Today is the day for a new Laptop

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 10:52

After a week of hmmmmming about what to get I am hoping i get some votes from you guys.

I am wanting a new laptop that is quite quick and fast and would last me for a couple of years.

I have a budget of £900 cant really go over that and love to be cheaper if poss.

I have looked at Macbook Range as well as some laptop ranges. What do you guys thinks I should go for?

Cheers

Dyson · 5 Feb 2007 at 10:55

Had my acer 3023 for over 18 months, which uptil now has been my sole pc for games etc. Only paid £600 for it at the time, so if it was me, i'd go acer.

Will_3rd · 5 Feb 2007 at 11:17

Rookies said:
I have a budget of £900 cant really go over that and love to be cheaper if poss.

I have looked at Macbook Range as well as some laptop ranges. What do you guys thinks I should go for?

Cheers

IMO the Macbook is the way to go, great spec and you can run Windows XP/Vista and Mac OSX

edit: oops didn't realise it was you Rookies, still undecided?

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 12:02

Will_3rd said:
IMO the Macbook is the way to go, great spec and you can run Windows XP/Vista and Mac OSX

edit: oops didn't realise it was you Rookies, still undecided?

Yeah still undecided ha ha ha.....

If I was going for Macbook it be the White Macbook at £879 do you think i be ok with that? Since it got a share graphic card has it? I cant really afford the Pro versions

Will_3rd · 5 Feb 2007 at 12:08

Rookies said:
Yeah still undecided ha ha ha.....

If I was going for Macbook it be the White Macbook at £879 do you think i be ok with that? Since it got a share graphics card has it? I cant really afford the Pro versions

Yeah i'd imagine it would be amazing, considering how good my iBook (Sep 2005) is, the Macbook would be even better!

The integrated graphics (Intel GMA 950) is pretty good for everything part from heavy gaming and has little effect on the OS experience.

The Pro isn't really worth it unless you are a professional or rolling in the monies.

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 12:15

Will_3rd said:
Yeah i'd imagine it would be amazing, considering how good my iBook (Sep 2005) is, the Macbook would be even better!

The integrated graphics (Intel GMA 950) is pretty good for everything part from heavy gaming and has little effect on the OS experience.

The Pro isn't really worth it unless you are a professional or rolling in the monies.

Cheers that is something I wanted to hear

So tempting now ha ha i be in the apple store in meadowhall later so i take a good hours with them and see what i come to

Will_3rd · 5 Feb 2007 at 12:17

Rookies said:
Cheers that is something I wanted to hear

So tempting now ha ha i be in the apple store in meadowhall later so i take a good hours with them and see what i come to

Cool, enjoy yourself :cool:

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 13:55

Will_3rd said:
Cool, enjoy yourself

What your bet that I come home with one

Will_3rd · 5 Feb 2007 at 14:07

Rookies said:
What your bet that I come home with one

Well I'm thinking maybe a 66% chance of you buying one and not being able to leave the store until you do.

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:01

Update

Did not get the chance to go this evening had to go elsewhere bummer.

But while I am waiting till tmr... If I close the macbook it suspend right??? When I open it, it we return how i left it and how long does this take is it quicker than the laptop Hibernate?

Will_3rd · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:06

when you close the lid it should go to sleep, and when you open it should wake up as you left it

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:09

How long should it take for me to use again when i open it? quicker than a laptop with XP Pro in hibernate?

Will_3rd · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:14

yes it should be almost instantaneous, the only thing that would be a problem would be Airport, which usually reconnects after sleep

furnace · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:20

Dyson said:
Had my acer 3023 for over 18 months, which uptil now has been my sole pc for games etc. Only paid £600 for it at the time, so if it was me, i'd go acer.

Snap. And still is my sole gaming PC, as this one (my desktop) doesn't like games :rolleyes:

"Infinite Loop" errors

Sacrifice the CPU for better GFX card if you have to - it's well worth it from a gaming point of view

Energize · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:28

Acer Aspire 5672WLMi £850

Intel Centrino Core DuoT2300e Processor 1.66 GHz
2048 MB DDRII-533MHz SDRAM
120 GB Hard Drive
DVD Dual Layer Drive
15.4" WXGA Widescreen TFT Screen with CrystalBrite Technology
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 PCI-E 128 MB dedicated graphics
Integrated wireless 802.11b/g LAN
Integrated Bluetooth

Asus F3JA Laptop £854

Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 - 1.83GHz (x2), 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
1024 MB DDRII-667MHz SDRAM
120 GB SATA Hard Drive
DVD Drive
15.4" WXGA Widescreen TFT Screen with ColourShine Technology
ATI Radeon X1600 supporting 512MB HyperMemory
802.11b/g

Asus F3Jp £899

Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 - 1.83GHz (x2), 667MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache
1024MB DDR-677
Hard Drive: 120GB
15.4" Widescreen TFT
DVD±RW Super Multi
ATI Radeon X1700 supporting 512MB HyperMemory
802.11b/g
Bluetooth Enabled
2 Year Warranty
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Built-In 1.3 MegaPixel Camera

Acer Aspire 5684WLMi £908

Intel Core 2 Duo T5600 - 1.83GHz (x2), 667MHz FSB
2048MB DDR2-667MHz
160GB Serial ATA 5400rpm
15.4" Widescreen TFT 1280x800
DVD±RW Super Multi Double Layer
NVidia GeForce Go7600SE supporting 256MB TurboCache
802.11b/g - Call for advice on Wireless Networking
Bluetooth Enabled

If you want to play any games at all you'll need a dedicated gpu. Integrated graphics is unplayable even at lowest settings.

furnace · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:31

Acer Aspire 5672WLMi £850

Intel Centrino Core DuoT2300e Processor 1.66 GHz
2048 MB DDRII-533MHz SDRAM
120 GB Hard Drive
DVD Dual Layer Drive
15.4" WXGA Widescreen TFT Screen with CrystalBrite Technology
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 PCI-E 128 MB dedicated graphics
Integrated wireless 802.11b/g LAN
Integrated Bluetooth

I'm sure that will be the better one, as the others seem to have no dedicated graphics memory

Energize · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:35

Just found the

Zepto Znote 6214W £896

14.1" WXGA Crystal Clear 1280x768
2.00 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo T7200 4MB
2048MB (2x1024) DDR2 PC5300 - 667MHZ
nVidia Geforce Go 7600 512MB Dedicated graphics
100GB 5400omdr. SATA Hitachi
DVD-RW Dual Layer Burner
Zepto Wpro 300Mbit Wireless Lan Card
100/1000 Megabit network, 56K modem
Built-in bluetooth
2.25 Kg.

Super Tigers · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:43

Just bought a new laptop tonight.

Acer Aspire 5634wlmi

Intel Core 2 duo T5600 1.83ghz 2x1mb=2mb cache
15.4inch TFT wxga 1280x800
Geforce Go 7300 256mb
2048mb DDr2 667mhz pc5300 so-dimm
120gig Hard drive
DVDrw multidrive
Wifi, firewire, lan etc
Windows Xp pro media edition
Free upgrade to Vista Home Premium
1 year guarantee

£649.99

Just setting it up now and it feels very quick and smooth.

Rob H

furnace · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:44

Energize said:
Zepto Znote 6214W £896

That looks nice

And it gets a respectable 2,400 in 3DMark06 :cool:

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:45

Super Tigers said:
Just bought a new laptop tonight.

Acer Aspire 5634wlmi

Intel Core 2 duo T5600 1.83ghz 2x1mb=2mb cache
15.4inch TFT wxga 1280x800
Geforce Go 7300 256mb
2048mb DDr2 667mhz pc5300 so-dimm
120gig Hard drive
DVDrw multidrive
Wifi, firewire, lan etc
Windows Xp pro media edition
Free upgrade to Vista Home Premium
1 year guarantee

£649.99

Just setting it up now and it feels very quick and smooth.

Rob H

Does this have Bluetooth bulit in too?