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Need some quick pros/cons on a laptop please

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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    What do you need this laptop for?


  • #3
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,726 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    I don't need it for gaming, just general surfing, typing etc.

    Maybe for some basic multimedia applications as well.

    Any evaluations (good or bad) would be helpful, the price is right.


  • #4
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    It's a fairly basic system, hence the price.

    And running Vista on 1Gig of RAM won't be the best experience.

    Plus, the fax/modem seems a bit bogey - only works up to 53kbps :D

    It works out at around €400 (assuming a 17% VAT rate), not including shipping.

    Not worth it, imho.


  • #5
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,726 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    Even with an ethernet connection? It was available fro 350 from Harvey Normans.

    I didn't know a 1GB of ram made Vista run poorly!


  • #6
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    noodler wrote: »
    Even with an ethernet connection?

    What's that got to do with the price of turnips? :) All laptops come with both a wired (ethernet) and wireless (wifi) connection these days.

    Why, back in my day, were were happy with an RS-232 port.
    noodler wrote: »
    I didn't know a 1GB of ram made Vista run poorly!

    The general consensus is that Vista needs 2Gig to run smoothly.


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