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Do I need a Laptop?

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  • 20-10-2014 9:07pm
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    BrianJD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭


    Hi. My Laptop is years old and at this stage I think it needs to be replaced. I use it for basically the following things:

    Store photographs and edit from time to time on basic free software.
    Have itunes, however now use Spotify so don't know really the last time I used itunes other than to back up my phone last week when I upgraded.
    Download programmes and film using Torrents.

    I do all my other browsing, shopping and email on my IPad or phone.

    So is there anything else I should get other than a cheap laptop <=€400

    Thanks for any advice!


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    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso


    You could resurrect the ol' thing by installing Lubuntu?

    http://lubuntu.net/

    Anything "entry level" would be ok. 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD (or 1TB if you're doing a lot of photo editing). That should work out around 400e or cheaper.


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    Occono
    Registered Users Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Occono


    I would suggest spending the extra money on making sure it has a 7200RPM drive or SSD. I have a 1TB 5400RPM drive and I don't recommend it, it seems to always be overloaded/slow to access.

    The worst thing about budget laptops nowadays are the screens and the hard drives. Any i3 CPU with 4GB of ram is fine for basics.


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    enniscorthy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭enniscorthy


    solomafioso wrote: »
    You could resurrect the ol' thing by installing Lubuntu?

    http://lubuntu.net/

    Anything "entry level" would be ok. 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD (or 1TB if you're doing a lot of photo editing). That should work out around 400e or cheaper.

    mate dont even get me started i still use my old xp with 500mb ram hehe


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    If you have to ask, the answer is probably no.

    I cant imagine life without my laptop. For example this post would have taken me longer to write on a tablet.
    #Note to self: Need to start the fund for the next laptop for when this eventually dies.

    If you do all your browsing on a tablet or phone and are simply using the laptop for storage, then there are much cheaper ways of backing up phones etc than buying a new laptop.There is photo editing

    I have torrent clients on both my phone and tablet,
    You could resurrect the ol' thing by installing Lubuntu?

    Its not that the machine is slow or old, its that he doesn't use it for much and so wonders if he needs it. Maybe he doesn't.


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    A SSD makes a massive difference.


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,969 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    beauf wrote: »
    A SSD makes a massive difference.

    Did you even read the OP?


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    syklops wrote: »
    Did you even read the OP?

    Attack the post, not the poster. There's another option to buying a new laptop. It is to make the old laptop more useful. Having a machine, like an old laptop is always useful as a local backup device. Maybe its as a backup machine, a media server, to configure your router, a test machine for wifi and other things, configuring a wifi printer, a download machine, backing up photos on DVD's etc. An SSD makes an old machine (that you might think needs replacing) feel like a new machine, and thus more useful.


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,008 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Leave the moderating to the mods folks. If you have an issue with a particular post report it.

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    #10
    bmm
    Registered Users Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bmm


    The recession is over, buy it , you deserve it , shop local and support Irish jobs , buy a dell .


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