| turbozo |
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| Thu Jan 17 2008 11:58 AM |
Which laptop?!
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sorry if this is the wrong forum, looking at either Advent 9215 or 9315
I like the 9315 as it has higher mhz and 2mb cache, but the 9215 has built in webcam, which spec is best?:
9215
Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor T2330
(1.6GHz, 533 MHz FSB 1 MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista(R) Home Premium
2 GB Memory
160 GB Hard drive
15.4" Widescreen Display
DVD ReWriter SuperDrive
Wireless Enabled
Integrated Webcam
Silver/Black Colour
9315
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5250
(1.50 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
2 GB Memory
120 GB Hard Drive
15.4" Brightview Widescreen
DVD Rewriter Dual Layer
Wifi Enabled
CD ROM Speed x24
CD RW Speed - x24
Many thanks!
| greysts |
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| Thu Jan 17 2008 04:01 PM |
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Re: Which laptop?!
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Are you adamant that you need to buy Advent? That suggests PCWorld is your preferred supplier and there are better choices available.
| turbozo |
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| Thu Jan 17 2008 04:21 PM |
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Not necessarily, just seemed the cheapest at that spec, all suggestions gratefully received! (£450 mark is maximum) first came across Advent on Currys website
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| greysts |
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| Thu Jan 17 2008 06:41 PM |
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Quote:Same company, different set of salesmen. The real problem with the Advent brand is the fact that you can never get driver or software updates for them short of taking the PC back to the shop and paying for the privilege.
first came across Advent on Currys website
How about this for a bit of competition? Has the advantage of being a well know brand (Lenovo ex IBM) with plenty of online support. It is a step up from the old IBM Thinkpads which were built to withstand some rough handling by professionals on the move.
What do you intend to use the machine for?
| turbozo |
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| Fri Jan 18 2008 09:54 AM |
Re: Which laptop?!
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For home and small business use (desktop publishing type stuff really).
As don't intend to replace for a while trying to see what the best for my low budget is. I may be misguided in my assumption that core 2 processor and higher cache, GHz, MHz and memory is better?
Zo
| turbozo |
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| Fri Jan 18 2008 12:29 PM |
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What 'brands' should I be looking at? Are Acer any good? Can only find expensive Toshibas at the mo with similar above spec
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| RichieP |
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| Fri Jan 18 2008 02:43 PM |
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Acer are quite good. The one Greysts links to is excellent value. Lenovo are a decent brand that not a lot of people have heard of.
| FilthyRaider |
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| Sun Jan 20 2008 03:43 PM |
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My missus has started a college course and is badgering me for a laptop. I had a look at Mesh and notice they have this one:
http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.asp...&KEY=271642
She really wants it for her course - so no need for games etc or a definate need for internet use (use the desktop for that).
Seems like a decent buy for the money, but as I always value the opinions on here, does anyone have any comments on it, including about Mesh?
| turbozo |
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| Fri Feb 01 2008 10:05 AM |
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Quote:
The real problem with the Advent brand is the fact that you can never get driver or software updates for them
What sort of software updates or drivers would you need?
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| greysts |
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| Fri Feb 01 2008 12:00 PM |
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Various driver updates for things like graphics, sound, wireless etc. Software upgrades for the programmes that come with the laptop. In other words, you don't get any support from anywhere once you've bought your machine.
| turbozo |
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| Wed Feb 27 2008 04:41 PM |
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Does it matter that I probably wouldn't use their software anyway? (or is it a case that you have too?) my desktop is about 6 years old and I've never upgraded anything!
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| greysts |
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| Thu Feb 28 2008 03:05 PM |
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I'm a firm believer in the old adage, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' but there is also a case to be made for upgrading your drivers on a regular basis because sometime the manufacturers find bugs or improvements. Unless you get them you won't know if something better is available. If you've been visiting the Microsoft Update site regularly (as you should anyway) then you may well have been getting driver updates already.