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Re: Laptop advice....
« Reply #160 on: January 27, 2009, 02:43:06 pm »
You want to take your eyes off the numbers and go have a look at the machines if possible. RAM and HD can be upgraded if needed, anyway, so prioritise the things you can't upgrade. The quality of the screen, keyboard, case etc. are all important and never mentioned. Some machines have really loud cooling fans, or crap screen latches.

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Re: Laptop advice....
« Reply #161 on: January 27, 2009, 02:52:47 pm »
I always say the following when people ask me about laptop purchases:

1) How much do you want to spend?
2) What do you want it to do?
3) Are you bothered about the manufacturer?
4) Go to the shop, speak to the man and he will point you to a load of kit.
5) Pick the one you like
6) Buy it there or over the net for a discount

Most laptops are pretty much the same spec nowadays, all you seem to be paying for is the name and a bit more memory. If you arent playing games, downloading media etc, then a nice affordable mid range one will do. Obviously the more you want to do the more you need in a laptop
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #162 on: January 27, 2009, 03:36:53 pm »
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I always say the following when people ask me about laptop purchases:

1) How much do you want to spend?
2) What do you want it to do?
3) Are you bothered about the manufacturer?
4) Go to the shop, speak to the man and he will point you to a load of kit.
5) Pick the one you like
6) Buy it there or over the net for a discount

Most laptops are pretty much the same spec nowadays, all you seem to be paying for is the name and a bit more memory. If you arent playing games, downloading media etc, then a nice affordable mid range one will do. Obviously the more you want to do the more you need in a laptop

1- £400-£500
2- mostly surf net , play some games , store music itunes etc.....
3- not really but would like a half decent make. Hopefully more well known means more reliable
4- have been into a shop and i swear they look at me and go "its sell him a dud for a fortune time" - blinded by words
5- i did but i thought i might ask as i could pay over the odds when somebody might offer something better
6- when i decide the lappy im getting i will be ok as i will not swerve away from it
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #163 on: January 27, 2009, 04:30:42 pm »

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #164 on: January 27, 2009, 07:06:48 pm »
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #165 on: January 28, 2009, 09:24:45 am »
yes , yes mr sea im moving into the light after all this time.. ;D

1- £400-£500
2- mostly surf net , play some games , store music itunes etc.....
3- not really but would like a half decent make. Hopefully more well known means more reliable
4- have been into a shop and i swear they look at me and go "its sell him a dud for a fortune time" - blinded by words
5- i did but i thought i might ask as i could pay over the odds when somebody might offer something better
6- when i decide the lappy im getting i will be ok as i will not swerve away from it

a friend just brought a Toshiba for about £400 ish. He went to pc world and the tech guy said if he was buying a laptop he would get a Toshiba as they are reliable, he hardly ever gets one in to repair.
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Laptop upgrade, advice from anyone technically minded needed.
« Reply #166 on: February 13, 2009, 02:10:48 pm »
Right, as some of you may know I am spending more and more time at a research facility than in my office at the minute and because of this, I need a new laptop, or at least a decent one.

I did have a sony Viao pentium 4 2.8ghz 512, with no wireless, that was as heavy as lead and about 6-7 years old.

My dad had an old laptop from his company that is not only light, but it is decent, has a nice keyboard and is relatively pretty to look at, and has wireless.

It is a Acer Aspire 3000, sempron processer that my dxdiag says i have a mobile amd processor 3000+ at ~1.8Ghz with 446ram. Looking online i seem to be able to update this to 2gb ram, but for what i need, 1 gb would be enough.

It is ddr ram and i can see it has a 268 (or similar number) stick so im guessing it has two in.

I have seen some 512mb on pc world website for £18. What i want to do is update it.

First I dont need the hard drive or a graphics card upgrade, but what can i do about the processor or the ram.

The laptop is good now and will do, but if i can make it slightly better it means when i run analytical software i may have it running more smoothly.

Anyone want to give me advice, on what to buy and then how to install. Sort of advice for dummies style.

Thanks

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Re: Laptop upgrade, advice from anyone technically minded needed.
« Reply #167 on: February 13, 2009, 02:25:13 pm »
Price the memory from www.crucial.com/uk. If you select the model - the have a money back guarantee that it will work. It tells you what will fit and the maximum capacity. Once you have a part no you can probably shave a bit off the price, but normally it is not worth it.

They also have a scanner if the thing is net connected so it can work out the model for you.

Upgrade to 2Gb rather than 1Gb. It makes a difference.


Don't mess with the CPU in a laptop. It is really not worth the grief.

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Re: Laptop upgrade, advice from anyone technically minded needed.
« Reply #168 on: February 13, 2009, 02:30:16 pm »
Price the memory from www.crucial.com/uk. If you select the model - the have a money back guarantee that it will work. It tells you what will fit and the maximum capacity. Once you have a part no you can probably shave a bit off the price, but normally it is not worth it.

They also have a scanner if the thing is net connected so it can work out the model for you.

Upgrade to 2Gb rather than 1Gb. It makes a difference.


Don't mess with the CPU in a laptop. It is really not worth the grief.

is it going to be worth the extra gb ram, is the processor good enough, i dont even know if its that good?

most shops have duel cores at that speed so arnt they twice as good?

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Re: Laptop upgrade, advice from anyone technically minded needed.
« Reply #169 on: February 13, 2009, 02:35:30 pm »
It's a 2 RAM slot motherboard - you might best to just shove another 1Gb stick in it. £47. 

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Aspire%203000%20Series

The Acer manual has the following instructions for upgrading memory in the user guide:

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Installing memory

Follow these steps to install memory:

1  Turn off the computer, unplug the AC adaptor (if connected) and remove the battery pack. Then turn the computer over to access its base.

2  Remove the screws from the memory cover; then lift up and remove the memory cover.

3  (a) Insert the memory module diagonally into the slot, then
    (b) gently press it down until it clicks into place.

4  Replace the memory cover and secure it with the screw.

5  Reinstall the battery pack, and reconnect the AC adaptor.6Turn on the computer.The computer automatically d

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Re: Laptop upgrade, advice from anyone technically minded needed.
« Reply #170 on: February 13, 2009, 02:38:23 pm »
It's a 2 RAM slot motherboard - you might best to just shove another 1Gb stick in it. £47. 

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Aspire%203000%20Series

The Acer manual has the following instructions for upgrading memory in the user guide:


cheers have done it and it comes up with this

Part #: CT456534 • DDR PC2700 • CL=2.5 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR333 • 2.5V • 128Meg x 64


i currently have two 256 in there, am i going to see the benefit from the extra 1gb if i make it two or should i just make it one

also is this the same thing as what that site says as its cheaper

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ByteStor-PC2700-333MHz-SO-DIMM-Notebooks/dp/B000V6VPR0/ref=sr_1_2/280-2689350-4377709?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1234535556&sr=8-2


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Re: Laptop upgrade, advice from anyone technically minded needed.
« Reply #171 on: February 13, 2009, 02:46:42 pm »
What kind of analytical software is the key. From the age I am guessing XP. XP with 1Gb is far more usable that with 512Mb. Windows is not great at its memory management and if you can stop processes swapping out of memory to the page file it is much slicker. It all depends on how heavy the number crunching is. For most, reasonable, usage it would be fine...

The first step would probably just try the laptop with a "typical" task and see how it performs. While it is running take a look at the performance tab of the task manager. If the CPU usage maxs out at 100% during the task it is processor bound. Also look at the physical memory box on the same tab to see if you are using all of the available memory.

If the performance is good enough, leave well alone.

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Re: Laptop upgrade, advice from anyone technically minded needed.
« Reply #172 on: February 13, 2009, 02:56:09 pm »
cheers have done it and it comes up with this

Part #: CT456534 • DDR PC2700 • CL=2.5 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR333 • 2.5V • 128Meg x 64


i currently have two 256 in there, am i going to see the benefit from the extra 1gb if i make it two or should i just make it one

also is this the same thing as what that site says as its cheaper

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ByteStor-PC2700-333MHz-SO-DIMM-Notebooks/dp/B000V6VPR0/ref=sr_1_2/280-2689350-4377709?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1234535556&sr=8-2

Customer testimony of someone fitting the 512Mb version into a Acer Aspire 3000.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ByteStor-PC2700-333MHz-SO-DIMM-Notebooks/dp/B00025E0JK

It looks fine to me. Though you may want a 3rd opinion...


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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #173 on: February 14, 2009, 11:55:17 am »
Right, as some of you may know I am spending more and more time at a research facility than in my office at the minute and because of this, I need a new laptop, or at least a decent one.

I did have a sony Viao pentium 4 2.8ghz 512, with no wireless, that was as heavy as lead and about 6-7 years old.

My dad had an old laptop from his company that is not only light, but it is decent, has a nice keyboard and is relatively pretty to look at, and has wireless.

It is a Acer Aspire 3000, sempron processer that my dxdiag says i have a mobile amd processor 3000+ at ~1.8Ghz with 446ram. Looking online i seem to be able to update this to 2gb ram, but for what i need, 1 gb would be enough.

It is ddr ram and i can see it has a 268 (or similar number) stick so im guessing it has two in.

I have seen some 512mb on pc world website for £18. What i want to do is update it.

First I dont need the hard drive or a graphics card upgrade, but what can i do about the processor or the ram.

The laptop is good now and will do, but if i can make it slightly better it means when i run analytical software i may have it running more smoothly.

Anyone want to give me advice, on what to buy and then how to install. Sort of advice for dummies style.

Thanks

Gareth
is it going to be worth the extra gb ram, is the processor good enough, i dont even know if its that good?

most shops have duel cores at that speed so arnt they twice as good?

Cheers SP, any other opinions before i go ahead?

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #174 on: February 23, 2009, 01:20:16 pm »
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #177 on: February 24, 2009, 07:37:30 pm »
I've been using a Thinkpad R51 for a few years and am planning on getting the current equivalency in the next few months: the Lenovo ThinkPad R400.

A few questions:

a) Has anyone had any experience with Lenovo laptops since they've separated fully from IBM?

b) Has anyone used a 14.1" widescreen notebook monitor with 1440x900 resolution? How is it?

c) In terms of physical size, what is the difference between 6-cell and 9-cell notebook batteries?
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #178 on: February 25, 2009, 03:34:06 pm »
can someone clear something up for me

if something is a dual core 2ghz processer does that mean it has two 2ghz processors or that the combination of the two is 2ghz

same for quads?

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #179 on: February 25, 2009, 03:38:16 pm »
can someone clear something up for me

if something is a dual core 2ghz processer does that mean it has two 2ghz processors or that the combination of the two is 2ghz

same for quads?

2 Pipelines, each running at 2Ghz. At least I was sure, until you asked the question...

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #180 on: March 11, 2009, 02:41:51 pm »
Just got my new ThinkPad R400, and I love it!  ;D
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #181 on: March 11, 2009, 03:38:16 pm »
is it going to be worth the extra gb ram, is the processor good enough, i dont even know if its that good?

most shops have duel cores at that speed so arnt they twice as good?
doesnt make it twice as good, u get 2 processors cable of working at the same time, but the output/throughput is not as easy to calculate, there are buses too.. dual core 2 would be better

a wuad core amd has about the same performance as a dualcore intel...

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #182 on: March 11, 2009, 03:39:39 pm »
im thinking of getting a small 11-12inch laptop for travelling.. and get rid of the laptop i have now (dell inspiron)
i have a powerful pc at home for general stuff etc..

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #183 on: March 11, 2009, 03:45:32 pm »
can someone clear something up for me

if something is a dual core 2ghz processer does that mean it has two 2ghz processors or that the combination of the two is 2ghz

same for quads?
core 2 duo runs cool, its easier to over clock, and i think it has an extra bus feed in comparison to the dual core..
but essentially as i said above, if u think of each chip being a business estate, with one road out of each onto the main road, then there are ones with a road in and a road out to the main road, and so forth, so both chips might be on a 2GHz level thus able to perform to that level, but there can be bottlenecks in terms of getting that performance out of the chip

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #184 on: March 20, 2009, 11:24:21 am »
Anyone got any opinions on whether this is good value for money?

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/654/861/-/8706166/Sony-VAIO-NS20-E-S-Pentium-T3400-2-16GHz-3GB-250GB-DVD-SM-15-4-Vista-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook-Silver/Product.html?searchtype=genre#

Got £500 to spend on a new laptop and that, to me, looks the best available for the money.

Any advice would be good though, ta.

Edit: Found it for £457.59 on Amazon. Looks good to me.
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #185 on: August 19, 2009, 02:32:42 pm »
Let me bring this back up:

1) Wanting to spend between £350 and £450, but could probably spend a bit more.
2) More than one thing at any time!
3) Got a Toshiba right now, but wouldn't be bothered
4) I probably know a damn sight more than the bloke at the shop, so that's no use - hence why I'm asking you lot!
5) That's why I'm asking for a second opinion!
6) Rather in the shop!

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #186 on: August 19, 2009, 02:56:40 pm »
I have two questions regarding buying one from the US:

1. I imagine the built-in DVD or Blu-ray drive will be preinstalled to be region 1 only. Is there an easy way of changing this (short of properly dicking around with it) or would I basically be stuck with that setting?

2. This might be somewhat on the stupid side, but the HDMI output would still work with a PAL TV rather than a NTSC one, correct?

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #187 on: August 30, 2009, 10:05:12 pm »
Knocking this one back up as i'm in the hunt for a replacement for my 7 year old Dell Inspiron. Works ok most of the time but it's deffo packing up and on its last legs.

Looked at the new dell inspiron 15 series and they look ok but with the 3yr guarantee price gets pushed close to £500. I'm totally out of touch with laptop prices - surely this is too much for an almost entry level laptop? Or am I just being greedy with the warranty? Internet browsing, watching movies and word/excel/powerpoint are all I use my laptop for. Don't intend to play games, certainly not new ones, so don't think a dedicated graphics card or a super processor are needed. Is a max budget of £400 with a decent warranty unrealistic? Been looking at toshiba and sony vaio models too and they seem a fair bit more expensive. Cheers
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #188 on: August 30, 2009, 11:11:56 pm »
1. I imagine the built-in DVD or Blu-ray drive will be preinstalled to be region 1 only. Is there an easy way of changing this (short of properly dicking around with it) or would I basically be stuck with that setting?

You can usually change the region 4 times before it locks to whatever one it was last set to.

That's been the case with every DVD drive I've ever had.

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #189 on: August 31, 2009, 03:14:30 pm »
So is this the laptop thread? little help then, which one would you buy? Budget is £500

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-studio-1555?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&ref=lthp (3rd one along)

or

http://www.medion.com/ms/aldi/md97760/uk/

i've bought about 7 laptops & 4 desktops from medion so reliability isn't the issue here. simply cant decide.


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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #190 on: August 31, 2009, 05:01:20 pm »
I got this the other day, have to say I'm very happy with it.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164328

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #191 on: September 1, 2009, 06:52:47 pm »
Right after bugging you not long ago about an update, I want to get a new laptop, i never bothered with the upgrade.


Anywho, I want a cheap laptop that can run the likes of Spore and Footy manager.... Not a real fan of the numbers, dont understand them all if im honest

ram cache, processing power... graphics cards

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #193 on: October 18, 2009, 07:56:48 pm »
Been looking for a new laptop for a couple of weeks and found this today

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy/DELL_STUDIO

I'll only be using it for playing FM and comin on here  ;)

Any good?

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #194 on: October 18, 2009, 08:46:13 pm »
Been looking for a new laptop for a couple of weeks and found this today

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy/DELL_STUDIO

I'll only be using it for playing FM and comin on here  ;)

Any good?

Might not be able to run the 3d mode of FM on that, but it should do fine for RAWK-ing. :P

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #195 on: October 18, 2009, 09:04:08 pm »
Ok thanks, Ill stick to 2d on FM then if i need to. I mite get it this weekend and get the free upgrade to windows 7
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #196 on: October 18, 2009, 09:23:22 pm »
Got a Fujitsu Amilo for £200 sheets

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #197 on: October 18, 2009, 10:21:11 pm »
will that laptop i posted about be able to run FM? Im not too bothered about the 3d match engine.

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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #198 on: October 19, 2009, 09:37:01 am »
Anyone got an Inspiron 17? Carphonewarehouse are doing an older model (new) for £329. Extra 2gb of ram to push it to 4gb will be another 30-40 notes bought seperately. Same model with 4gb of ram but slightly better processor will pushes it upto £400. Any thoughts?

Don't really want to spend more than 400 quid. Not sure if there's a need to get extended warranty either?
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Re: New laptop advice
« Reply #199 on: October 20, 2009, 09:16:07 am »
Yeah, I'm looking at one of those Inspiron 17's myself actually mate. Looks decent enough to me, I'd mainly be using it for internet access and downloading stuff and a bit of music stuff as well so don't need too much from it. Plus, if you get it through quidco you can shave an extra £15-£20 off that price from Carphone Warehouse too.

However, if anyone else has any opinions that'd be great! :)



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