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Laptop Suggestion

shteve · 2012-09-09 19:19:45

I am in need of a new laptop. It will be mainly used for streaming movies, playing Football Manager and general college work. I don't want to spend more than €700. Also I am hoping to have something that will last for a few years. I saw this online and was wondering what ye think? The specs look good but I am not sure how…

09-09-2012 7:19pm

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I am in need of a new laptop. It will be mainly used for streaming movies, playing Football Manager and general college work. I don't want to spend more than €700. Also I am hoping to have something that will last for a few years.

I saw this online and was wondering what ye think? The specs look good but I am not sure how Fujitsu measure up against other well known brands.

http://www.computeruniverse.net/en/products/90471898/fujitsu-lifebook-ah532.asp

Suggestions welcome

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#2 09-09-2012 7:46pm

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The specs do indeed look great on that. However I don't know what I'm talking about. I'm assuming a qwertz keyboard which is easily sorted? Let's see what the old pros around here think. Maybe build quality is an issue with Fujitsu?

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#3 09-09-2012 8:34pm

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shteve wrote: »

I am in need of a new laptop. It will be mainly used for streaming movies, playing Football Manager and general college work. I don't want to spend more than €700. Also I am hoping to have something that will last for a few years.

I saw this online and was wondering what ye think? The specs look good but I am not sure how Fujitsu measure up against other well known brands.

http://www.computeruniverse.net/en/products/90471898/fujitsu-lifebook-ah532.asp

Suggestions welcome

Hi

I got this one for a family member a bit back - great computer

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#4 09-09-2012 9:56pm

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angs77 wrote: »

Hi

I got this one for a family member a bit back - great computer

Cool. Is the battery life satisfactory?

Was also looking at these two laptops

http://www.computeruniverse.net/en/products/90471035/lenovo-ideapad-z580-m81ebge.asp

http://www.computeruniverse.net/en/products/90465645/asus-a55vm-sx054v.asp#data

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#5 10-09-2012 9:55am

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If you are not concern so much with the gaming

http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/15_16_inch/80006668/toshiba_15_6_l850_150_i7_3610qm_8gb_500gb/details.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cYlTbnZN80

50 quid over your budget but you'd get free delivery + US keyboard layout.

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#6 10-09-2012 10:11am

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Jarren wrote: »

If you are not concern so much with the gaming

Ah now, the AMD Radeon HD 7670M (w 2GB VRAM) is not too shabby and will play most games at 1366x768. Certainly better than a GT 630M.

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#7 10-09-2012 10:20am

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GT 640M was comparison made to,how you got anything better there to recommend yourself ?

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#8 10-09-2012 10:47am

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Just saying that the HD 7670M isn't the worst GPU. You know yourself, that it is impossible to beat CU prices in Ireland.

But if battery life is a concern then I'd rather get a 3612QM (which is slower but more power efficient than the 3610QM).

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#9 10-09-2012 12:42pm

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I'm not concerned about battery life, so that toshiba is good value? Is the body plastic or metal?

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#10 10-09-2012 1:34pm

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emo72 wrote: »

I'm not concerned about battery life, so that toshiba is good value?

750 yoyos is decent enough for an Irish-registered web shop.

emo72 wrote: »

IIs the body plastic or metal?

Plastic, if you want aluminum alloy, have a look at the Dell Inspiron 15R SE but be prepared to pay a lot more for similar specs:

Dimension 15R SE, Core i7-3612QM, 6 GB RAM, HD 7730M (faster than the 7670M), €999

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#11 10-09-2012 2:35pm

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Torqay wrote: »

emo72 wrote: »

I'm not concerned about battery life, so that toshiba is good value?

750 yoyos is decent enough for an Irish-registered web shop.

emo72 wrote: »

IIs the body plastic or metal?

Plastic, if you want aluminum alloy, have a look at the Dell Inspiron 15R SE but be prepared to pay a lot more for similar specs:

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Thanks torqay, is it possible to get a lenovo within the same spec but including an alloy body? Don't mind posting marginally more for quality.

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#12 10-09-2012 2:41pm

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If you wanted a much better battery life and not concerned about gaming.....i have this http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/acer-aspire-timelinex-4830tg-6808.aspx

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#13 11-09-2012 2:21pm

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Cool will check that one out.

The two also caught my eye. Are both within my budget.
http://www.computeruniverse.net/en/products/90471016/asus-a55vd-sx065v.asp
http://komplett.ie/Komplett/product/15_16_inch/80008303/asus_15_6_r500vd_sx198v_i7_3610qm_6gb_750gb/details.aspx

Kind of edging towards the i7 version. Its €130 more but taking into account the cost of shipping from Germany and changing the keyboard, its probably closer to €100. Any thoughts?

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