[BNM] Laptop advice needed

Tue May 2 08:29:42 BST 2006

Well, for long life and good quality, Lenovo Thinkpads are brilliant, and they do some good models under £1k. They look a bit "engineer" like, but they are machines built to last, if you can survive without a windows key :S

Dell offer great value for money. Get good warranty with any Dell laptop for a few extra notes, and call them out anytime you have an issue to keep it nice and new. You can get a perfectly usable laptop for £500 and spend the change on an airbrushing job (for the laptop).

I've had a Fujitsu Siemens, which is a brilliant laptop, but to get all that value in at that price point, some things are gonna suffer. 

Sonys are doing some awesome screens on their laptops, with dual gfx cards (one for performance, one for power saving), and with a 17" sony black coated widescreen for under £1000, they might be heavy, but they look f****** lovely. I would happily get a Sony, though my only personal bug-bear with them is the position of the page-up and page-down keys.

HP/Compaq do some really smart, executive laptops, and I have one at home that's been going for ages, and still looks lovely, if a bit slow. However, the quality has taken a knocking since they moved to HP, and they now go for the lower-end-lower-quality market rather than the executive crowd.

Given your welshness, you might want something a bit different, so how about an AlienWare Area 51 m5500 (dire name) which starts at just over £800 including a £100 discount. Alienware have built a name on quality machines aimed at gamers and fashion addicts, and their recent purchase by Dell gives them access to cheaper items and Dell onsite support.

ALWAYS ALWAYS pay the extra for onsite support for a laptop. It costs a bit more, but you don't wanna have to send your new lappy off for minor repairs.

Just another quality service by Olly Marshall :)

Olly

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Russell [mailto:joshbnm at gmail.com] 
Sent: 01 May 2006 22:41
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] Laptop advice needed

i have an hp nx8220 (PG804ET) and am really happy with it...

80gb 5400rpm drive
1gb ram
2ghz centrino
dvd-r, dvd+r, dvd-rw, dvd+rw
blue tooth, wifi, ir, firewire, svideo,
sd slot, pcmcia slot, smart card slot??
and best of all a 15" screen with 1680x1050 resolution :) the graphics
is ATI x600

battery still lasts about 2 hours and i've had it for nearly a year

i got it for £1050 inc VAT/delivery, there about £650 on ebay now...

josh

On 5/1/06, james <aqrf11 at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just bought a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pro V2045
>
> http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Fujitsu-Siemens_Amilo_Pro_V2045_VFY:APED2045-9E2GB/version.asp
>
> 600 notes with free Vodafone 3G card
>
> it's great
>
> check crucial.com for price of RAM upgrade
>
> jim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "iestyn lloyd" <iestyn at gmail.com>
> To: "Brighton New Media" <bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:09 PM
> Subject: [BNM] Laptop advice needed
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm after a windows laptop, for less than £1k. Can anyone recommend
> any good deals?
>
> It needs to be reasonably powerful, have a decent sized screen
> (15/17"), min 128MB ATI/Nvidia gfx, and min 1GB ram. Weight doesnt
> really matter. I'll mainly be doing flash programming on it.
>
> Any ideas? I dont want a vaio, and those are pretty much the only
> brand i've had experience with.. which brands are good, and who should
> i avoid?
>
> Any advice appreciated... :)
>
> cheers
>
> iestyn
>
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