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Yasmin

Yasmin

Yasmin

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Hi everyone

My old laptop I've had sense 2007 is just about on its last leg.

I'm looking to get a new one, my budget is £500

I don't know much about laptops but this is what I would like it to have.

fast
good sound
HD video and one that is good for watching videos on
Light weight

I want a laptop to last me couple of years. Please suggest something and where I could buy it or even any nice offers.

Thank you.
 
Yep.... a max of 2GB RAM is fairly binable

I was looking at the T series vaios ... might be a bit too rich @ 560 or maybe a little too small for you ?

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vaio-t-series

If you're happy with something bigger/heavier then there are better options under £500. For me I have never used a laptop weighing more than 1.6kgs.... mostly aim for 1.1-1.4kgs but this means a smaller screen ~ 12" and bigger price tag
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Yep.... a max of 2GB RAM is fairly binable

I was looking at the T series vaios ... might be a bit too rich @ 560 or maybe a little too small for you ?

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/vaio-t-series

If you're happy with something bigger/heavier then there are better options under £500. For me I have never used a laptop weighing more than 1.6kgs.... mostly aim for 1.1-1.4kgs but this means a smaller screen ~ 12" and bigger price tag
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Yeah i dont mind going for something heavier. I would like 15" screen.
 
I was going to suggest a Lenovo Ideapad S400 with an i3 CPU. It's a 14" with a resolution of 1366x768. This is a fairly poor resolution but it's the most common on the market for mid range laptops. I'd rather have 1366x768 on a 14" screen than a 15.6" too. It's not HD as in 1080 but it does have a HDMI port to connect to a monitor/TV and is in budget. They look pretty nice too

Edit: Just saw your post above. When someone mentions portability when it comes to laptops, I (and I reckon many others) instantly think less than 15.6".
 
d_brennen said:
I was going to suggest a Lenovo Ideapad S400 with an i3 CPU. It's a 14" with a resolution of 1366x768. This is a fairly poor resolution but it's the most common on the market for mid range laptops. I'd rather have 1366x768 on a 14" screen than a 15.6" too. It's not HD as in 1080 but it does have a HDMI port to connect to a monitor/TV and is in budget. They look pretty nice too

Edit: Just saw your post above. When someone mentions portability when it comes to laptops, I (and I reckon many others) instantly think less than 15.6".
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Thanks for this....we dont have TV so if we want to watch something its on the laptop. Thats why i want to go for 15inch screen. I forgot to mention I would like good battery life.
 
Cool, I'm out .... I have zero experience with big paving slabs.

Good luck

ps Having a look at the S400, it looks pretty good. Slap in a SSD and 8gigs of ram in it if possible (d_brennen?) and you're laughing. - 1.8kg too is very nice
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Cool, I'm out .... I have zero experience with big paving slabs.

Good luck

ps Having a look at the S400, it looks pretty good. Slap in a SSD and 8gigs of ram in it if possible (d_brennen?) and you're laughing. - 1.8kg too is very nice
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I thought 15"screen was the average in laptops?Thanks for your help anyway
 
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It's a nice machine and a decent spec but I think you should remove the link before you get banned, linking to competitors is not allowed on the forums
 
Don't buy it from them though, it's a lot cheaper elsewhere

For your needs I'd still go for something cheaper, an i3 or AMD A8/10 will do. OCUK have these two

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-133-SA&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-137-SA&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=

The first one is the same chassis as mine. It's nice enough (if you couldn't tell I can't be excited by laptops anymore :p), the screen is matte so great for using in light places. Battery life is good and I really like the keyboard. Terrible vertical viewing angles though, but this is true of nearly all TN panels. You'd be spending big money on a nice IPS 15.6" I reckon, hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in

Subliminal: that's exactly what I'd do with it :)
 
d_brennen said:
Don't buy it from them though, it's a lot cheaper elsewhere

For your needs I'd still go for something cheaper, an i3 or AMD A8/10 will do. OCUK have these two

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-133-SA&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-137-SA&groupid=959&catid=1828&subcat=

The first one is the same chassis as mine. It's nice enough (if you couldn't tell I can't be excited by laptops anymore :p), the screen is matte so great for using in light places. Battery life is good and I really like the keyboard. Terrible vertical viewing angles though, but this is true of nearly all TN panels. You'd be spending big money on a nice IPS 15.6" I reckon, hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in

Subliminal: that's exactly what I'd do with it :)
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Thanks,the second one looks good. I dont want to go for anything cheaper. I want to find something that lasts me for a long time.
 
Laptops are consumer electronics these days, and a £550 laptop dying just outside warranty is a little harder to bear than a £350 machine biting the dust. For what you quoted nearly any CPU will do (and be a massive upgrade from what you have). Don't think more money = better quality. You can get an expensive Advent laptop LOLOLOL

Spend more by all means, but make sure it's where it counts - Screen, chassis, battery life, RAM, Hard Drive (SSDs are faster but smaller in capacity, not to mention more expensive) and then CPU

Memory is cheap as chips at the mo and easy to upgrade. Having said that if you get 6-8GB now you won't need more for yonks yet, long after a laptops normal service life

Also, for the love of god, don't buy Norton/McAfee
 
d_brennen said:
Laptops are consumer electronics these days, and a £550 laptop dying just outside warranty is a little harder to bear than a £350 machine biting the dust. For what you quoted nearly any CPU will do (and be a massive upgrade from what you have). Don't think more money = better quality. You can get an expensive Advent laptop LOLOLOL

Spend more by all means, but make sure it's where it counts - Screen, chassis, battery life, RAM, Hard Drive (SSDs are faster but smaller in capacity, not to mention more expensive) and then CPU

Memory is cheap as chips at the mo and easy to upgrade. Having said that if you get 6-8GB now you won't need more for yonks yet, long after a laptops normal service life

Also, for the love of god, don't buy Norton/McAfee
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Thank you so much. You made a great point. My laptop I spent over 500 and it needed so much repairing that I spent an extra 300 to fix it over the years. Here is the thing I have no
idea which brand is good or memory or hardware. I just know that i want good speed, sound and battery life.
 
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