serin said:£290.02
Stu, Paul, you know how much i need a new PC
£290.03- didnt see that one comming did ya!
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£290.03- didnt see that one comming did ya!
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Serin, if i could afford to I honestly would.
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It is a good lappy, Pete, but not good enough for AAserin said:£290.02
Stu, Paul, you know how much i need a new PC
Next thing to buy for it is two pair of decent headphones - and a cigarette lighter adaptor - one in car DVD system for the kids, although still not sure how to mount it securely
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Yeah it wouldn't play AA very well due to the GPU and RAM. Stu, look at a headphone splitter to share the headphones for a cheap solution. Make sure if you get some big ones you get closed design.
NB: stu, just realised, durr, that RAM wouldn't work in this as it is desktop RAM....! My laptop uses desktop RAM though.
NB: stu, just realised, durr, that RAM wouldn't work in this as it is desktop RAM....! My laptop uses desktop RAM though.
See Paul, I would search but can't be bothered, you said in the past all Laptops used desktop RAM and they don't.
Link now says £579, even @ £400 the spec is pityful.
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Link now says £579, even @ £400 the spec is pityful.
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Was £289 Also you will find it hard to beat the spec for £400 for a brand new laptop.
I doubt I said that but if i did it was a mistake. My laptop uses DIMM but most laptops use SODIMM (hope I have that right) SODIMM is something like 192pin but small than 180pin DIMM. No idea why mine uses DIMM, it is a desktop replacement but it uses a P4-M (i.e. mobile P4) CPU, mobile 5600go 128mb graphics etc. Makes upgrading much cheaper though
Also you will find it hard to beat the spec for £400 for a brand new laptop.I doubt I said that but if i did it was a mistake. My laptop uses DIMM but most laptops use SODIMM (hope I have that right) SODIMM is something like 192pin but small than 180pin DIMM. No idea why mine uses DIMM, it is a desktop replacement but it uses a P4-M (i.e. mobile P4) CPU, mobile 5600go 128mb graphics etc. Makes upgrading much cheaper though
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Liam, a long time ago:
https://www.fiatforum.com/showthread.php?t=16044&highlight=laptop+RAM
I said "I have the only lappy that uses desktop RAM" - did you miss read this at the time maybe?
https://www.fiatforum.com/showthread.php?t=16044&highlight=laptop+RAM
I said "I have the only lappy that uses desktop RAM" - did you miss read this at the time maybe?
I just hate laptops though, useless IMO for a multide of things, size and portability are the only upsides.
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my laptops got 4mb gfx and the touchpad is so worn im down to the metal in some places, and the mouse occasionally has a mind of its own lol i need to start saving for new comp (oh and the laptops batt dont work lol)
and the touchpad is so worn im down to the metal in some places, and the mouse occasionally has a mind of its own lol i need to start saving for new comp (oh and the laptops batt dont work lol)
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Have you ever used a good one?
I will never have anything else. I mean about a year ago I bought a 3.06Ghz P4-M, 15.1" TFT 1400x1050 (SVGA+ great screen), 512mb RAM, DVD+ or - RW, 4 USB, firewire, wireless, Gforce 5600go 128mb GPU etc. etc. for £999. True it was worth £1500 and you could probably have got similar much more easily in desktop form for the same money (I had to queue at Aldi) BUT for me it's perfect. Why? I often have to go home for the weekend/holidays. It takes up no room, can be carried on the train etc. On both end I have a fully pledged gaming system/WP/websurfer/programming computer that I don't even have to get out of bed to use.
I think that's the best/worse thing for me, I sit in bed and use it for hours. Like now, like in the morning I will wake at 9 and be working at 9:02 doing VB or similar lol.
I put it down the side of my bed now when I go to bed and you wouldn't even know there's a computer in here, no desktop space used etc. I can take it downstairs and surf the web in the conservatory for 90 mins (even on a year old battery).
Etc. etc. lol
I will never have anything else. I mean about a year ago I bought a 3.06Ghz P4-M, 15.1" TFT 1400x1050 (SVGA+ great screen), 512mb RAM, DVD+ or - RW, 4 USB, firewire, wireless, Gforce 5600go 128mb GPU etc. etc. for £999. True it was worth £1500 and you could probably have got similar much more easily in desktop form for the same money (I had to queue at Aldi) BUT for me it's perfect. Why? I often have to go home for the weekend/holidays. It takes up no room, can be carried on the train etc. On both end I have a fully pledged gaming system/WP/websurfer/programming computer that I don't even have to get out of bed to use.
I think that's the best/worse thing for me, I sit in bed and use it for hours. Like now, like in the morning I will wake at 9 and be working at 9:02 doing VB or similar lol.
I put it down the side of my bed now when I go to bed and you wouldn't even know there's a computer in here, no desktop space used etc. I can take it downstairs and surf the web in the conservatory for 90 mins (even on a year old battery).
Etc. etc. lol
Quick scan of the web shows a 512Mb stick of notebook RAM to be £55 and desktop stick to be £30, depends on the notebook I suppose then.
Can never have enough RAM, I use 1Gb in my Desktop.
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Can never have enough RAM, I use 1Gb in my Desktop.
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I will go up to one gig when an additional 512mb stick (they even used on stick instead of two 256s, how kind!) drops below £20 which I predict to be in 3-4 months.
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Cheers for that advice about headphones - only thing now is to find something to hold it steady in the car - the middle row passenger seats have aircraft style tables, so may be able to work on that. Need to do a bit of hunting about.The Negotiator said:
I would have checked the spec of RAM today before ordering anyway.
@ Liam - for £289, it was a bargain, even at that spec. Once a wifi connection in place, then becomes very useful for surfing round the house, especially now our 4 y/o is into computers and Jules finds she can't use the desktop, lol.
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Grrr, 4th email off pissed off ebayer who obviously missed out on it...
Dell are doing a Lappy for £399, spec seems a shade higher.
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just been watching American Chopper, the dell one dropped from £399, to £349 in the space of 2 ad-breaks! Not sure if its the same one, but looked very similar.
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You mean the inspiron 1000?
If so, it has a 2.2 ghz processor (old celeron, not D), the sempron 2600+ runs 25% quicker than the 2.8ghz old celeron, let alone the 2.2ghz! 40%?!
Comes with only a 14.1" screen for that price.
30gb not 40gb hdd
DVD-ROM not even a CD-RW...! Ours has a dual layer DVD-RW
Not one part of the system is comparable except 256mb DDR!
Plus we paid £289
If so, it has a 2.2 ghz processor (old celeron, not D), the sempron 2600+ runs 25% quicker than the 2.8ghz old celeron, let alone the 2.2ghz! 40%?!
Comes with only a 14.1" screen for that price.
30gb not 40gb hdd
DVD-ROM not even a CD-RW...! Ours has a dual layer DVD-RW
Not one part of the system is comparable except 256mb DDR!
Plus we paid £289
This one, you don't have to pay till 2006. So nerrr
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At which point you will feel annoyed paying £x for a year old laptop.....
Oh but it means it's about 2% off due to inflation!
Oh but it means it's about 2% off due to inflation!
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And for £110 more than what I paid! You got a link?bloomfieldliam said:
TBH, I was not in the market for a laptop, having used one at work since 2000 [I have just bought myself a new workstation, etc.]. I wouldn't have gone in PCW and spent £580 on this one, or any model.
BUT for £290 you can't knock it
