For my daughter for home/Uni use. Obviously the cheaper the better since she is paying (she insists
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Laptop recommendations please
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Not sure what they retail for in the U.K., but the MacBook is great. Easy to set-up, more reliable OS, works great with iTunes (duh), and ten times cooler than some crappy one from Dell.
I'd love a MacBook, but they are a bit pricy
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What do they retail for in the U.K.?
They start at $1,079 here at the Apple store. That's about twenty quid these days.
They start at $1,079 here at the Apple store. That's about twenty quid these days.
My daughter has a part time job in Tesco and has seen Laptops going for £300 (Acer I believe), but I don't know the specs so couldn't say whether they were a good deal or not.
How's this from eBuyer?
How's this from eBuyer?
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yeah, that looks good to me - tbh - these days I think it's hard to get a real crock of sh*t...about 3 years ago i bought a second hand advent for 250 quid and i haven't had any issues at all...the battery doesn't last long - but I always use the power supply and it sits on my coffee table and allows me to surf while at home...
Dev,
A friends daughter is taking music at Bath and so the uni negotiated a good bulk buy from a local supplier with the savings being passed to the student. She was well happy and so was the uni as the machines they had negotiated all had the same specifications and were more than good enough for the course.
One point to consider is that laptops come in two distinct price bands ( hardware being the sameish) and these bands reflect a one or three year guarantee, I myself selected a one year guarantee and went for an R61e bottom of the range bit of kit rather than something attracting a 3 years warranty.
Remember as she is paying the customer is always right, she may well listen to your advice but don't be too upset if she selects something you do not approve of.
If she decides upon a Vista/Windows machine I would turn it into a dual boot Ubuntu MS bit of kit safe in the knowledge that the Ubuntu side of things may well work even if the other side of the kit catches something nasty while up at uni.
I wish her well with her venture.
A friends daughter is taking music at Bath and so the uni negotiated a good bulk buy from a local supplier with the savings being passed to the student. She was well happy and so was the uni as the machines they had negotiated all had the same specifications and were more than good enough for the course.
One point to consider is that laptops come in two distinct price bands ( hardware being the sameish) and these bands reflect a one or three year guarantee, I myself selected a one year guarantee and went for an R61e bottom of the range bit of kit rather than something attracting a 3 years warranty.
Remember as she is paying the customer is always right, she may well listen to your advice but don't be too upset if she selects something you do not approve of.
If she decides upon a Vista/Windows machine I would turn it into a dual boot Ubuntu MS bit of kit safe in the knowledge that the Ubuntu side of things may well work even if the other side of the kit catches something nasty while up at uni.
I wish her well with her venture.
hallo,
it is best if she chooses.
i left that up to my son even before he started to study.
one thing though, the mac comes with a lot of software.
the windows computer makes you buy it, so that cost must also be considered.
you even have to buy a dvd player software for the computer. sheeshhhhh!
thats how they get you after you buy the cheap computer.
btw,
apple will let you make payments over 1 to 3 years.
you can configure the hardware you want online, and have it delivered with the post.
and it keeps it resale value better.
regards,
bastlnut
it is best if she chooses.
i left that up to my son even before he started to study.
one thing though, the mac comes with a lot of software.
the windows computer makes you buy it, so that cost must also be considered.
you even have to buy a dvd player software for the computer. sheeshhhhh!
thats how they get you after you buy the cheap computer.
btw,
apple will let you make payments over 1 to 3 years.
you can configure the hardware you want online, and have it delivered with the post.
and it keeps it resale value better.
regards,
bastlnut
Thanks for the comments guys.
Apple is considered too expensive, as is Lenovo, even the cheaper ones Auric. For what she wants I think a cheapo Dell/HP/Acer for around £300-400 should be fine. So if any of you know of any good deals around please shout. Thanks.
P.S. software-wise, she doesn't need anything special apart from Office, so she'll get OOO.
Apple is considered too expensive, as is Lenovo, even the cheaper ones Auric
. For what she wants I think a cheapo Dell/HP/Acer for around £300-400 should be fine. So if any of you know of any good deals around please shout. Thanks.P.S. software-wise, she doesn't need anything special apart from Office, so she'll get OOO
.Dev, she is paying and the customer is always right.
I would aim for maxing out the ram (try submitting various prospective products names and types to crucial) then comb through the Ubuntu forum looking for good or bad reports prior to selecting either Xubuntu or Ubuntu and giving the liveCD a go before installing all that free Open Source Software.
You may as well keep any installed MS software as you have already paid for it in the purchase price.
I would aim for maxing out the ram (try submitting various prospective products names and types to crucial) then comb through the Ubuntu forum looking for good or bad reports prior to selecting either Xubuntu or Ubuntu and giving the liveCD a go before installing all that free Open Source Software.
You may as well keep any installed MS software as you have already paid for it in the purchase price.
MO!
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I got my dad a Dell Inspiron 6400 from SVP.co.uk for christmas.
£448.81 delivered!
Just had a quick look and can't see it on the site anymore, but Steve who runs it seemed a top bloke and very helpfull. Well worth getting in touch with IMO. Offers discounts to dvdforums members.
£448.81 delivered!
Just had a quick look and can't see it on the site anymore, but Steve who runs it seemed a top bloke and very helpfull. Well worth getting in touch with IMO. Offers discounts to dvdforums members.
MO!
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Hey kmac, did you click on the link in my post above? Amazon are offering MS Office 2007 for students and home use for £64.99, as always there are conditions
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Regarding the laptop itself, I don't know if 1GB RAM will be enough for Vista, I have not used Vista much. Otherwise it seems OK to me.
.Regarding the laptop itself, I don't know if 1GB RAM will be enough for Vista, I have not used Vista much. Otherwise it seems OK to me.
