Got a grand and need a laptop

baloonatic

Hi all,

I want to get a few things

17" screen
windows 7
decent graphics card
4K ram
quad core processor or similar type

Wanna get as high a spec as i can so any ideas?

hinduhamster

Have you tried,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/

?

My personal input.... I had a 17" laptop and now I have a higher spec 15" model.

You really don't notice any difference....movies, game, music etc

Look at getting the resolution up not the screen size.

cpu-dude

baloonatic wrote: »

Hi all,

I want to get a few things

17" screen
windows 7
decent graphics card
4K ram
quad core processor or similar type

Wanna get as high a spec as i can so any ideas?

Dont blow the money all on a laptop just because you have it, get a laptop that has what you need. You can get plenty of powerful, fast, high memory and long lasting laptops very cheap nowadays for in and around €700. Laptops aren't bought for gloating, they're for your needs.

What will you be planning do on this laptop?

Online Gaming
Word / Excel
Ripping / Burning DVD's
Downloading Files
Music / Video Editing
Phone Editing

I suggest this at least:

Above 2Ghz Dual Core CPU
Above 3GB of RAM
At least 250GB Hard Drive
At least 256MB Graphics
At least 5 Hours Battery
Wireless B/G/N Card

EDIT: And look at this now.

Laptops Direct wrote:

Acer Aspire 5810T-944G32Mn Timeline Laptop

* Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz
* RAM - 4 GB (installed) 8 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM
* Hard Drive - 320 GB
* Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
* Screen - 15.6 in TFT active matrix 1366 x 768 24-bit (16.7 million colours)
* Optical Drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM
* Graphics - Intel GMA 4500MHD
* Bluetooth - Yes
* Notebook Camera - Integrated - 1 Megapixel
* Warranty - 1 year warranty
* Battery - 9 Hour Battery Life

€800 with a free upgrade to Windows 7 next week.

baloonatic

That's a nice system, cheers for the input lads. I'd but it tomorrow but i'd prefer a larger screen. I've a 15.4 now and i've generally found it to be a little smallish.

I'm gonna make a purchase fairly soon and i appreciate the input, i'll update the thread with my final options

rgds

steve

kippy

4 gig of RAM is pretty pointless unless you are running a 64 bit OS, which in itself poses its own problems (software/driver support)

You should be able to get a machine for around the 6-7 hundred euro mark that does what you need it to do and save the rest for a rainy day.

Ricky91t

cpu-dude wrote: »

Dont blow the money all on a laptop just because you have it, get a laptop that has what you need. You can get plenty of powerful, fast, high memory and long lasting laptops very cheap nowadays for in and around €700. Laptops aren't bought for gloating, they're for your needs.

What will you be planning do on this laptop?

Online Gaming
Word / Excel
Ripping / Burning DVD's
Downloading Files
Music / Video Editing
Phone Editing

I suggest this at least:

Above 2Ghz Dual Core CPU
Above 3GB of RAM
At least 250GB Hard Drive
At least 256MB Graphics
At least 5 Hours Battery
Wireless B/G/N Card

EDIT: And look at this now.

Fairly decent machine,But the graphics are pretty crap TBH,For the money the OP could definitely get some kind of dedicated graphics card.

OP

This would be perfect:

Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Mobile Processor (1.6GHz, turbo up to 2.8GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) - English

Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word)

15.6in Widescreen High Definition (1366x768) WLED with TrueLife

4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive

512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HP 4570

Or This

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 3 MB L2 cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) - English
Microsoft® Works 9.0 / English - (Does not include Microsoft® Word)
1 Year Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
No Accidental Damage Support
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ CCFL (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
6144MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [1x4096 + 1x2048] (with 64bit OS only)
500GB (5400RPM) Serial ATA Hard Drive
256MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3650

baloonatic

I've narrowed the search down to two options

Option 1

Option 2

What y'all reckon

....

the sony is a refurb
you probably already know but just in case

leninbenjamin

First, the general recommendation here on boards is not to buy of laptopsdirect.

Secondly, the Fujitsu is let down by a weak processor and the Sony is let down by a weak graphics card (also it's a refurb which means it's bad value overall imo).

I've seen much better specs on Dell recently for the same kind of money. Their site is down now (they seem to have become less reliable since the move to Poland) but still worth looking at if bang for buck is important to you. I'd recommend looking at the Vostro range.