[BNM] Dual Core Laptops - Recommendations and dangers

[James Bowman]

Of course, that should read '160GB HDD' not 16. 

:)

Damn my useless, stubby fingers!

-----Original Message-----
From: James Bowman [mailto:James at i2ic.com] 
Sent: 05 April 2006 11:29
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] Dual Core Laptops - Recommendations and dangers

Jeff,

We just had a couple of Sony VGN-FE11S laptops through here and they were fantastic. T2400, 1GB RAM, 15.4" X-Black display (1280x800), DVD+/-RW, 16GB HDD, GeForce 7400 256MB.

Ran Premiere and After Effects better than some of the 3GHz P4s in the office. And Procoder flew.

After being let down by Insight, we eventually got them at short notice from Comet of all places for about £1150.

If the budget won't stretch to that, take a look for an Asus as they actually build the Sony's anyway. And Apple's from what I heard.

Also, we've just taken delivery of an Inspiron here. Pretty much the same spec as the Sony, but with an 80GB HDD. It does however have a 17" screen which I have to say, looks cracking, but only when it's plugged in. You can turn the brightness up when running on the battery, but don't expect it to last too long. It's also not as heavy as it looks.

HTH.

James.

 

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