Laptops

[Recursion]

But she is a girl, think of the crap that will be on it.


I would seriously consider Dell

Same.

We stick to Dell laptops and desktops for a reason at work, they provide bang of the buck, are sturdy, last a long time, easy to get parts for and their support is really good.

[kk.]

gah, i just 'built' one that costs £888

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Mobile Processor (1.6GHz, turbo up to 2.8GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
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OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English edit

SYSTEM RECOVERY OS Windows® Recovery Media Not included edit

OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Word Starter, Excel Starter) edit

COLOURS, PATTERNS, & ARTIST DESIGNS Midnight Blue with Microsatin Finish edit

SERVICES AND SUPPORT 1 year of coverage included with your PC edit

ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORT No Accidental Damage Support edit

ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE McAfee® SecurityCenter 15 Month Subscription edit

THEFT PROTECTION Computrace LoJack for Laptops, 1yr license - included with your PC edit

LCD 15.6in Widescreen Full High Definition (1920 x 1080) WLED with TrueLife edit

MEMORY 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048] edit

HARD DRIVE 320GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive edit

OPTICAL DRIVE DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) with DVD Burn software edit

PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell 56 WHr Lithium Ion battery edit

KEYBOARD Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard edit

WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g) edit

GRAPHICS CARD 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD5470 Graphics Card

WEB CAM 2.0 Mega pixel Integrated Web Camera

to be fair, i picked a colour, so reduce it by £29. what do people think?

is it necessary for me to have an i7 processor? or would i5 suffice?

[Robbie]

HDMI capabilities for ps3/360

You can't plug in those to your laptop

[kk.]

You can't plug in those to your laptop

youre kidding right, not necessarily play in hd n whatnot lol

[Robbie]

youre kidding right, not necessarily play in hd n whatnot lol

Nope, the HDMI is for connecting your laptop to a TV to view your laptop screen on the TV

[kk.]

Nope, the HDMI is for connecting your laptop to a TV to view your laptop screen on the TV

so how come i hear people use laptops for console gaming :S

[Apple]

youre kidding right, not necessarily play in hd n whatnot lol

Unfortunately I don't think he is. Think how unhappy I was when I realised I couldn't even connect my games console up to my iMac.

[kk.]

hm, in that case, ill have to buy a new monitor or something, or try to get it so it works on this one

[Cheryl]

try this
http://www.ehow.com/how_5010094_connect-ps3-laptop.html
http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/P...p/m-p/33525137

[kk.]

ok so, ive picked my laptop i think; Dell Studio 17. The basics are:

Intel® Core™ i5-520M (2.4GHz, 4 Threads, turbo Boost up to 2.93GHz, 3MB cache)
500GB HDD
4GB RAM
17" Screen
Backlit Keyboard


I cant remember if theres anything else. That comes to a total of £788 in total, even after discounts and stuff. Is this reasonable?

also, when would be the best time to buy from them. Ive used a 5% discount code which ends today, as well as there £160 off deal which ends tomorrow. Any advice?