new laptop Post by: Longines on March 18, 2014, 03:49:09 PM Lenovo have a really good range, generally good value with decent screens. I got mine for £300 last year and it plays games, poker, browses fine. Other brands with same spec were generally £500-600. +1. Bought my son a Lenovo just before Christmas, was a good spec for the price and been impressed with it so far. Dell is my other default choice. Title: Re: new laptop Post by: technolog on March 18, 2014, 06:52:42 PM Another +1 for Lenovo. Had mine for a year or so and very impressed with it, especially in comparison to the Acer that I had previously.
Title: Re: new laptop Post by: KarmaDope on March 18, 2014, 09:08:09 PM I have an Asus F502C...would be a suggestion.
Title: Re: new laptop Post by: Tal on March 20, 2014, 12:18:07 PM Thanks for the suggestions, chaps. Have left the thread unattended for a couple of days to allow comments and you've been very helpful.
Title: Re: new laptop Post by: david3103 on March 20, 2014, 05:18:20 PM Wait for Bobalike to respond too. Or PM him.
Title: Re: new laptop Post by: bobAlike on March 20, 2014, 09:46:58 PM Wait for Bobalike to respond too. Or PM him. Tal, Dave, I used to be able get high spec Dell machines for a decent price but unfortunately my Dell connection is no longer with the company. I can't even get one for myself now. Sorry Title: Re: new laptop Post by: Tal on March 20, 2014, 09:51:54 PM Wait for Bobalike to respond too. Or PM him. Tal, Dave, I used to be able get high spec Dell machines for a decent price but unfortunately my Dell connection is no longer with the company. I can't even get one for myself now. Sorry No problem. Title: Re: new laptop Post by: RED-DOG on March 20, 2014, 09:54:36 PM Wait for Bobalike to respond too. Or PM him. Tal, Dave, I used to be able get high spec Dell machines for a decent price but unfortunately my Dell connection is no longer with the company. I can't even get one for myself now. Sorry Ask not to whom the Dell sold.... Title: Re: new laptop Post by: bobAlike on March 20, 2014, 10:33:17 PM Wait for Bobalike to respond too. Or PM him. Tal, Dave, I used to be able get high spec Dell machines for a decent price but unfortunately my Dell connection is no longer with the company. I can't even get one for myself now. Sorry Ask not to whom the Dell sold.... That's very Ernest of you Red Title: Re: new laptop Post by: RED-DOG on March 20, 2014, 10:42:01 PM Wait for Bobalike to respond too. Or PM him. Tal, Dave, I used to be able get high spec Dell machines for a decent price but unfortunately my Dell connection is no longer with the company. I can't even get one for myself now. Sorry Ask not to whom the Dell sold.... That's very Ernest of you Red ;tightend; Title: Re: new laptop Post by: DrDreh on March 23, 2014, 03:14:06 AM Lenovo have a really good range, generally good value with decent screens. I got mine for £300 last year and it plays games, poker, browses fine. Other brands with same spec were generally £500-600. +1. Bought my son a Lenovo just before Christmas, was a good spec for the price and been impressed with it so far. Dell is my other default choice. Title: Re: new laptop Post by: curnow on March 23, 2014, 10:40:18 AM got 17" acer myself but in someways wished I had one with a lot better battery life like the acer timeline laptops , one thing with the Intel Integrated Graphics it does restrict what you can do on a laptop & cant replace it with a graphics card but for what you said it would be fine
Title: Re: new laptop Post by: WotRTheChances on April 23, 2014, 01:38:17 PM Personally i'd look up the kinda of specifications you're looking for and then do some searching on eBay. I've just picked up this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281314865924?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Seems like i've got a pretty good deal, got it for less that it was listed for and couldn't find anything like this for anywhere near this price going straight to a big name online retailer. Cliffs on mine: OS: Windows 8.1 Home Premium Processor: Intel i7 3.4GHz Memory: Kingston Hyper 24GB Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 765M 2GB Hard Drive #1: Western Digital 750GB Hard Drive #2: Kingston Hyper X 480GB SSD Optical Drve: Blu-Ray Cost: £1k Title: Re: new laptop Post by: kinboshi on April 23, 2014, 05:23:05 PM Of course, an SSD should be a mandatory requirement.
Title: Re: new laptop Post by: bobAlike on April 24, 2014, 02:22:30 AM Of course, an SSD should be a mandatory requirement. This man speaks the truth. |