TopCat
Putin fanboy
Yeah that makes sense.
Affordable laptop recommendations: budget £350-£450
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It's not the slimmest thing in town, but it's great value at £369.
http://www.ebuyer.com/276388-toshiba-satellite-pro-c660-255-laptop-psc1me-00q00ken
*edit: synchronicity!
I have one of these, good spec for the price, build quality is not the best though, plasticky, but still feels quite tough and solid, and not creaky.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Also just been reading up myself (may need a new one myself next month) and the lenovo looks like a much better buy, even if it is slightly more expensive.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
The Pentium B960 is a current Sandy Bridge processor. The only difference between it and an i3 is hyperthreading. I've got one myself and it's plenty fast for anything you'd rationally want to do on a 13" laptop. Sandy Bridge graphics are good enough for anything over 3 years old, barring Crysis.
That Toshiba Tesco one looks to be a good deal for a 13". Your options for small size are pretty limited on a budget.
That Toshiba Tesco one looks to be a good deal for a 13". Your options for small size are pretty limited on a budget.
I have a Toshiba laptop, I paid an extra £100 or so to get one with HDMI output and Harman Kardon speakers. It has the best speakers I have heard of any laptop, sounds even better than my Powerbook. I highly recommend them. Only thing is it is quite a lurid green. It was supposed to be brown but they sent the wrong colour 
Toshiba NB520. The speakers are brilliant.The build quality is very good but it is one of the higher end models. So there is no movement when you type etc.
I very rarely use it!
Toshiba NB520. The speakers are brilliant.The build quality is very good but it is one of the higher end models. So there is no movement when you type etc.
I very rarely use it!
TopCat
Putin fanboy
grit
an ugly force for good
Its ok, however I think you can probably do better on ebuyer.com, from a quick browse this looks interesting
http://www.ebuyer.com/352060-exdisp...andybridge-2310m-2-10ghz-ebr1-psc1me-00q00ken
Its a 15" screen instead of 13", is the size important?
It would be worth your while looking at this customer satisfaction survey from 2011 from all the laptop manufacturers.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384243,00.asp
Apple and Samsung come out tops. Oddly Alienware do as well but I think that is because people don't like to admit they've just paid several thousand pounds for a Dell with a different badge.
If I were you Topcat, I'd go into a shop and look at laptops. You can't really judge online, some of the latest brands of laptops feel so badly made. They're all plasticy and flimsy, you think they were made by Canon.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384243,00.asp
Apple and Samsung come out tops. Oddly Alienware do as well but I think that is because people don't like to admit they've just paid several thousand pounds for a Dell with a different badge.
If I were you Topcat, I'd go into a shop and look at laptops. You can't really judge online, some of the latest brands of laptops feel so badly made. They're all plasticy and flimsy, you think they were made by Canon.
grit
an ugly force for good
True, the best build at the moment is Lenovo ThinkPad/Ideapad
grit
an ugly force for good
50 over budget, but its the exact machine I'd choose if those three factors are the most important.
http://www.ebuyer.com/337047-lenovo-thinkpad-edge-e325-laptop-nwx3luk
grit
an ugly force for good
No optical drive mind you - not that they're used these days
Yeah, I cant remember the last time I used one. I bought one of those Lenovo's for my mother and when I was setting it up I sort of wanted to keep it
It's says no optical drive at the top yet lists one in the specs (unless it comes with a usb external).I agree optical drives are going the way of the floppy.No optical drive mind you - not that they're used these days
grit
an ugly force for good
Anyone got office 2010 they can give me?
This should do it http://www.mnova.eu/download/torren...2010_Corporate_Final_(full_activated).torrent
grit
an ugly force for good
Yes optical drive is a DVD/CV drive.
grit
an ugly force for good
http://preyproject.com/My last laptop got killed in a flood and the two before stolen in burgalries. I will try to look after this better.Whats that mad tracking program?
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Only thing I have against the E325 is that the AMD E-450 is a pretty damned weak processor compared to the Pentium in the other one. But it really depends on what you're doing with it, it can be perfectly adequate for most tasks. The regular laptop AMD chips are a nice tradeoff between graphics and CPU power, but those things are AMD's netbook processors.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Don't fret. It's quite a lot faster than an Atom. Plenty fast for standard Office and web stuff. It's just that AMD's full-size laptop chips are a bit power thirsty and they're not appropriate for a 13" portable. You should get better battery life than the Pentium equipped one, and my Mrs. (who has the E320) gets 6 hours easily.Now I am fretting.
I need a new laptop for DJ'ing with so I need it to be light, well built, have a decent size screen and not use AMD processors as they are glitchy with the software I use (serato scratch live).
So I was thinking of this as I like Sony's: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/sony-vpceh3b1e-w-cek-15-5-laptop-white-11884720-pdt.html
Any views for or against?
So I was thinking of this as I like Sony's: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/sony-vpceh3b1e-w-cek-15-5-laptop-white-11884720-pdt.html
Any views for or against?
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Depends on how you define "light". That's the same weight as any other 15-incher, but it does at least have a high-resolution screen which is where the extra £100 goes I'm sure.
That being said, 1920x1200 is a bit squinty on a 15" screen. I'm personally more comfortable with 1680x1050 at most (this is what the 15" MBPs are, for reference). I guess it would depend on how far you'll sit from it.
That being said, 1920x1200 is a bit squinty on a 15" screen. I'm personally more comfortable with 1680x1050 at most (this is what the 15" MBPs are, for reference). I guess it would depend on how far you'll sit from it.
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