Ant-Shimmin Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Dell are not "very reliable". Just average, and certainly not worth 400 extra pounds. Apple is out of the question. A similar specification macbook pro is 1348, almost twice the price, I doubt apple are going to give me a 40%+ discount. VVV I didn't say I was getting an acer? They are very reliable have been using one for 3 years and still runs very good... Give it a go mate if you want to be on the safe side....
McPhee Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Dell are deffo above average in reliability. I know they have a lot of horror stories, but then they do sell more laptops than anyone else Other than that Toshiba Satellite Pro and IBM laptops are pretty sturdy. The problem here is though that you either choose reliability with low spec or take a gamble and by a cheap high spec laptop and hope it doesn't break I've not seen any company that has high spec, reliable and cheap laptops. You get 2 of the 3. Max.
Sanchez Posted July 27, 2007 Author Posted July 27, 2007 I do like the look of the XPS 1330. My total comes to 1315 pounds but I'm sure I could knock off a hundred or two through the Uni or some other way.
Choze Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 The small Vaio laptops are really good. You can fit them in your normal bag and forget its there
DCK Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Dell has some awesome deals with universities. I'm typing this on a Latitude D830 with a Core 2 Duo @ 2 GHz, 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2, a Quadro NVS 140m (probably second/third best notebook GFX card out there) and the shiny new Intel Santa Rosa platform. Only cost me some 800 quid with the university rebates.
thirtynine. Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 I do like the look of the XPS 1330. My total comes to 1315 pounds but I'm sure I could knock off a hundred or two through the Uni or some other way. You should be able to get a 10% student discount?
The fish Posted July 30, 2007 Posted July 30, 2007 I'll need a laptop with a DirectX 10 chip, Vista, and a beefy processor, as I'm going to do Games Technology. This'll cost me a lot... Actually, judging by what Ginger_Chris said, I may go for a desktop... However, judging by how powerful a computer I'm going to get, I'm going to spend almost £200 on just fans and heatsinks...
Sanchez Posted July 30, 2007 Author Posted July 30, 2007 well fish, if you're getting a desktop, how does this sound? Intel® Core™2 Duo E6750 (2 X 2.66GHz) 1333MHz FSB/4MB L2 Cache 2048 MB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY! (2x1GB) ASUS® P5N32-E SLI+: Quad-core CPU Ready, NVIDIA® Dual X16 SLI 64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc CD & License) (£70) 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD 320GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7200rpm) 20x DVD±RW/RAM/Dual Layer + Lightscribe (48 x CD-RW) (£16) 512MB GEFORCE 8600GTS PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT Sound Blaster® Audigy® SE with 7.1 Surround Sound: £15 ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT Stylish Black Aluminium Trigon Case + 2 Front/Side USB 600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59) ZALMAN CNPS9700 NT TRITIUM SUPER AERO COOLER (£44) 2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE ONBOARD (1 in back + 1 on board) 1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return: £5 Standard Insured Delivery to UK Mainland (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm) (Free) Total: £866 inc VAT and Delivery. You'll need everything that isn't a tower, so a realistic total is about 1200 pounds.
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