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best laptop for college??

  • 13-09-2008 10:24pm
    #1
    leavo08
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    Hi I would really appreciate any help! I need to get a laptop for college pretty soon and I have a budget of around 700euro ish..I just need it for school work really and I dont play computer games so memory is the most important thing..
    I have already been reccomended the dell inspiron 1525..could anyone tell me what that ones like? Or should I be looking at something else??
    Thanks so much!


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  • #2
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,077 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    You have a lot of choice in that price range: I suppose the first question I would sort out is whether you want to trade off power vs size & weight. There are several threads on the "netbooks", the small & light machines that might suit you for college e.g. the 10" MSI Wind / Medion Akoya, 9" Acer Aspire, and the Asus EEE PC 901 (9") / 1000(H) (10"). Even Dell are getting in on the act now, with the Inspiron Mini (9").

    I suppose the more standard 15" or 17" screen notebooks are better value, but in my case, I walk to UCD and sit in their cramped lecture theatres. So I got the eee PC 1000. Other folks here seem to be happy with the others, too.

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #3
    Alanstrainor
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    The advent/msi are 10" machines. We need a bit more info, are you going to be carrying this machine into college every day, or will you be using it at home most of the time?
    The 1525 is a grand machine for everyday stuff and you can pick them up quite cheap.


  • #4
    humaxf1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭humaxf1


    have a goo on www.dabs.ie

    Selection from IBM/Lenovo, Toshiba, Acer, HP--Beware of HP though. There has been a string of graphics controller chips going belly up. HP will replace the laptop but the hassle can be a pain in the ass.

    Plenty of choice on there and reasonable prices. Shipping to Ireland is only 13euro for a single laptop and goes up by weight.


  • #5
    Col_Loki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭Col_Loki


    Would have a look at this Toshiba, 13.3" Screen so its nice and portable but a nice sized keyboard for alot of typing...
    http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1596201

    It could do with an extra 1gb memory thats the only thing.

    [Edit] Dabs Have it for €635.... http://www.dabs.ie/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=56K2&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11105,389120000

    Pop in an extra 1gb stick of memory and it will make for a lovely laptop i reckon.


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I've fallen in love with the HP tx2500z but if you dont need to use photoshop/youre not the artiste then its not worth it.


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