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Best Mobile Laptop

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  • 05-09-2007 8:31pm
    #1
    Wacked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭


    Im looking for a 12" laptop with good battery life wifi, bluetooth, dvd read only, half decent dual processor, not really for gaming, built in webcam a plus, around the €2000 mark. Any suggestions welcome. I looked at the acer ferrari but they are all 3 cell battery.


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    #2
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Looked for similar last month and came down to either an IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad x61 or Toshiba Portege R500.

    The Thinkpad is available on pcwb.ie and the Portege is on bms.ie but they come in well over the €2000 mark including VAT. (I got the Thinkpad in Singapore with loads of extras for €1500 and it's a fantastic piece of kit).


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    RoyalMarine
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    12" will be hard to find. does it have to be 12"?
    the dell vostro is pretty amazing. you could spec an amazing machine for 2000.


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    Wacked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭Wacked


    Thanks for the advice

    It does have to be small, I have a 15 inch laptop but I travel a lot and want something very portable.

    I nearly bought the lenovo, its a lovely machine but It doesn't have a built in optical drive.

    Its down to one of these few.

    http://www.pcwb.ie/catalogue/item/ACNB0604

    http://www.pcwb.ie/catalogue/item/A0219380


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    Linoge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭Linoge


    Wacked wrote:
    Thanks for the advice

    It does have to be small, I have a 15 inch laptop but I travel a lot and want something very portable.

    I nearly bought the lenovo, its a lovely machine but It doesn't have a built in optical drive.

    Its down to one of these few.

    http://www.pcwb.ie/catalogue/item/ACNB0604

    http://www.pcwb.ie/catalogue/item/A0219380

    Well you can rule out the Tosh there. 1 gb and Vista is a No Go (you could always "downgrade" to XP Pro though)

    I'd check out the Sony shop. They have amazing ultra portables.


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    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Wacked wrote:
    Thanks for the advice

    It does have to be small, I have a 15 inch laptop but I travel a lot and want something very portable.

    I nearly bought the lenovo, its a lovely machine but It doesn't have a built in optical drive.

    Its down to one of these few.

    http://www.pcwb.ie/catalogue/item/ACNB0604

    http://www.pcwb.ie/catalogue/item/A0219380

    I have a thing about Acer. I think they're crap but that's just a personal opinion. This Toshiba for an extra couple of hundred euro has enough memory for Vista.

    I got an external optical drive with the Lenovo and haven't found it a problem. I really only use an optical drive for installing software from a CD or DVD which isn't very often.

    I looked at a few Sonys but the warranty was only 1 year as opposed to 3 for Lenovo or Toshiba.


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