[BNM] laptops - your suggestions?

[Chris Korhonen]

Another vote for Mac.

One to avoid is Dell - I've had two friends recently who bought their
laptops and have had nothing but problems.

Chris

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Simon Early <simon.early at gmail.com> wrote:

> recently aquired a inspiron 1720.
> kids play top-end games on it (Spore/Age of empires/Rome total war etc) no
> problem. integrated webcam/wifi-the lot for a pittance. 300quid from comet
> i
> think.
> top notch.
>
> 2008/12/2 Wayne Douglas <wayne at codingvista.com>
>
> > Don't buy Compaq :)
> >
> > If you can scrape a few more quid I'd buy a Mac/IBM - even if you want to
> > run windows - the hardware on a mac is solid, same for IBM.
> >
> > w://
> >
> >
> > On 02/12/2008, Mel Poluck <mel_poluck at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all. Boring request I know, and one that has no doubt come up time
> and
> > > again on this list but I want to buy a laptop and I feel overwhelmed by
> > the
> > > choice I'm facing. I want:
> > >
> > > - A fairly large memory
> > > - Long lasting battery
> > > - A medium-sized screen
> > > - To be able to watch DVDs on it
> > > - To spend around 300-400 quid
> > >
> > > Basic stuff really.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions, either about which one to go for or which
> > ones
> > > to avoid.
> > >
> > > My laptop has 5% battery left and only works when plugged in so time is
> > of
> > > the essence!
> > >
> > > And see you tomorrow, I'm hoping to come to my first BNM meeting at
> > Genesis
> > > so look forward to meeting you there. Cheers! Mel.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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