recommend me a laptop. >£300

[adam172]

hi guys im looking at getting a laptop but dont really know what im looking at?

I will be using it for design work mainly and obviously the internet..

I will be running some pretty big programs on it: 3ds max, auto cad, adobe design suite, microstation, rhino 3d blah blah blah....

I know £300 isnt really allot and wont buy me much in the way of storage and stuff, but I want a laptop that I can maybe upgrade in the future by adding memory ect.. (if this is even possible anymore?)

im 100% not fussed about the look of the thing it just needs a screen at least 15" ; function>form

hope some of you guys can help as im a bit confused with things like this.

thanks

 

[Dave Hester]

Pm phuzion on here, he can get/build great laptops very cheaply, im well pleased with mine, as are many others on here

 

[adam172]

ok thanks i will give him a try see what he says..

 

[Revels]

Save up until you can buy a decent one from the outset.

Trying to run 3D programs, cad, adobe and the rest of them on some cheapo laptop for £300 is going to be nigh on impossible from the outset. Let alone in a years time.

 

[adam172]

problem is i need it now like within a week.... and simply dont have the mon£y atm

to start with all i would probably need to run is adobe DS and microstation which iirc isnt a massive program..

where is a good site to buy from im guessing theres better places than comet/currys....

again i dont need it to be pretty.. just upgradable and not mega slow!

 

[adam172]

can maybe stretch to £400

 

[Revels]

Get an interest free credit card and pay it off before the interest runs out.

Very little point buying a £400 laptop now and then buying another next year.

 

[adam172]

Right I have decided to go into some funds I didn't really want to (trackday funds)

£700 is the new budget

But I just found this. Opinions

http://search.laptopsdirect.co.uk/nav/harddrive/100tb/type/laptops/pb/07/0

-could a mod edit tittle >£700

 

[adam172]

for the tasks i will be doing on the laptop would people recommend I definitely go for an i7 Processor over an i5?

- also is there any recommended sites/company's to look at for good prices/products of laptops?

 

[chriscummins7]

I built up a Dell XPS using their online shop thing 3 and a half years ago. It's still running as well as the day I bought it. That was £700 well spent, I couldn't recommend them enough tbh!

 

[adam172]

Yea I know a couple ignitions that have built laptops using dell ? What kind of thing do you use it for ?

 

[adam172]

just brought a dell XPS 15

spec sheet

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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.30 GHz
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Memory
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]8192MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x4096]
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]Keyboard
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M Graphics Card
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]750GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Microsoft Operating System
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]English Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]8x DVD+/-RW Optical Drive
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 (2x2 b/g/n+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]UK 250V Power Cord
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]N08X5M04
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Standard Warranty
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[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Standard Service - 1 year of Collect & Return 10 day coverage included with your PC
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]Enhanced Service Packs
[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]1Yr Collect & Returns Warranty – No upgrade selected
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Mobile Broadband Not Included
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]Order Information
[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]XPS L502x Order - UK
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Primary Battery
[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]6-cell 56Whr Lithium Ion battery
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]No Carrying Case
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]XPS L502x Resource DVD (Diagnostic & Drivers)
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]Metalloid Aluminum Cover
[/TD]
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Accidental Damage Support
[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]No Accidental Damage Protection
[/TD]
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]Online Backup
[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]DataSafe Online Backup 2GB - 1 year licence
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[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]15.6"(40 cm) HD WLED TL (1366x768) 720p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Datasafe Local 2.3 Basic
[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook
[/TD]
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[TD="width: 20%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]Protect your new PC
[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: FFFFFF"]McAfee® SecurityCenter 15 Month Subscription
[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD="width: 45%, bgcolor: DFECFA"]130W AC Adaptor[/TD]
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what do you think?

came to £813.02, slightly over budget but i figured it will last longer than a set of r888's

 

[chriscummins7]

Epic choice mate. Wouldn't have personally gone with McAfee, but that's just my experience.

As they say, buy cheap buy twice. You won't regret spending the extra!

 

[shanedavison28]

Good spec laptop! Love how you went from £300, to £700 to £813 lol.

 

[adam172]

Good spec laptop! Love how you went from £300, to £700 to £813 lol.

I DON'T !

Should be worth the extra though, should arrive on the 20th

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Good spec laptop! Love how you went from £300, to £700 to £813 lol.

It started as greater than £300 then was upped to greater than £700.. so he's right in budget !

:rasp:

Hopefully there's a maths tutorial program on there with all the rest of the sh*t manufacturers add on computers these days Adam

 

[chriscummins7]

hahaha I'm glad I'm not the only one to notice that!

 

[adam172]

:rasp: I knew what I ment !