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Laptop Recommendations please

  • 06-02-2013 11:41pm
    #1
    faolteam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭


    Im Looking for a Laptop, i don't play games I just use it for Surfing, the odd download , dont need web cams or blue ray etc

    like a fast one with good hard drive and memory

    Was thinking of a Dell or a Samsung just wondering what people might think

    Thanks in advance...


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  • #2
    Dey were Sooted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Dey were Sooted


    price range ? there are lots of similar threads here - have you had a look through past threads ?


  • #3
    faolteam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭faolteam


    Dey were Sooted wrote: »
    price range ? there are lots of similar threads here - have you had a look through past threads ?


    400- 500


  • #4
    Dey were Sooted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Dey were Sooted


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056869997

    when buying from saveonlaptops pay with CC and they will email you to ask them to phone them to confirm your shipping address

    this is a grand laptop for under 400

    stay away from celeron processors


  • #5
    faolteam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭faolteam


    Looks good

    Just wondering what people think of Samsung Laptops

    Dey were Sooted wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056869997

    when buying from saveonlaptops pay with CC and they will email you to ask them to phone them to confirm your shipping address

    this is a grand laptop for under 400

    stay away from celeron processors


  • #6
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    15.6" Acer, Core i5, 429 yoyos at laptopsdirect.


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  • #7
    faolteam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭faolteam


    SAMSUNG 15.6 INTEL 6GB 750 HDD LAPTOP
    Intel Pentium Dual Core
    B950 2.1ghz Processor
    6gb Ram
    750gb Hard Disk Drive
    Battery: Up To 7 Hours
    €419.95


  • #8
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    No!

    If you spend 400 yoyos or more, do not settle for anything less than a Core i3 processor. Never mind the RAM or HDD size, this can easily upgraded, with a rotten CPU (like the Pentium) you're stuck forever.


  • #9
    Dey were Sooted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭Dey were Sooted


    faolteam wrote: »
    SAMSUNG 15.6 INTEL 6GB 750 HDD LAPTOP
    Intel Pentium Dual Core
    B950 2.1ghz Processor
    6gb Ram
    750gb Hard Disk Drive
    Battery: Up To 7 Hours
    €419.95

    hey



    i might be wrong but that pentium cpu would be a bit behind the i3 cpu that i showed you ..you could check it out on a cpu benchmark site ......if you are just doing basic stuff, 6gb of ram would be overkill imo... i have an i5 cpu with 8gb of ram and when i am doing video encoding(the most i would push the system) ,i'm only using about a third, or less of the ram .. it is the cpu that holds me back ....

    whatever you get, if you have time to spend on making some sofware tweaks like, uninstalling unwanted software (bloatware as it's called),switching off unwanted services, making the display settings less glitzy and more performance based, and turning off programs that begin at startup, then you will have a much better running system.....a lot of above are also usually related to stupid pop ups in the right hand corner asking you to do this and that

    there are a lot of people giving advice on the web on how to do these things - and most of the time all it takes is a google search, a bit of reading and a few clicks of the mouse ...

    have you a link for the samsung ? is it windows 8 or 7 ? is battery life important to you ?


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