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laptop with large Storage space

  • 28-04-2016 11:58pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭


    Hi gang,
    I am looking for a laptop with large storage space. I would like a minimum of 3-4 TB of storage space.
    If it isn't possible to get one with that much space could it be possible to get one with dual hard drive bay
    that i could put 2 hard drives in to get maybe 4 TB of space. Also it would be nice if it was a touchscreen.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    If you can find a machine that has a disc drive at all these days...

    Do you really need that amount of portable storage? It seems a lot. I reckon a good quality external drive is probably the best option here.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Cheap Cloud Storage ??? you can access that anywhere


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭kingofbeers


    i have over 300gb of music and i have over 3tb of movies and tv shows backed up. Ideally i would like it all in the one place and is portable. Maybe i imight go the all in one pc. anyone know of a all in one pc touchscreen with large storage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    i have over 300gb of music and i have over 3tb of movies and tv shows backed up. Ideally i would like it all in the one place and is portable. Maybe i imight go the all in one pc. anyone know of a all in one pc touchscreen with large storage.

    I think you should focus on other requirements outside of your storage. I would think it wouldn't be unreasonable to have a laptop with a few 100GBs of media at any one time, and storing the rest at home on a NAS box or something similar.

    Laptops do not come with 4TB of storage, and I don't see that changing any time soon, with most laptops moving towards lower capacity SSD drives over old larger HDD drives. You could buy a laptop with a disc drive, and hope you can swap it for a HDD, but this is not possible for all laptops with disc drives. It's more common with older machines.

    Why the need for a touch screen, after using a few Windows based touch screen devices, I really fail to see the reason for them.

    Perhaps let us know the following:

    Budget
    What you use the machine for
    What size you want. Laptops generally come in sizes between 13" and 15", larger 17" models are becoming harder to find lately.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭kingofbeers


    i would be using the laptop or all in one pc as a jukebox for my 300gb + music so i would like it to be touch screen like in a pub. then i would also have it also hooked to tv to play my 3tb + of movie/tv files. The cost is not an issue. preferably 17" would be better.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    i would be using the laptop or all in one pc as a jukebox for my 300gb + music so i would like it to be touch screen like in a pub. then i would also have it also hooked to tv to play my 3tb + of movie/tv files. The cost is not an issue. preferably 17" would be better.

    To be honest, a NAS + chromecast + any laptop with a touch screen is the best solution here. Far neater imo. A laptop with 4TB of storage just doesn't exist.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    100% buy a NAS, then any and all devices in the house can access it if you want.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭kingofbeers


    ED E wrote: »
    100% buy a NAS, then any and all devices in the house can access it if you want.

    Does anyone know of any good nas.


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