Laptop recommendations please

Current laptop appears to be dying a slow death so it looks like time for
a replacement, that and I just want a new one.

This one is a Dell which I've been more than happy with over the last four
years.

Uses? The usual, email, internet etc but I'd also like it to be quite
capable of running photoshop (or similar) and do occasional video editing
stuff.

I've got up to £500 to spend.

 

Something with an i3 and 4gb ram.

 

I'm a fan of Dell - never had any issues. My Inspiron 15 is pretty good.

I'd go to the Dell site and pick the best specced laptop for £500, e.g.
http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/hom...=ukdhs1&~oid=uk~en~20211~ft_anav_n00n5051lp~~

(needs 1GB extra RAM to match Ginge's spec).

 

And a 64-bit OS, obviously.

 

FWIW PCPro go with (for that price) Dell Inspiron M101z £499 before the
VAT increase.

 

Currently I'd say Thinkpad i5 64 bit. They rock.

 

Lenovo thinkpad 510, mines brilliant with 64 bit win 7

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Nige,

'Candygram for Mongo'

R1

 

What part of "I've got up to £500 to spend" did you fail to understand?!

(yes, I did note the smiley).

 

I didnt pay for it, but the bloke who sold it to work (brand new, two months
ago) told me they were around £500?

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Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

Over £800 for a pikey spec one.
http://www.google.co.uk/products/ca...og_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDgQ8wIwAg#

 

Just checked, mines a L512, they are even more expensive!!

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Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

Im really happy with my hp Pavillion and you can get some good deals
online. I saved about £100 by shopping around...

 

I've bought two recently, both around the £500 mark.
The prices vary on a weekly basis. Strange. But here it is this week
www.pcwb.co.uk/catalogue/item/A0560015
and this spec is a little cheaper
http://www.pcwb.co.uk/catalogue/item/A0545385

 

The lad got a 15 inch screen Samsung for combined birthday and Xmas
present. Only W7 32bit but it seems pretty good. It's more 'powerful'
than my main desktop (Sony Vaio PCV-RZ504) at least. About 300 quid
online from the co-op. Came with HDMI ouput and evryfink.


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Which bit about '£500 to spend' did you & Hog not get?

 

Which bit of my reply did you not read?

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Nige,

'That's shot the fox'

Eunos Roadster (for summer)
Grand Cherokee (for winter)

 

You have a business account though.

 

All of it

Having looked a little I found this, http://tinyurl.com/3am2pkd
I suspect I'll be making a call in the morning.

 

Looks as if it will do the job, though I'd like a bit more battery life.

Showing my complete out-of-touchness with the world of Gates, will the 32-
bit Win7 supplied 'see' and use all four of those Gigabytes of RAM?

 

ginge