Need a Laptop for College????

krustydoyle

Hey Guys, i need a Lap Top For College and my budget is 600 to 700 euro
advice on what to buy please????

Alanstrainor

How big/small do you want it to be? What ill you be doing on it?

krustydoyle

i'll mainly be using it for marketing projects and my i tunes..

Ricky91t

A net book would do you,The Dell studio 15 looks fairly decent but probably abit to much for marketing projects I assume they're just done in like Microsoft office?

Alanstrainor

Ricky91t wrote: »

A net book would do you,The Dell studio 15 looks fairly decent but probably abit to much for marketing projects I assume they're just done in like Microsoft office?

A netbook would suffice, but they can get annoying because of the size of them if you're typing up projects on them. I'd say a Inspiron 15 would be fine.

Ricky91t

Alanstrainor wrote: »

A netbook would suffice, but they can get annoying because of the size of them if you're typing up projects on them. I'd say a Inspiron 15 would be fine.

Yeah that's true the main reason I'm getting rid of mine is cause the screen isn't big enough for the applications I use!They're very easy to type on though

krustydoyle

ive heard bad stories bout dell lap tops tho lads..
anything else??

Fysh

krustydoyle wrote: »

ive heard bad stories bout dell lap tops tho lads..
anything else??

Those stories depend entirely on what range you buy from. (And, of course, whether the person telling them is basing it on the one laptop they bought for a fiver, spilt coffee and beer on, and then discovered to no longer work, or whether it's based on using a range of them over a long period of time). If you go for the cheapest of the cheap Inspiron or Vostro series with associated crappy warranty that depends on the phases of the moon, you get what you pay for. Pony up a bit more for a Latitude range machine and you won't go wrong.

Now, in saying all of this - I'd strongly suggest talking to your college IT people to find out whether you can get a discount through them.

freyners

got a dell laptop latitude d610 for 280 (sh of course)and a new bat for 50
dont believe the crap aout dell laptops, they rock!!!!
lapteck in galway are class for deals

Ricky91t

Fysh wrote: »

Those stories depend entirely on what range you buy from. (And, of course, whether the person telling them is basing it on the one laptop they bought for a fiver, spilt coffee and beer on, and then discovered to no longer work, or whether it's based on using a range of them over a long period of time). If you go for the cheapest of the cheap Inspiron or Vostro series with associated crappy warranty that depends on the phases of the moon, you get what you pay for. Pony up a bit more for a Latitude range machine and you won't go wrong.

Now, in saying all of this - I'd strongly suggest talking to your college IT people to find out whether you can get a discount through them.

Just asked dell about student discounts and they said they do none,So you can cross them off the discount list OP :pac:

Fysh

Ricky91t wrote: »

Just asked dell about student discounts and they said they do none,So you can cross them off the discount list OP :pac:

I've heard similar comments here (I work for a university in the UK) but under the university's Higher Education contract with the university itself there are various deals that members of the university can avail of. Might not be the case for all unis, but it's worth checking.

Ricky91t

I'll send my uni an email,Cheers

krustydoyle

lads im lookin at the Sony Vaio lap top for 699 thats in the sony centre in carlow???
sorry i havent got the spec..

Ricky91t

krustydoyle wrote: »

lads im lookin at the Sony Vaio lap top for 699 thats in the sony centre in carlow???
sorry i havent got the spec..

You'd want the spec really before any of us could comment on the machine..

krustydoyle

sound, i'll get it posted in a couple of days.. thanks

krustydoyle

Right lads its down to 2 machines

No 1 is Acer model no 5536-744G with 4GB and 500 GB hard drive or

No 2 Sony VGN-NS30EP with 3 GB AND 250 GB Hard drive....

all comments appreciated...;)