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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    For 350 you can't really go wrong - very basic but functional for what you've described.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Nah, wouldn't touch it.

    It only has USA 2.0 ports, not USB 2.0. ;)

    Seriously, can't go wrong for €350.


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    hot fuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭hot fuss


    Cool - thanks for that. I don't have a clue what to look for so just wanted to make sure it would cover what I need it for..

    This may be a silly question, but I presume it would have a hard drive big enough to take MS Office and Adobe Photoshop if I were to load them onto it?

    Cheers again


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    [Deleted User]
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    hot fuss wrote:
    Cool - thanks for that. I don't have a clue what to look for so just wanted to make sure it would cover what I need it for..

    This may be a silly question, but I presume it would have a hard drive big enough to take MS Office and Adobe Photoshop if I were to load them onto it?

    Cheers again

    With 80GB, you could install them both several times on it :)


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    hot fuss wrote:
    This may be a silly question, but I presume it would have a hard drive big enough to take MS Office and Adobe Photoshop if I were to load them onto it?

    It will, as Myth said, but Photoshop aint gonna' be pretty on it - it's only a Celeron M chip, so it won't be the fastest.


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    hot fuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭hot fuss


    Someone had mentioned me to that the celeron chips don't have the best rep alright.

    It seems too good a bargain to turn down though.. might just chance it! I would only use the really basic stuff in Photoshop anyway.

    Thanks for the advice


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    barrett1965
    Closed Accounts Posts: 178 ✭✭barrett1965


    I think I had this laptop and as far I know it only has one speaker. This bugged me, so I returned mine. Otherwise, I would have kept it. The screen was nice and bright and that's a big plus with any laptop.


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    hot fuss wrote:
    Someone had mentioned me to that the celeron chips don't have the best rep alright.

    Let's just clear that misconception up right now. :)

    They are designed to be cheap and cheerful, they are aimed at the lowest, cheapest laptops out there. They are a budget processor.

    Saying they have a bad rep is just silly. It's all relative. You wouldn't run a banking system on them, but you could surf Boards.ie on them. Horses for courses, really.


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    hot fuss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 421 ✭✭hot fuss


    All laptops gone from Dunnes by 11.02. So bloody annoying - they must have opened early. Feck them anyway.


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    philstar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭philstar


    is it only in henry st, these laptops are/were being sold??


    at 350....there's gotta be a catch.....could be hooky:cool:


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