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Nov 28, 2008 | 10:27 AM

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Good laptop for £500? Help its jargen!

Been looking at laptops got £500 but could go alittle more but not being that clued up on them its all jargen!! I only use it for browsing & downloading. I bought an Acer aspire 7730 yesterday but im taking it back as it feels cheap and nasty. Any suggestions computer people?

Nov 28, 2008 | 04:37 PM

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Nov 28, 2008 | 04:43 PM

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yeah acer are poo im told my cuz is a lappy tec for pc world, he got me a good hp lappy he says hp tosh and compaq dells are good to you,ll get a good spec for that money do abit of research though mate as highstreet stear you towards machines they make the most on saying things like out of stock ect to make you look at what they want you to, id wait a lil longer as theyve (pc world) just anounced a loss for the first time in 25 years shits gonna drop in price

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Nov 28, 2008 | 04:47 PM

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just bought a hp pavilion dv9000
for about that money wide screen to so good for internet / watching films on
not the smallest but cant fault it
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/edi...ion_christmas2

Nov 28, 2008 | 04:49 PM

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just bought a hp pavilion dv9000
for about that money wide screen to so good for internet / watching films on
not the smallest but cant fault it
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/edi...ion_christmas2

thats the exact one ive got mate,

a tip go into power management and check that your off buttons aint set to sleep mine were factory so it ran the battery flat everytime i closed it, does the blue light flash when you shut the lid?

Nov 28, 2008 | 04:52 PM

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Buy a Dell, you can not get better bang for the buck and for 500 quid you will get a top class laptop imho

Nov 28, 2008 | 04:54 PM

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Buy a Dell, you can not get better bang for the buck and for 500 quid you will get a top class laptop imho

after sales support is unrivaled

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Nov 28, 2008 | 04:54 PM

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you want a core 2 duo and 2gbs of ram for a nice and speedy laptop

Nov 28, 2008 | 05:14 PM

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If i got a dell from pc world would i still get the dell aftercare or would it be the WANK pc world 1 !!!

Nov 28, 2008 | 05:19 PM

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with all my years working in IT and making puchases

I would go for a intel based HP laptop, try and puchase a bussness version one.

As they come with 1year pick up and repair and 3 years warranty

Nov 28, 2008 | 05:58 PM

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If i got a dell from pc world would i still get the dell aftercare or would it be the WANK pc world 1 !!!

just phoned my cuz mate he says first year go,s back to manufacturer anyway regardless of pc worlds cover but its not really a bad thing thier after screens can cost a fortune and ive near stood on mine loads of time a good one a sales guy used to do when i worked thier was put an ex demo lappy on the edge of a desk then while pitching swept it onto the floor they all brought the cover lol

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Nov 28, 2008 | 06:00 PM

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just bought a hp pavilion dv9000
for about that money wide screen to so good for internet / watching films on
not the smallest but cant fault it
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/edi...ion_christmas2

thier is a known fault with this range mate keep an eye on the hinges they crack if your not to careful mine has play in it but its reconised and they sort it straight away bar that a wikid peice of kit

Nov 28, 2008 | 06:17 PM

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thats the exact one ive got mate,

a tip go into power management and check that your off buttons aint set to sleep mine were factory so it ran the battery flat everytime i closed it, does the blue light flash when you shut the lid?

yea the main "off" button is for sleep mode but just to the right is the shutdown not realy messed with the settings on it

i work abroad alot so i needed one to watch films on ect as i said not the smallest but it was another 20 quid or so for the wide screen so it had to be done

Nov 28, 2008 | 06:26 PM

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snap mate working away iplayer n dvds

Nov 28, 2008 | 06:31 PM

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if you want it to last, a business class laptop from a proper brand HP, Lenovo, Dell etc.

all the manufacturers sell cheap well specced but shit quality machines that will fuck up within a year, including HP and Dell.

you get what you pay for at the end of the day, i can buy a lenovo X61 for 800quid thats lower "specced" than some acer 300quid thing. doesnt mean it's not worth the money! lol

Nov 28, 2008 | 06:38 PM

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i supose the question that hasnt been asked is what dya need it for befor recomending anything

Nov 29, 2008 | 08:48 AM

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I use it for browsing, downloading & photo's etc the reason im getting a new 1 is that my last hp hinge broke!

Nov 29, 2008 | 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyB

with all my years working in IT and making puchases

I would go for a intel based HP laptop, try and puchase a bussness version one.

As they come with 1year pick up and repair and 3 years warranty

Echo What Johnny has said

Hp buisness machine's are rock solid

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asp/v...=version&page=