Laptop advice

hedgie · 03-01-2011, 16:56

Hi, looking for a new laptop and wondered what spec to aim for?
Regular use for the following;

Web browsing
ITunes
MS Office, home working occasionally
Managing photos

Won't be used for games.

Oh yes and not a netbook, min 15" screen?

I was thinking of a minimum 3Gb of RAM but not sure about the processor? AMD or Intel. AMD still seem cheaper? Any thoughts welcome.

03-01-2011, 18:09

well you aint gonna strech any of the reasonable Â£350 quid plus laptops with your usage needs

hedgie · 04-01-2011, 10:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by ooogemaflop

well you aint gonna strech any of the reasonable Â£350 quid plus laptops with your usage needs

Thanks for the reply, that has pretty confirmed by thoughts that i does not really matter that much. Does anyone else have any thoughts on AMD vs Intel ?

I will go for as much RAM as I can get for under Â£400.

Thanks,

Hedgie

Aragorn · 04-01-2011, 11:53

Go for a Core i3 if you can get it in budget. I got a Tosh Satellite with i3 & 4GB for Â£405 on Amazon before Christmas but it's now showing as unavailable.

damien c · 04-01-2011, 15:51

I just got a HP laptop from Comet for Â£350 should of been Â£380 but as I worked there I got a discount, but it has a 15.4" screen with a Intel dual core cpu at 2.0ghz with 3gb of DDR3 ram @ 1066mhz but, it can be upgraded to 8gb of ram for Â£100 which isn't bad for a laptop.

I use it for game admin software and web browsing etc, and it does it all fine and I even installed Call Of Duty 4 on it and it ran it at max detail at it's max resolution at 19fps minimum, not playable but not bad for a cheap laptop really.

http://www.comet.co.uk/p/Laptops/buy...-Laptop/676446

You maybe able to find something cheaper than that, that will do what you want but that laptop is a little cracker really very happy with it myself.

In the description I think it says DDR2 or somewhere it says it but when I did the Crucial memory scan and also looked at the stick's themselves the scan, says DDR3 and the sticks say PC3 1066mhz so thats how I know its DDR3 which again is not a bad inclusion for a laptop of that price.

Aragorn · 04-01-2011, 16:37

Just noticed on the HP direct website, there is an AMD dual core with 3GB on offer for Â£349 incl a second year of warranty. That would nicely fit your requirements.
http://h40059.www4.hp.com/uk/homelap...erience=direct