recommend me a laptop...

[L]

Looking ata laptops around the £1k mark. Needs to be able to handle graphics maybe some games, good connectivity etc.

Friends have recommended Alienware and Acer... Dell as been advised against. Any thoughts?

 

[Dellis]

I've been a Dell laptop user at both home and work for six or seven years without any problems.

Dave

 

[boxer]

Apple

 

[Fanum]

Alienware do good kit but it's the sort of stuff that 16yr old geeks get stiffies over........and you pay a lot for the brand image.

Dell good
I've got a cheapy HP which I'm pretty happy with- tough enough to survive Moroco and fairly well specced.

Go have a play with various models in PC world to get the feel of the mousepad etc.....I've also got an old IBM thinkpad here with one of those nipple mouse things in the middle of the keyboard...I just can't geton with it, but the touchpad on the HP is great (it's got a scroll line down it so scrolling, poiner movement and selection by tapping are all dead easy and intuitive)

 

[Chunky]

Apple

You know it makes sense

 

[pedmo]

Apple Macbook

 

[Andy80F]

Got this one answered straight away. With £1000 to spend it would be a MacBook in white with 2gig RAM and the 120Gb hard drive options bought via the Apple Store on the Education discount (find a Student, pupil or teacher to get the discount). Looked at this subject recently but the damn Powerbook just refuses to go wrong and apparantly the money can be better spent elsewhere....

Andy

 

[Dahoum]

Looked at this subject recently but the damn Powerbook just refuses to go wrong and apparantly the money can be better spent elsewhere....

Andy

Snap

Apple

 

[nick.ct]

Dell

Just got a Dell, pretty pleased with it, build quality looks good too. Try ecomputers, recon by Dell and come with Dell warranty, makes Dell prices more acceptable, no connection with them, just seems a good deal, they advertise on fleabay
Happy New Year
Nick

 

[Chunky]

.....but the damn Powerbook just refuses to go wrong and apparantly the money can be better spent elsewhere....

Andy

Me too. I'm contemplating a little accident for the Powerbook

 

[gavinbell]

Samsung - excellent bits of kit!
I am on my second - 1st bought by EU when working in uk - now on my own X50

Slim light and reliable. Keyborad is best I have used

Just bought an R40 for daughter from www.laptopsdirect.com 500 squid and pleased with the quality. Customer service was good too!

just my two forint worth

Gav

 

[Banjaxed]

have a look at these...

Surprising power from Acer at only £399. My daughter has one - outstanding for the money!

Or for only £495, try this one...

For about £850, you could try this little fella.

Avoid the Intel 950 graphics chipset though - OK for office apps, but no good for games. Several good ATI or nVidia graphics chips available in notebooks these days.

 

[camel_landy]

Go Apple...

I've made a lot of money thanks to Windows but my OS & platfom of choice at home has always been Apple.

M

 

[DavidHale]

Dell Inspiron with a 17" screen. Luverly.

Handles AutoCad, Photoshop, Call of Duty 2, etc with no problems.

 

[AndyT]

Dell Inspiron with a 17" screen. Luverly.

Handles AutoCad, Photoshop, Call of Duty 2, etc with no problems.

17" screen - you must have a big Lap

I've just ordered myself a Dell Inspiron 1501 with the dual processor all for £439. If you order from Dell phone them don't buy off their site as you can get the price down and if a previous offer has run out.

My Dad had just bought a Dell Inspiron 1301 and its a really nice bit of kit.

AndyT

 

[Packer]

My friendly local PC repair shop says that he would only recommend Toshiba laptops but they are really just the best of a bad lot with all manufacturers except IBM buying third class components with a design life of about 18 months for things like hard drives.

Having said that I'm using an Acer TravelMate 3200 which has been utterly reliable and fault free over the 30 odd months that I've owned it. That also includes travelling in the pan ear of my 1150gs over Scotlands magic roads. (Its pure magic how quickly the pot holes appear and grow!)

 

[Sergeant Pluck]

My friendly local PC repair shop says that he would only recommend Toshiba laptops but they are really just the best of a bad lot with all manufacturers except IBM buying third class components with a design life of about 18 months for things like hard drives.

IBM's are still where it's at if you want a quality machine thats built to a) use and b) last. Components are better across the board, especially (my pet peev) keyboards which are the best in laptopland (I hate those nasty marshmellow things they use on Dells). They are pretty much superior in every way except aesthetics and cost, although you can get some good deals on refurbished models.

Pluck

 

[birdseye]

Me too. I'm contemplating a little accident for the Powerbook

Dont bother - just flog it cheap to me. I need a second hand lappy.