15.5 Screen AND lightweight?

merritt

Hi all,

I've been charged with sourcing a laptop for a colleague and their brief was as follows:

Lightweight
15.5 Widescreen (good for DVD)
2GB+ Ram (buy in 1 GB slots)
Intel Core Duo HD

Now to my mind, the first two items on that list cancel each other out, but maybe someone here can make a suggestion? Budget is €1,000 - €1,2000.

Any ideas?

AlmightyCushion

merritt wrote:

Hi all,

I've been charged with sourcing a laptop for a colleague and their brief was as follows:

Lightweight
15.5 Widescreen (good for DVD)
2GB+ Ram (buy in 1 GB slots)
Intel Core Duo HD

Now to my mind, the first two items on that list cancel each other out, but maybe someone here can make a suggestion? Budget is €1,000 - €1,2000.

Any ideas?

:eek: You can get him ten laptops with that money

Not neccessarily so. Get your colleague to specify a weight as just saying lightweight is open to interpretation. Do you know anyone with a laptop that size. You could get him to see what it's like weight wise and he can say if that's fine or whether he'd prefer a lighter one.

merritt

AlmightyCushion wrote:

:eek: You can get him ten laptops with that money .

People tell me I have a big budget.

You've got a good point there though, in that what he might mean is that he doesn't want a brick, but that a reasonably trim machine like a Dell D620 might do the trick even though it's not what I'd consider lightweight.

AlmightyCushion

merritt wrote:

People tell me I have a big budget.

Well people tell me I have a big cóck but you don't see me bragging about it

merritt wrote:

You've got a good point there though, in that what he might mean is that he doesn't want a brick, but that a reasonably trim machine like a Dell D620 might do the trick even though it's not what I'd consider lightweight.

You'd best check him first. The last thing you want is to order the thing, only e afor him to b!tch to you likn ungrateful b!tch about how heavy it is when he gets it.

merritt

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Well people tell me I have a big cóck but you don't see me bragging about it

Enough about your oversized poultry!

Back to feather-light laptops with humungous screens!

BostonB

Enough of the fowl language.

Ask for more information that spec is too open. No battery life for example.

AlmightyCushion

BostonB wrote:

Enough of the fowl language.

Ask for more information that spec is too open. No battery life for example.

Very good question as a 9 cell battery would add to the battery life but also the weight. Not sure by how much though.

merritt

Alas, that's all I've got to work with. Hence my attempt to tap your collective wisdom to see if any models jumped to mind.

If I put it another way; what's the lightest laptop you know with a 15.4 screen?

BostonB

15.4 laptops are not light. Ignoring that...

http://www.google.ie/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=Lightest+15.4+laptop&meta=&btnG=Google+Search

merritt

Well as Almighty pointed out, 'light' is a relative term.

I've done the Google route, BostonB, thanks.

CuLT

Few hours in the gym every week and that laptop is going to keep getting lighter...

Acer seem to have fairly lightweight laptops in the 15" category, but they're also lightweight on features.

BostonB

merritt wrote:

Well as Almighty pointed out, 'light' is a relative term.

Not at the check in desk for airline...

merritt

Thanks for the suggestion, CuLT. It'll help narrow down the search.

More suggestions welcome!