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Buying a laptop query - sorry :P

  • 08-09-2008 10:08am
    #1
    laney82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25 ✭


    Hi folks,

    Sincere appreciation for any and all help....

    Budget: Under €700 ideally

    Intended use: Wireless Internet , email, storing digital photos, itunes, small bit of word processing or account keeping

    Mobility: Not a major factor as it'll probably be kept at home most of the time and just a case of moving from room to room

    Warranty: I suppose a warranty for at least a year would be preferable (definitely wouldn't be capable of fixing anything myself :o)

    Apologies but I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to laptops - had a packard bell one a few years ago in college but it died off when my brother took it over. Also I haven't used Vista yet but I gather that most new laptops come with this?

    I've had a look in PC World and this Samsung R510 caught my eye but I'd really appreciate some feedback as to whether its a good deal and would be suitable for my requirements.

    It has:
    Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5750
    2Ghz/ 667 Mhz
    4gb RAM
    160GB Hard drive
    15.4' wide display
    Windows Vista
    Integrated webcam
    3 usb ports
    Price €650

    Thanks in advance :)


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  • #2
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    laney82 wrote: »
    Hi folks,

    Sincere appreciation for any and all help....

    Budget: Under €700 ideally

    Intended use: Wireless Internet , email, storing digital photos, itunes, small bit of word processing or account keeping

    Mobility: Not a major factor as it'll probably be kept at home most of the time and just a case of moving from room to room

    Warranty: I suppose a warranty for at least a year would be preferable (definitely wouldn't be capable of fixing anything myself :o)

    Apologies but I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to laptops - had a packard bell one a few years ago in college but it died off when my brother took it over. Also I haven't used Vista yet but I gather that most new laptops come with this?

    I've had a look in PC World and this Samsung R510 caught my eye but I'd really appreciate some feedback as to whether its a good deal and would be suitable for my requirements.

    It has:
    Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5750
    2Ghz/ 667 Mhz
    4gb RAM
    160GB Hard drive
    15.4' wide display
    Windows Vista
    Integrated webcam
    3 usb ports
    Price €650

    Thanks in advance :)

    Hi there.That deal in pcworld aint bad at all.That particular model is only slightly cheaper online from what i could find.Are you intent on buying in a bricks n mortar shop or are you open to buying online??

    This acer is 65e more than that samsung but i think it would be worth it for a couple of reasons.For 715e delivered, it has a few advantages over the samsung.Firstly, it has a blu-ray drive.This means its well future proofed in terms of computing and it will allow you to play bluray disc(The successor of DVD) on a flat screen telly if you have one.Those bluray drives dont come cheap in laptops which is why i think that is such a good deal.Furthermore, its hard drive is twice the size of the samsungs at 320gb.All its other specs are fairly similiar to the samsungs.It has the same Core 2 Duo processor and 4gb of RAM.


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