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Which Laptop?
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:49 am
by chime
Dear All
Looking to buy a laptop as I am doing more and more parties and BBQ's than ever this year and my i-pod video tends to lock up every once in a while!
Looking for a decent sound card, and don't really want Vista if possible (Dell have a xp/vista option), budget is about £600 - all suggestions are welcome
Cheers
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:52 am
by Willsy
I have an Acer laptop which I got from Ebuyer a few years ago, not sure about the spec you require but as a manufacturer and value for money I've been more than happy.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:22 am
by custard99
Compaq Presario aint so bad... i got it for free when i re contract and upgrade the speed for my broadband.
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:29 pm
by hippy dave
i love my macbook...
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:50 pm
by stargurl
I also love my Macbook
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:26 pm
by Timbob
I love your macbook too
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:35 am
by Dog
Avoid Dell at ALL costs...
Toshibas used to be bombproof but since they started outsourcing the production to other companies, their quality has bombed.
Compaq/HP are not too bad but can suffer from onboard LAN port issues.
Fujitsu Siemens are pretty reliable, but if I had the moolah, I'd replace my old Dell with a new Sony Vaio.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:36 am
by chime
Dog
Too late!
Already got the Dell Inspiron 6400 - and it performed brilliantly on Saturday night
Now looking for two decent speakers and a single/double channel mixer!
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:17 pm
by Loopz
Yeah Dell are fine. I've ran an inspiron 8600 for years and its solid as long as you look after your build etc. X300's were renowned for being crap and gave Dell a bit of a smack around the mouth. I also have a D620 which is fine but is a work machine
Dell through and through in the company i work for...
Chime - did you get lots of ram?
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:45 pm
by Dog
Dell machines are Ok build wise, it's just how they treat their non-corporate customers that is giving them such a HUGE bad name... I've never had any problems with my Dell Inspiron 8400 but I'd NEVER buy from them again.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:14 pm
by Loopz
They are always nice to me
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:38 pm
by chime
Steve
Dual channel 1024 mb (2 x 512mb) 533mhz DDR2 SDRAM
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:55 pm
by Karnorjax
my Fujitsu Siemens is fab jus cracked the screen thou but that my fault
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:33 am
by the PLA
I just ordered a MacBook Pro. I can't wait for it to get here.
Are any of you other MacBook owners running bootcamp & XP? If so, how's it working for you? Any big hiccups yet?
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:00 am
by stargurl
I've got a partition with XP on my Macbook that I access through either bootcamp or Parallels... no complaints