Looking for a laptop.

dragon · 31-01-2012, 10:13

I'm after a new laptop for work however i'm having a bit of trouble locating one and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions.

I need the following features, don't care if it's an AMD or Intel cpu in it.

Virtulisation Support (Intel VT/AMD-V)
4GB ram (or More)
200GB + Hard-drive

A/G/N wireless card capable of at least 2x2 MIMO and 2 Spatial streams (300Mbit/s)

It's that last one that's the sticking point, I could source and fit the wlan card myself but then that would probably void the warrenty so if I can find a machine that's got one already that would be better.

Tried asking Dell but the machine they came back with was the XPS l502x which is a bit overkill for my needs, they wouldn't customise one of the lower spec machines with a dual band card.

qasdfdsaq · 31-01-2012, 18:53

http://www.ebuyer.com/288869-toshiba...sc1me-01700ken

dragon · 31-01-2012, 22:00

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq

http://www.ebuyer.com/288869-toshiba...sc1me-01700ken

Ah thanks, looks like a good candidate.

Jimmy-J · 31-01-2012, 22:36

For just over £37 more you could get this i5 with a 1TB hard drive and and a HDMI port

dragon · 31-01-2012, 23:03

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Originally Posted by Jimmy-J

For just over £37 more you could get this i5 with a 1TB hard drive and and a HDMI port

But it lacks a Dual band Wi-Fi card so it's back to the problem of voiding the warrenty if I add one myself.

Since I work extensively with wireless networks It's a requirement to have 5ghz support in the laptop. I'd rather not go down the route of taking the thing apart to add one myself and whilst it might be possible to get a usb one the performance is rather variable on those.

dragon · 01-02-2012, 17:26

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Originally Posted by dragon

Ah thanks, looks like a good candidate.

Hmm looks like ebuyer have bumped the price up quite a bit since yesterday either that or my memory is somewhat dodgy

Jimmy-J · 01-02-2012, 18:14

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Originally Posted by dragon

But it lacks a Dual band Wi-Fi card so it's back to the problem of voiding the warrenty if I add one myself.

Since I work extensively with wireless networks It's a requirement to have 5ghz support in the laptop. I'd rather not go down the route of taking the thing apart to add one myself and whilst it might be possible to get a usb one the performance is rather variable on those.

Oops, sorry.

geminian68 · 01-02-2012, 19:15

£82 cheaper from Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-Sate...8123458&sr=8-2