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Re: Buying a new laptop....please help me!
I would look at a Windows based machine, powered by Intel.
There is much more software on the market at normally cheaper prices.
Hard drives are really scarce at the moment due to flooding in Taiwan so I expect prices of machines to increase soon, hard drive prices have almost doubled for some models - this has to appear in machine prices soon.
Do you have room for a desktop rather than laptop?
When I build machines I can replace most components for customers for less than £50 at the end of their warranty period in a desktop machine
For a laptop the picture changes dramatically, a replacement motherboard for a laptop will cost £2-250 plus fitting, whilst I do no condone extended warranty's it sure makes them attractive on laptops, expect to pay £40-50 I pay less at trade.
The biggest problem with laptops comes from the packaging, it is very difficult to cool them, when used on your knee the breathing of the machine is often compromised casusing higher thermal stress on the components.
I recommend you consider carefully what you want from the machine and what you envisage the working life to be. Make your choice of machine based on your needs.
There is an argument for treating the machine as disposable so if you spend £300 on a machine then replace it 3 years later it may present better value than paying £600 but replacing it after 6 years as the performance of a new machine will outweigh the performance of a dated machine. Technology advances sure as night follows day, Windows 8 is on it's way.
I would look at a Windows based machine, powered by Intel.
There is much more software on the market at normally cheaper prices.
Hard drives are really scarce at the moment due to flooding in Taiwan so I expect prices of machines to increase soon, hard drive prices have almost doubled for some models - this has to appear in machine prices soon.
Do you have room for a desktop rather than laptop?
When I build machines I can replace most components for customers for less than £50 at the end of their warranty period in a desktop machine
For a laptop the picture changes dramatically, a replacement motherboard for a laptop will cost £2-250 plus fitting, whilst I do no condone extended warranty's it sure makes them attractive on laptops, expect to pay £40-50 I pay less at trade.
The biggest problem with laptops comes from the packaging, it is very difficult to cool them, when used on your knee the breathing of the machine is often compromised casusing higher thermal stress on the components.
I recommend you consider carefully what you want from the machine and what you envisage the working life to be. Make your choice of machine based on your needs.
There is an argument for treating the machine as disposable so if you spend £300 on a machine then replace it 3 years later it may present better value than paying £600 but replacing it after 6 years as the performance of a new machine will outweigh the performance of a dated machine. Technology advances sure as night follows day, Windows 8 is on it's way.
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