RESOLVED: I need to buy a new 'high-spec' laptop for a course I'm doing
- Thread starter Throbbing Angel
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I've been looking at new laptops as a result of this thread - damn you Throbbing Angel 
Resisted the urge to spend thousands on a high end machine so far though...
Resisted the urge to spend thousands on a high end machine so far though...
Throbbing Angel
Well-Known Member
Maybe spend £3k instead of the measly month's salary (my salary that is) that I spent farmerbarleymow ?!?!
Throbbing Angel
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Bonkers. It's a gaming laptop, but unless your some obsessed mobile gamer, why would you spend that much and not want to play on a bigger screen. I'm pretty sure I could build a desktop with similar gaming performance for a bit over a grand.
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
I’m not sure what the little second screen is for. Seems very fancy if it’s just for a tiny increase in screen real estate.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Spotted this one at £4k - looks lovely but I really can't* justify spending that as my current laptops works fine.
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* can totally justify spending money on a new toy
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Spotted this one at £4k - looks lovely but I really can't* justify spending that as my current laptops works fine.
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* can totally justify spending money on a new toy
Just why?
Second screens like that have their uses such as for a live render window if modelling on the main screen or any other software really where you want some of the windows you want quick access to out of the way.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
A new toy is always a sound justification. I won't buy it though - will wait until the current laptop is showing signs of age or it stops getting updates. The previous machine lasted me ten years so hopefully this one will.Just why?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Without knowing what you use it for, it's hard to advise, but I think you'd be better served buying one much cheaper and replacing it in 5 years.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Your probably right. I've recently spent over a grand on a phone so won't buy any new IT stuff for a while.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
I know this is marked RESOLVED but Which? is recommending good, cheap laptops.
(also says used laptops are good if they have decent processor like Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5.
www.which.co.uk
Let me know if anyone wants to know their best buys.
(also says used laptops are good if they have decent processor like Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5.
3 reasons why cheap laptops are better than you think - Which? News
We explain what to expect from budget laptops, and the pros and cons of spending less on a computer
Let me know if anyone wants to know their best buys.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
They never should have been sold. God awful things.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
It wasn't so bad. The mrs had a Kaby Lake Pentium that was exactly the same as the i3, minus 200MHz peak speed. It was fine, for the most part. Yes, the 6 core Zen2 that replaced it is better, but it's not massively different.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
It depends on what they went with. It tended to be laptops with 768 pixel screens and 4GB of RAM. I made sure it was 1080 and 8GB and that's what made it okay. The previous one was even an old Sandy Bridge Pentium with 6GB and that... well, it wasn't bad.
I will admit that Celeron was a step too far outside of Chromebooks. The Pentiums were quite frequently i3s with a slight knock on clockspeed.
