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gazbaz2
11-12-2008, 06:48 PM
Hi all
Can anyone recommend a decent laptop for around £300-£400
Welshy40
11-12-2008, 07:39 PM
Hi all
Can anyone recommend a decent laptop for around £300-£400

Yup toshiba, ive had mine for years and have dropped, hit, punched and thrown as well as had coffee and beer all over it. This machine keeps on working and have no idea how it can withstand the punishment I have given it. Worth the money, and you can pick a good one for the price your after. Also a great games machine.
gazbaz2
11-12-2008, 07:58 PM
Is it upgradable i.e graphics card ?
bert digler
11-12-2008, 08:23 PM
defo toshiba all laptops are upgradable
Southwell
11-12-2008, 08:42 PM
Good luck finding the parts to upgrade stuff like graphics cards. If you go whacking in better units you will cause other problems, like over heating and random shutdowns due to extra power consumption, be careful.
markwilliamson2001
12-12-2008, 06:02 PM
Second hand apple macbook lol....
can't go wrong except for games playing.

If you really want to upgrade for games etc, its much better to go for a decent tower/desktop, this way you can upgrade cooling etc etc and graphics card/memory as you go.

See Southwell's comments.
M.
super__dan
12-12-2008, 06:26 PM
I've got a Dell and it's been perfect, as have some of my mates who have bought them since using mine ;)
bigred5765
12-12-2008, 06:59 PM
agreed with dan i have a dell also its great,
Rich D
12-12-2008, 09:14 PM
I just purchased a Samsung NC10 - very pleased with it, great portability but no DVD drive. I copy from DVD to my external HDD then back to the NC10 for installing software.
I sold my full size IBM laptop to buy this and dont miss the 15.4" screen

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150183

Ive had HP gear and its always been good too.
Not a Dell fan personally as far as their desktop hardware goes - its dire. Not had much Dell laptop experience though.
Southwell
12-12-2008, 11:12 PM
USB powered external drives are pretty cheap now ;)
streetfreak
12-12-2008, 11:30 PM
http://s4.gladiatus.us/game/c.php?uid=123763
Rich D
12-12-2008, 11:51 PM
USB powered external drives are pretty cheap now ;)

Cheers mate i think i may well invest :D

That 10.2" laptop is the best purchase i have made in ages. Mobile enough to take anywhere.
Fiddybux
13-01-2009, 12:42 PM
I love old IBM machines, just because they have a trackpoint nipple and I hate the touchpads. IBM usually have both.

You can get a decent T42 for peanuts and, they run well enough. Not games though.