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Laptop Purchasing Help


Tom
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Basically I have no clue about Laptops and my brother is after one.

 

His budget is £400-600.

 

He needs it for :-

 

Football Manager 2009 ;)

Microsoft Excel (for doing accountancy rubbish)

Wireless Internet.

 

If I was him i would buy a macbook because they look cool however he needs it for practical purposes. :panic:

 

Any ideas? :wank:

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Tesco are selling 2GB Sony Vaio's for about 450quid. I've had one for two months and it's spot on (apart from the hideously bad battery life.. Should have everything he needs (though obviously he'll need to by Office seperately).

 

Also I might be wrong but Excel won't work on a Macbook.

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Well I thought I would look at a wide range of options - as I said I normally use desktops so I don't really know much about laptops.

 

However that one looks cool and is of a decent spec + I can get it for £500.

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Whats the benefits of the turnable screen? Gimmick if you ask me.

 

More liable to damage / falls off / breaks connection cable.

 

Don't know really. :panic:

 

 

Exactly! I reckon it's for when you and the family are sitting on the settee together and you want show them something interesting. ;)

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A turnable screen on a laptop? Aye because it's so difficult to lift the laptop up and turn it around... if only there was a way to make the laptop portable...

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Ended up getting a monster of a HP laptop with a HD display.

 

Cost him £500 and he got £300 off and a years free waranty.

 

It's what I'm posting from now, it's quite fast ;)

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The HP ones are supposed to be good.

 

Why do laptops all seem to have shiny high-reflective screens at the moment? I like a nice matt screen.

 

"Better" display - in some lighting conditions YMMV.

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