Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

yep... " and @ are swapped round, and on some of them the \ key is next to backspace instead... very weird. Oh and you get a $ and euro sign instead of $ and £. Typing on a german keyboard is odd as well cos they have z on the top row cos it is so commonly used... i was back to the old one finger typing!!

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

but you can buy replacement keytops and reconfigure the keyboard.

My home PC has a US keyboard but is configured to think it is UK. Works the sam, just that above the 3 key a different symbol exists, but if i press shift 3 i get a £ symbol (if that makes sense).

The keyboard is similar, biggest gripe is the enter key is long and narrow like a shift key, not big and fat. Not as wonky as a french keyboard. Now they are weird.

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/N...a.html?NNB-166

What about that? A bit over your budget (about £930 inc. vat)...and also no wireless card, but like people have already said, £30-£50 for a pcmcia. I bought my laptop from novatech a couple of months ago. I have had no complaints at all....although if you are using it to travel, then you may want to opt for the centrino technology ones as the battery life is not great to say the least.

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http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/N...a.html?NNB-170

from the same site...a centrino laptop...check out the site for their entire range, some good laptops:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/NBranges.html

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

Thanks for the info, but I'm pretty set on getting the other one. :blush:

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Fair enough....which one??

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

This one:
http://www.simply.co.uk/pricerunner/...ters/index.htm

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

What about this one?

http://www.timecomputers.com/showpac...hp?prodid=9844

I know its a TIME, but its gotta be as good as, if not better, than a weird unknown brand

SO for an extra £122
Your getting

Processor = 400 higher
Ram = 256 Higher
Ports = extra 2 x USB 2.0 / Internal Wireless card / 10/100 Ethernet card / 56k Modem / TV- Out
Drives = DVD-Rw

Id like to see you buy those extra bits for the original laptop for £122

an ethernet, modem, and wireless would set you back around £80 on their own... let alone the fast processor and more ram

Or theres this option, which is almost the same spec, apart from the DVD drive isnt DVD-Rw, only DVD/CD-RW
http://www.timecomputers.com/showpac...hp?prodid=9841


HTH :)

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Damn KP, you've got me thinking now!
It is a Time though... :erm:

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

no please anything but time , please dont do it , pretty please , tbh i wouldnt buy off them in principle after the last fiasco :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

Until recently I would have agreed wholeheartedly with that - but I have a mate who recently (well 4 months ago) bought a time laptop - he had to call support a couple of times with windows type issues (I told him to put a proper operating system on but he wanted windows) and they were great :Yikes: They even got an engineer out when a key stopped working (he didn't tell them he dropped a portable stereo onto the keyboard mind you :naughty: ) ;)

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

The only reason i bought a time into the equation is because you were looking at a totally unknown brand...

If you do go for the Time laptop, let me know and ill give you a few names and numbers to call in the event anything goes wrong ;)

And just incase anyone has a time pc and is currently having problems........ did i mention the store support line before?? i.e. the number the store phones up incase they need help dealing with you or your machine... if not its 01282 775533 ;) :)

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Somehow i dont think its was a time laptop..... not if they got an engineer out, time stopped doing on-site engineers in 1998 and havent offer it since :erm:

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

This is a nice laptop http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h540.htm

Re: Help me choose a laptop!
 

A bit more than what Richard M wants to pay, me thinks...