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New Laptop advice

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    #2
    km991148
    Registered Users Posts: 4,275 ✭✭✭km991148


    good price for an older specc'd machine - could probably be doing with a memory upgrade (should be cheap enough).

    rem tho:
    - Not a full HD (but I find 768 acceptably on a 14inch display)
    - Not a full SSD (Only a cache drive) - but for theis price thats still good

    Whats the intended use of it?


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    #3
    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    So would I be right in saying that the operating system will be stored on the SSD which should speed things up? It'll be for general enough use. Itunes, looking at pics and internet surfing with a bit of office apps in the background...


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Remember, it's not a "real" SSD (it only serves as write cache for a conventional platter HDD) and the "decent processor" is the ULV version, less power consumption but also less performance (comparable to a mobile Ivy Bridge Pentium processor). Having said that, 370 yoyos is a very good deal.


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


    epopnomis wrote: »
    So would I be right in saying that the operating system will be stored on the SSD which should speed things up?

    No, the operating system will not be on the platter HDD, you won't see the SSD in "Computer".


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


    km991148 wrote: »
    an older specc'd machine

    Older "specc'd"??? Ivy Bridge is as current as it gets. The Haswell Core i3 ULV processor has yet to be released.


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    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    So is the SSD of much benefit, kinda would miss a DVD drive but the portability would be pretty good. I remember a few years ago buying a DELL atom processot netbook and its performance was really bad... Slow as hell.


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    #8
    km991148
    Registered Users Posts: 4,275 ✭✭✭km991148


    Torqay wrote: »
    Older "specc'd"??? Ivy Bridge is as current as it gets. The Haswell Core i3 ULV processor has yet to be released.

    will take your word.. didnt look up the specific model.. just went on the fact that ivy bridge in general are on the way out


    Didnt mean to sound too negative op, it is a great machine for the price!


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    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    epopnomis wrote: »
    So is the SSD of much benefit

    Corrected my mistake in the previous post, I meant to say, the OS will not be on that SSD. IMHO, those mSATA drive caches should rather be advertised as what they are than as "SSDs", this way it looks just like a sales pitch. (There are workarounds to use a mSATA drives as a "regular" disk but by default they will not show up)

    SSDs are not all about performance, in a laptop they add a great deal of robustness (no moving mechanical parts), by pairing them with a conventional platter disk that benefit goes out of the window.


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    #10
    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    Well took the plunge and bought it... :pac:


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    #11
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,845 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    epopnomis wrote: »
    Well took the plunge and bought it... :pac:
    I was thinking of getting this laptop too. Let me know how you get on and what sort of experience you get with saveonlaptops.co.uk


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    #12
    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    Will do....


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    #13
    GreenLamp
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13 ✭GreenLamp


    If i was getting a new laptop personally i wouldnt settle for less than 750gb hard drive, even add that i would be still buying a external hard drive for my films, itunes ect


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    #14
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    We all have our preferences, haven't we? I'll take a solid state drive (regardless the size) over a platter disk any day. ;)


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    #15
    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    Well ordered on friday, received it this moning, great service from saveonlaptops...


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    #16
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,845 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    epopnomis wrote: »
    Well ordered on friday, received it this moning, great service from saveonlaptops...
    Wow that's a good delivery time !! What's the laptop itself like ?


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    #17
    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    Yeah I was surprised too, over the weekend and all... Great service, laptop is great too. works like a dream...


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    #18
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,845 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    epopnomis wrote: »
    Yeah I was surprised too, over the weekend and all... Great service, laptop is great too. works like a dream...
    Nice and quick ? What's the build quality like ? Any chance of a few pics ?


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    #19
    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    Yeah quality seems good, its nice and neat too.... Overall chuffed with it, will look at posting some pics shortly...


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    #20
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 27,845 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    epopnomis wrote: »
    Yeah quality seems good, its nice and neat too.... Overall chuffed with it, will look at posting some pics shortly...
    Thanks for that. Think I will order one. Price gone up on it now though !!


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    #21
    epopnomis
    Registered Users Posts: 664 ✭✭✭epopnomis


    Ah sure ya may as well. Normally I wouldn't go near hp but my opinion has changed after this purchase.


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