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CY
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: London/Warwick
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:16 am Post subject: Laptop - which one? |
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Hi guys.
I'm thinking about getting a laptop but I have no idea which one so I was wondering whether any of you could recommend one?
My requirements are that it has enough memory (60GB minimum), CD player/RW and DVD player, wireless (intel centrino or pentium 4 - if I am not mistaken) and that it is relatively portable.
Dells are quite good but I find them quite boring to be honest.
Are Toshibas or HP any good?
Thanks
CY |
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moonskin
Joined: 29 Aug 2005
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Location: Freiburg, Germany
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| Toshiba produces the highest quality laptops in my experience. On the other hand, stay away from Fujitsu/Siemens, they totally suck and have horrible customer services. |
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CY
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| Is it true that with Sonys you are just paying extra because of the label? |
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moonskin
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Location: Freiburg, Germany
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| Very very true. Unfortunately, this is the case with all of the well known brands. The components/quality of the machines are almost identical among all of the serious brands. |
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garbitsch
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| Mine is acer and I am pretty happy with it! |
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respiridus
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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Location: Pera Orinis, Nicosia, Cyprus
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| CY, are you living in Cyprus? If so, go for HP or Fujitsu/Siemens. They're the only brands that have decent service centers here. I understand this is not the case abroad, but it is the case in Cyprus. |
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Crash Test Dummy
Joined: 25 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to use a 17'' Toshiba laptop. Was pretty expensive but it had a glass screen not one of them LCD ones. Was a very quick laptop. |
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respiridus
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: I used to use a 17'' Toshiba laptop. Was pretty expensive but it had a glass screen not one of them LCD ones. Was a very quick laptop.
They're all LCD, re. Doesn't matter if there's glass or plastic in front. ;-) |
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Crash Test Dummy
Joined: 25 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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respiridus wrote: Quote: I used to use a 17'' Toshiba laptop. Was pretty expensive but it had a glass screen not one of them LCD ones. Was a very quick laptop.
They're all LCD, re. Doesn't matter if there's glass or plastic in front. ;-)
woooooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeeee sorry |
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respiridus
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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Quote: woooooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeeee sorry
Please don't die because of this. ;-)
P. S. Sorry, I wasn't trying to be a wise guy or something. :oops: |
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Dhavlos
Joined: 13 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Of all the people to know, i think your the one respy :D |
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CY
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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respiridus wrote: CY, are you living in Cyprus? If so, go for HP or Fujitsu/Siemens. They're the only brands that have decent service centers here. I understand this is not the case abroad, but it is the case in Cyprus.
no, I'm in london.
my sister has an acer and its crap, but the thing is its a tablet pc so that might explain it...
does anyone know of a good toshiba model? |
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Dhavlos
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| mine is a packard bell...works fine :D |
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cannedmoose
Joined: 12 Aug 2005
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Location: National Forest, England
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| I have an HP and it's worked well for the last year and a half... as for Dhavre's advice on Packard Bell, last time I was speaking to him on MSN, his keyboard was buggered... either that or that was his excuse, he might have just been drinking heavily again :wink: :lol: |
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Dhavlos
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:15 am Post subject: |
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no...that is a problem...the keypad isnt buggered, it is just that the space bar is not sensitive....you have to use a hammer (joking...i dont really need to, but you get whta i mean ;) ) to get a space.
I havent drunken properly since thrusday...when the consequences were something i dont want to discuss. |
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