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Looking for help. New laptop, SSD and advice.

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  • 08-08-2013 10:23pm
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    Eoin247
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    I'm looking to buy a new laptop between now and September. I will be using it for regular stuff like college work and emails, but I would also like it to be good enough to play new games on at least decent graphic settings.

    My budget would be anywhere between 700 and a bit over 1000.

    Do you think adding an SSD justify the extra €100 or so it would cost?

    I'm probably going to go for a regular laptop, but if the price is right I would go for an ultrabook.

    So do any of you have any reccomendations/tips? Also what do you guys think about the first 5 laptops on this site? http://www.custompc.ie/custom-laptops-22-c.asp


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    Torqay
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    Eoin247 wrote: »
    Also what do you guys think about the first 5 laptops on this site? http://www.custompc.ie/custom-laptops-22-c.asp

    I just checked the first one, which seems to be identical to the PCS Optimus V, only PC Specialist is €114 cheaper (in the same configuration).


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    Black Swan
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    Eoin247 wrote: »
    Do you think adding an SSD justify the extra €100 or so it would cost?
    New new laptop has SSD, and it's wonderful. I will never go back to platter drives.


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    Overheal
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    I will advise no smaller than 128GB though. I got a 64GB Surface Pro on a sick deal ($400!) but after office, a couple apps and syncing my skydrive and icloud its already almost full (about 10GB left) before I've added any music


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    Prodigious
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    Overheal wrote: »
    I will advise no smaller than 128GB though. I got a 64GB Surface Pro on a sick deal ($400!) but after office, a couple apps and syncing my skydrive and icloud its already almost full (about 10GB left) before I've added any music

    How!?


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,873 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    :)
    Prodigious wrote: »
    How!?
    Employer accommodation


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    Black Swan
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    Overheal wrote: »
    I will advise no smaller than 128GB though. I got a 64GB Surface Pro on a sick deal ($400!) but after office, a couple apps and syncing my skydrive and icloud its already almost full (about 10GB left) before I've added any music
    Indeed. My new laptop has 256 GB SSD. Temporarily it's a hybrid, with the 2nd drive HDD, which will be replaced by a 512 GB SSD upgrade kit when I can acquire the funds. It was a special order deal, with good discounts, but I had to order the 2nd drive with HDD to have the slot installed by the manufacturer. They would not do one large GB SSD or two smaller SSDs.


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