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Originally Posted by Pia
Oooh lots of choice. Well i can go to £500 but would rather not (obv)  It would have to be a pretty amazing deal, i.e was £900 now £500  
But i'm aware i want it to last, because i won't be getting another grant from OU and i imagine it'll be a looong time before i could replace it.
Lots of choices here, thanks! And going back to that graph - what is the general opinion on Asus? I've never heard much about them, but they have excellent reviews everywhere.
I would hate to get a laptop that doesn't last 5 mins and then wish i'd stuck with a Toshiba, better the devil you know etc.
As for what i want from it... well a 500gb hard drive does nothing for me. I don't play any fancy games, but wouldn't mind a HD one for posh purposes And decent sound would be nice but again, unimportant really.
Battery life... well my current one is dodgy so lasts about 30 seconds, i manage... anything on that is an improvement 
Just want it to multi task well, i usually have several programs open at once and my current one struggles occasionally. |
Asus laptops are very popular in the states but other than the E-PC you dont really see them over here. I know all Advent stuff used to be re-badged Asus but I don't know if thats still the case.
As to your original post I would seriously recomend Dell, and if money is a problem I would recomend them further and suggest trying the
Dell Outlet.
Bought both of my previous laptops from there and both have been fantastic, though the last one did arrive with a couple of faults they offered to send an engineer around next day which was a Friday which I couldn't do so they offered me Saturday which I couldn't do either but they got to me in the end on the following Monday and replaced my faulty LCD and gave me a new PSU even though it was only the bit that plugs into the wall which was faulty so now I have two PSUs. Its a shame it arrived faulty but the speedy and helpful customer service more than made up for it. That was just under 2 years ago and I haven't had so much as a system hang since then, though I did upgrade to windows 7 from vista.
My current laptop is a Dell studio 17, going through the dell outlet saved me nearly £300 and though I've noticed current savings aren't nearly as good I'm so happy with it I don't think I would settle for anything other than the new version when it comes to replacing....... That is unless I win the lottery and then I think I would have to get a high end super gaming laptop for more than quadruple the price.
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Originally Posted by losdev
I have used (and still am using) an HPNX8220 and have used it for many years trouble free. All the pcs I buy are HP, Compaq/Packard Bell so i would always recommend HP.
Brand to avoid IMHO is Dell, cheap to buy, a beggarly expensive machine to upgrade/repair.
You spec should meet your needs and your price will reflect this accordingly. Why do you need to upgrade if you don't mind me asking?
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All laptops are the same cost to upgrade because they all use the same changeable pieces. Repairs can be a place where people get stung but I haven't seen anything to suggest Dell are any more expensive than HP. And I would bet my right man berry that they are cheaper than Apple or sony for out of warranty repairs.