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Travel Laptop

  • 16-08-2009 10:17pm
    #1
    Wallko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Just looking for some help picking out a laptop. Im heading off travelling for a year and am looking to pick up a laptop/notebook to bring with me. The priorities are the obvious one:

    - Small and light (only looking for a small notebook that i wouldnt notice the weight of on my back)
    - Price (really cant afford to break the bank as im struggling enough to pay for the trip as it is!)

    Really im only going to be using it to pick up wireless in the hostels, browse the web and watch a few downloaded tv shows/movies. I would much rather get a second hand one as it will do the job and be cheaper.

    If you know any good sites for picking up second hand laptops and could recommend the best models with the above criteria in hand it would be much appreciated. Is €300 price range realistic for what i need? Also if you know anyone here in Dublin who could help me out.

    Thanks,
    Dermot


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  • #2
    Abelloid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    Asus, Acer and Samsung netbooks are around that price new.


  • #3
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Wallko, 329 is the magic price starting point. That will get you a rather broad selection from Dell, Asus, Acer, Samsung..

    If you're based in Dublin, PC World, in the Jervis Street Shopping Center, have a big selection of them on the shop floor, you can go in and have a good fidget, before buying them there, elsewhere, or online..

    Nearly all have the same configuration internally, but quite a few differ in how the keyboard feels\behaves, under your typing fingers. I would say to you.. make sure you you can live with using the keyboard you end up with. Screen is important too, the eternal choice, matt or glossy.. and if there's a clear and crisp presentation of colours and text. Again, that can vary wildly, with some looking decidely washed out and mushy.


  • #4
    majiktripp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,471 ✭✭✭majiktripp


    I highly recommend This New Lenovo S10-2 netbook nice little machine and will be around your €300 mark with postage. Bare in mind that all netbooks will be without a DVD/CD drive but who needs them anyways!


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    majiktripp wrote: »
    I highly recommend This New Lenovo S10-2 netbook nice little machine and will be around your €300 mark with postage. Bare in mind that all netbooks will be without a DVD/CD drive but who needs them anyways!

    What's the battery life like on these?


  • #6
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    What's the battery life like on these?

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    Chart taken from here: http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/456973/lenovo-s10-2-netbook-white-from-ebu/

    A review (hothardware.com): http://hothardware.com/Articles/Lenovo-IdeaPad-S102-Review

    A version of the S10-2 is slated to have an ION chipset at some point, no idea if it will appear over here, in Europe.

    Anyone buying this, battery changes according to country of origin, make sure you're getting a six cell and not a three cell battery.


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  • #7
    Wallko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 169 ✭✭Wallko


    Thanks a mill guys. Think il go with the samsung nc 10. Looks the business. Not worried about the cd drive, there about as redundant as floppy drives these days! Thanks again


  • #8
    Abelloid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    Wallko wrote: »
    Thanks a mill guys. Think il go with the samsung nc 10. Looks the business. Not worried about the cd drive, there about as redundant as floppy drives these days! Thanks again

    Read this -

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055637776

    www.elara.ie for the 6-cell version.


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