Laptops

stickroad · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:03

I havent a bit of a hard time deciding over a desktop pc or a laptop my bugdet is 1000 pounds.

I will be doing video encoding and playing games not to much though.

Just wanted to know what other peoples views are on Laptops, thanks

GSDog · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:40

You will need to decide if you want a desktop or laptop.
I am switching from a desktop to a laptop mainly because I found an excellent deal, but also because I want to be able to use it in any room of the house, or even up the garden, or take it on holiday, etc.
Also, this desktop PC takes up far too much room.

I should hopefully get it tomorrow. I got an excellent deal, I paid exactly £999.99 for a Intel Duo 2 2.0Ghz/4MB Cache CPU, 2GB RAM, 7900GS, 17" (1920X1200) screen, wireless, bluetooth, etc, etc.

I will let you know what I think about it tomorrow, hopefully.

stickroad · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:13

wow thats pretty good for the price, just out of interest where did you get it?

GSDog · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:27

I don't think I can tell you on these forums, because I think it might count as a competitor.

stickroad · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:31

is that right? dam can anyone confirm that he is aloud to tell me please lol

Duradrum · 3 Jan 2007 at 21:10

Zildjian said:
You will need to decide if you want a desktop or laptop.
I am switching from a desktop to a laptop mainly because I found an excellent deal, but also because I want to be able to use it in any room of the house, or even up the garden, or take it on holiday, etc.
Also, this desktop PC takes up far too much room.

I should hopefully get it tomorrow. I got an excellent deal, I paid exactly £999.99 for a Intel Duo 2 2.0Ghz/4MB Cache CPU, 2GB RAM, 7900GS, 17" (1920X1200) screen, wireless, bluetooth, etc, etc.

I will let you know what I think about it tomorrow, hopefully.

What is the make/mdel and is it from a highstreet dealer?

Duke · 3 Jan 2007 at 21:14

stickroad said:
is that right? dam can anyone confirm that he is aloud to tell me please lol

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GSDog · 3 Jan 2007 at 21:23

Duradrum said:
What is the make/mdel and is it from a highstreet dealer?

Dell Inspiron 9400 - not a high street dealer, but it is a proper company who buys direct from Dell.

ominousnews · 5 Jan 2007 at 23:42

Did it arrive all ok Zildjian? What do you think? I'm thinking of picking one of these up myself from what sounds like a similar deal, so any info would be appreciated =D

GSDog · 6 Jan 2007 at 18:11

I recieved it yesterday and it is amazing

VERY fast, excellent for gaming, amazing screen, etc.
The only problem I had was Dell installed soooo much junk onto the machine, when it arrived there were 80 processes running...
I spent most of my time uninstalling stuff!
I have now formatted and reinstalled Windows and it is much better. So I would advice if you do buy a Dell, just format and reinstall Windows as soon as you get it.

I would highly recommend it though, it's not as heavy as I thought it would be (It's lighter than my brothers Rock Xtreme), has longer battery life than I expected (about 1.50hrs browsing the web, with a standard 6-cell battery, I think you can upgrade to 2 X 9 cell batteries which would be very good).

Best of all, I have sooooo much more space on my desk and it's so much cleaner and simple, all the horrible tangled wires have gone from behind the desk, etc.

It is even better than I expected.

I might be able to get some pics up tomorrow if you would like?