Trying to decide on which laptop would best suit my requirements and could really appreciate feedback from a few people.
Primary purpose would be as a machine I can use to replace my aging desktop which is mostly used as a development machine. Apps going on will be VS2008 and SQL2005 so will need a good sized hard drive.
Have used the odd-laptop in the past, but have nearly always 'needed' to switch back to desktop because of hard-drive access being too slow. (again, compiling programs in VS2008 seem to have taken an age on previous laptops). Have laptops now advanced to a better read/write speed?
Would also like a relatively large screen for movies and 'ideally' 802.11n for when I'm on site.
It wouldn't be used for gaming.
I've been looking at the Acer Inspire 6920 (18.4") but that damn glowing button seems to be a glaring monster, but spec wise seems to suit what I'm looking for.
Any recommendations?
Primary purpose would be as a machine I can use to replace my aging desktop which is mostly used as a development machine. Apps going on will be VS2008 and SQL2005 so will need a good sized hard drive.
Have used the odd-laptop in the past, but have nearly always 'needed' to switch back to desktop because of hard-drive access being too slow. (again, compiling programs in VS2008 seem to have taken an age on previous laptops). Have laptops now advanced to a better read/write speed?
Would also like a relatively large screen for movies and 'ideally' 802.11n for when I'm on site.
It wouldn't be used for gaming.
I've been looking at the Acer Inspire 6920 (18.4") but that damn glowing button seems to be a glaring monster, but spec wise seems to suit what I'm looking for.
Any recommendations?