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I need to replace my beloved Dell Vostro 1710. The old girl is still working fine but she just can't cope with modern life.

I will only be using it for paying poker, watching YouTube, Sky go and browsing.

It needs to be quiet and reliable with good battery life.

It doesn't need to be unnecessary expensive.

I would prefer 18in screen but it's not a deal breaker.

Budget?

£50k, now he's not getting a car.

Get one that you can flip the screen over and use as a tablet. SSD is a must.

I can just about afford the cheapest one that fills my requirements unless there is a very compelling reason to buy a more expensive one. If there is, I can probably afford that.

Starter for ten:

Dell New Inspiron 15 5000 (2019)

15.6" HD
8GB
128GB NVMe

£439

Or HP Stream

14" HD ready
4GB
64GB eMMC

£189

Also fits a version of your requirements

Thanks Mr Ines.

Is the latter crap and the former overkill?

Which one would you say is best value for money?

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The former is pretty much the 2019 equivalent of your Vostro - and probably the same price as it was in 2008. You might be able to spend a little less and still get an SSD and a full HD screen but I didn't spot one with a quick look around.

I hope I haven't pissed Mr Ines off with my factious reply, but answering questions like "What's your budget?" or the classic, "How much do you want to spend?" seem to defeat the object IMO.

If I say I have a budget of £200 someone will find me a £200 laptop. If I say it's £600... Well, you get my meaning.

I think you are probably right, except that my Vostro is 18in.

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/best-17-inch-laptops

Thanks Mark. It looks like I would have to pay a niche market premium for a 17/18in lappy, although I must admit to liking this quote from the site you linked me to.


"17-inch laptops are the same size and weight as some 15-inch laptops"

When shopkeepers see Tom making his way to their shops, I bet they pull the shutters down & hide.


I'm after some tea-bags, but it depends, see....   

I'm looking to get an XPS, but the 13 nowadays, now that I don't really play poker anymore.

Expensive business, all these decent laptops.



Tea... Pffffffffft!!

Tea is easy.


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get an ex business lenovo thinkpad

stick an  ssd in (I am not expert and did it easily) they have generally been very lightly used and are as strong as an oxx

I have probably dropped mine 10 times sometimes on purpose and still going fine

Cost me about £120 for the laptop and the rest for the ssd

This sounds interesting.

How much is "The rest?"

No offence taken at all Tom, it's just with commodity goods such as laptops etc. you pretty much get what you pay for. The 180 quid job will be "slow" - some may never notice. It will play poker - as long as it's only certain sites and won't run a tracker which you might think is a given.

It'll have stonking battery life and be silent. It has a relatively crap screen, some will love it because the icons are bigger than normal.

Like I say I am no expert I believe a decent ssd costs £60-£80

Mine is probably 6 years old boots within seconds still never hangs or drags ok I dont run massive programs on it regularly but it has used a lot

I don't run a tracker but I don't want to be restricted to certain sites.

I don't have Sky sports but I occasionally use a friend's Sky go log in to watch Sports on my laptop.

On my old Vostro I requested a matt screen because the glossy one was too reflective, nut that might not be an option, or even a problem these days.

Sounds like a good solution.

There seems to be a lot of Thinkpad models though....

How soon do you need one Tom? I'm upgrading mine fairly soon so may have a second hand one available.

It's pretty big and chunky but has a 17" screen and is pretty high spec for its age with an i7 processor. 8GB RAM and a 1TB SSD hard drive.

It may be 6 months before I finally take the plunge and change so it really comes down to how quickly you need one.

Does it come with it's browsing history intact?

I'm not too bothered about big and chunky, I never take it anywhere so it seems like a good option. Just bear me in mind when you're ready.

I just have to find someone to buy mine now.....

 :D

Ha ha, I thought about that whilst I was typing out my previous message.

It's a work laptop so it's actually pretty 'clean'.....

If your laptop is just feeling a bit slow Tom and the screen, keyboard etc. are OK, buy a SSD and replace the current hard disk. Will feel like you've stuck a turbocharger in it and only costs £40ish.

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Incred :D

I think it's really too old now. Stuff keeps failing, drivers go missing etc.

"X has stopped working. Windows will close the programme and notify you if a solution is available"

I was running XP (I loved XP) but they stopped supporting it so I installed Vista. Now vista has gone to the wall and my lappy doesn't have the cajhones to run Windows 10.

windows 7 is miles ahead of Vista and would run a lot better

Are we there yet?  ;sark;

Are we at 6 months yet?

Actually there has been a development with the laptop. The screen sometimes goes a bit funny when it's opened at certain angles so you have to move it about a bit to get it back to normal. Not an immediate problem but it certainly suggests that at some point in the not to distant future it could 'go' completely.

The good news is that this may expedite my requirement to upgrade.

The bad news is it may be f**ked....

If you have a separate screen then not a problem but otherwise it wouldn't be ideal.

We are according to my laptop, but it's not very reliable....

Help please.

How do I post a google image to the forum using windows 10. When I right click there is no 'Copy image location' tab in the drop down list.

TIA.

When I said TIA I thought someone would be quicker than this...….

Hurry up, before I begin to start thinking about kicking off.

Your all useless.

What are you?

Surely most of you are using Windows 10 by now, and surely you have nothing better to do than tell me how to post a google  pic using it.

What are you waiting for?

Which browser Tom? It's working with Firefox on Win10 here.

Hard to believe we have Members who don't know how to post photos properly.

Oh hi Mr L.

It's a new (To me) computer and the default browser is Microsoft Edge. I've just been googling the problem and it's beginning to look like that's where the fault lies.

I will try Firefox and report back.

Even harder  to believe we have Members who don't know how to post photos properly and can't be arsed to find out.

Rejected.

I've refined how I upload photos now, and have got it down to less than 40 clicks.

Edge? Brave man.

Even when I was working for a company owned by MS that implemented MS products, don't think I ever saw anyone use Edge.

All sorted now so



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To anyone who isn't Mr L.


The rest of you can bugger off until I need help with something else.

Edge has been kicked into touch.

OK, I Will Follow

lol!

:)

Was way too subtle for Red Dog.

It truly was, I'm completely whooshed. I'll have to wait for Mr L to explain it to me.

You wait ages for an external bus, and then 5GT/s come all at once.


Feature   Specification
Chipset   Skylake
DRAM bus width   64-bit
Flash EPROM   SPI 32 Mbits, 64 Mbits
PCIe bus   100 MHz
External Bus Frequency   DMI (5GT/s)
Table 2. Processor . Feature   Specification
Types   Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7
L3 cache   3 MB, 4MB, 6 MB, and 8 MB
Table 3. Memory . Feature   Specification
Memory connector   Two SODIMM slots
Memory capacity   4GB and 8GB
Memory type   DDR4 SDRAM (1600 MHz ~ 2400 MHz )
Minimum memory   4 GB
Maximum memory   16 GB
Table 4. Storage - 512 GB M.2 2280 PCIeSSD . Feature   Specification
Capacity (GB)   512
Dimensions mm (W x D x H)   22 x 80 x 2.38
Interface type and Maximum speed   PCle Gen3 8Gb/s (up to 4 lanes)
MTBF   800k hours
Logical Blocks   1,000,215,216
Power Source:   
Power Consumption (reference only)   Idle 1.7 W, Active 4.5 W
Environmental Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing):    
Temperature Range   0°C to 70°C
Relative Humidity Range   10% to 90%
Non-Op Shock (@0.5ms)   1500G
Environmental Non-Operating Conditions (Non-Condensing):      
Temperature Range   -40°C to 70°C
Relative Humidity Range   5% to 95%
Table 5. Audio . Feature   Specification
Type   Four-channel high-definition audio
Controller   Realtek ALC3235
Stereo conversion   24-bit (analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog)
Interface:
Internal   High-definition audio
External   Microphone-in, stereo headphones, and headset combo connector
Speakers   Two
Internal speaker amplifier   2 W (RMS) per channel
Volume controls   Hot keys
Table 6. Video . Feature   Specification
Type   Integrated on system board
Controller:
UMA   Intel HD Graphics 5500
Data bus   PCI-E Gen2 x4
External display support   

    one HDMI 2560x1440 @ 30 Hz
    one mDP 1920 x 1200 pixels

    NOTE: Supports one VGA, two DP/DVI ports through Docking station.

Table 7. Camera . Feature   Specification
HD camera resolution   1280 x 720 pixels (Non Touch)
FHD camera resolution   1920 x 1080 pixels (Touch)
Video Resolution (maximum)   1280 x 720 pixels
Diagonal viewing angle   74°
Table 8. Communications. Feature   Specification
Network adapter   10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet (RJ-45)
Wireless   Internal wireless local area network (WLAN) and wireless wide area network (WWAN)

    Bluetooth 4.0

Table 9. Ports and Connectors. Feature   Specification
Audio   One microphone/stereo headphone/speakers connector
Video   

    one HDMI
    one mDP

Network adapter   RJ-45 connector
USB 3.0   Two USB 3.0, one PowerShare
Memory card reader   Support upto SD4.0
Micro Subscriber Identity Module (uSIM) card    One
Docking port   One
Smart Card   One
Table 10. Display . Feature   Specification
Model   Latitude 7470   Latitude E7470
Type   HD    FHD W/Touch
Dimensions:
Height   181.4 mm (7.14 inches)   194.9 mm (7.67 inches)
Width   290.5 mm (11.4 inches)   302.8 mm (11.9 inches)
Diagonal   3.0 mm (0.1 inch)   5.95 mm (0.23 inch)
Maximum resolution    1366 x 768   1920 x 1080
Refresh rate   60 Hz/48 Hz   60 Hz/48 Hz
Minimum Viewing Angles:
Horizontal   +/-40°   +/-80°
Vertical   +10°/-30°    +/-80°
Pixel pitch   0.2025 x 0.2025   0.144 x 0.144
Table 11. Keyboard . Feature   Specification
Number of keys   United States: 82 keys, United Kingdom: 83 keys, Brazil: 84 keys, and Japan: 86keys
Table 12. Touchpad . Feature   Specification
Model   Latitude 7470/E7470
Active Area:
X-axis   99.5 mm
Y-axis   53.0 mm
Table 13. Battery . Feature   Specification
Type   

    3-cell Lithium Polymer battery with ExpressCharge
    4-cell Lithium Polymer battery with ExpressCharge

Model   Latitude 7470   Latitude E7470
    3–cell   4–cell
Dimensions:
Depth   105.9 mm (4.17 inches)
Height   6.1 mm (0.24 inch)
Width   181.00 mm (7.13 inches)    283.00 mm (11.14 inches)
Weight:   189.3 g (042 lb)   290.3 g (0.85lb)
Voltage   11.10 VDC    7.40 VDC
Life span   300 discharge/charge cycles
Temperature range:   
Operating   

Charge: 0 °C to 50 °C (32 °F to 158 °F)

Discharge: 0 °C to 70 °C ( 32 °F to 122 °F)
Non-Operating   –20 °C to 65 °C (4 °F to 149 °F)
Coin-cell battery    3 V CR2032 lithium coin cell
Table 14. AC Adapter. Feature   Specification
Type   65 W and 90 W
Input voltage   90 VAC to 264 VAC
Input current (maximum)   1.50 A
Input frequency   47 Hz to 63 Hz
Output power   65 W and 90 W
Output current   3.34 A and 4.62 A
Rated output voltage   19.5 VDC
Weight   230 g (65 W) and 285 g (90 W)
Dimensions   107x46x29.5 mm (65 W) / 130x66 x22 mm (90 W)
Temperature range:
Operating   0 °C to 40 °C (32 °F to 104 °F)
Non-Operating   –40 °C to 70 °C (–40 °F to 158 °F)
Table 15. Physical . Feature   Latitude 7470/E7470 Non-Touch   Latitude 7470/E7470 Touch
Front Height    17.2 mm (0.68 inch)   18.20 mm (0.72 inch)
Back Height   19.4 mm (0.76 inch)   21.8 mm (0.82 inch)
Width   334.00 mm (13.14 inches)
Depth   232.0 mm (9.13 inches)
Weight (with 3-cell battery)   1.51 kg (3.33 lb)   1.65 kg (3.65 lb)
Table 16. Environmental . Feature   Specification
Temperature:
Operating    0 °C to 60 °C (32 °F to 140 °F)
Storage   –51 °C to 71 °C (–59 °F to 159 °F)
Relative humidity (maximum):
Operating   10 % to 90 % (non condensing)
Storage   5 % to 95 % (non condensing)
Altitude (maximum):
Operating   

–15.2 m to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)

0° to 35°C
Non-Operating   –15.24 m to 10,668 m (–50 ft to 35,000 ft)
Airborne contaminant level   G2 or lower as defined by ISA S71.04–1985

Bought one of the Huawei Matebook X-Pros before I went to Vegas, and most happy with it.

Definitely a computer fish, so probably overkill for the basic stuff I use it for. Very good bit of kit, though.

I'm shit at posting pics, too.

Get you with your fancy 512GB M.2, very swish.

Finally decided my six year old laptop, which I got as a hand-me-down from my son, has seen better days and it was time for a new one. Treated myself to a Surface Pro in the Amazon Prime Day sale.

That Mr Bezos knows what he's doing, his site is worse than crack.

Not wrong there!

And again.

Parcel #6 arrives tomorrow, apparently we really needed a torque wrench.

Until last year I  made sure everything was pulled down square and even and just tightened everything by feel, then I became convinced I needed a torque wrench.

So I bought one, and now it sits unused on the shelf and I just tighten everything by feel.

I've no doubt the wrench will shortly be disturbing the cobwebs on the impact driver and ball joint splitter.

Just checked, and I'm at 44 :D

As a techie, I'm frankly amazed that they have a database that holds this. IIRC there was some deal where if you placed a certain number of orders from Amazon you got a huge amount of Amex, hotel or airline points - and that's why my first dozen orders were the cheapest things - ebooks - they sold :-)

Too good.

Sigh...

He's just pretending he gets it.

You too?

A+

Someone send me a PM and put me out of my misery.

Don't tell him, let him stay miserable.

he will find out with or without you

Singers called Edge? Songs called Edge?

U2!

Now I have to find the connection.

You have found what you were looking for.

Haha.

Now I need a U2 song with a reference to Edge or kicked into touch.

Got it.





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 ;tightend;