nu- laptop

[RKM]

boring thread, but i need a new laptop, this one is fucked and will not stop losing the harddrive

thinking around 300 quid, not a pussy magnet just something sturdy that i can do uni work and ableton on

suggestions?

its been this kinda day

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[JamesHanvey]

If you saved up an extra £200 (approx.) you could maybe afford a second hand macbook, and once you get it upgrade it over time, I think they can only hold 2 harddrives, but external ones are cheap.

But if not then here's a few good ones:

http://www.ebuyer.com/638622-lenovo-b50 ... op-mcc27uk

http://www.ebuyer.com/624110-lenovo-ide ... p-59405999

http://www.ebuyer.com/624108-lenovo-ide ... p-59405997

Just have a look around that website, it's really good for computers/electronics etc.

[RKM]

im thinking lenovo actually, housemate had one and they seemed pretty on point

never fucking buy a toshiba satellite this thing is straight garbage

[sixs]

motherboard fried on one of mine yesterday, luckily found a new one for 20 bucks. well chuffed.

if yr not getting a macbook, asus are the only competent manufacturers left and you can get summit decent for p cheap

[RKM]

yeah there seems to be something deeply wrong in this motherboard that noone can fix, will check out asus

[CreamLord]

Yeah I got an Asus at the moment and it's pretty decent, slowed down a bit but tbf it is like 3-4 years old at this point and has a fuckload of stuff saved on it

[nowaysj]

Asus here. Less than a year old, can't stand up to a pc I built in 2009. Did only cost me $300 though.

[RKM]

looking between atm

http://www.ebuyer.com/632105-asus-x200c ... 0ca-ct112h

http://www.ebuyer.com/644466-asus-x553m ... 3ma-xx044h

http://www.ebuyer.com/624108-lenovo-ide ... p-59405997

[JamesHanvey]

I know someone who has the top one. It's truly awful! It's processor is way to slow.

I'd probably go with the 3rd. The processor is faster, and it has abit more memory. (I'd get an external harddrive or just replace it because its only 5400rpm which is pretty slow, same with the other if you get that).

The 2nd one isn't a bad choice either, it's good value for money and has a few more things with it, like an sd card, "sonic focus"., webcam etc. and It'll have a faster harddrive just simply because it has less memory and you can add up to 8GB of ram, which apparently you can't do on the other.

4GB is fine though, just make sure to to keep your harddrive as empty as possible if you want it to stay fast and you don't really wanna go over half, because that's around when it starts becoming noticeable.

[wysockisauce]

Careful with lenovo. Some of them have trackpad and wifi connectivity issues.

Whatever you do just make sure it has an ssd and at least 8gigs of ram.

[nowaysj]

and gives you head.

[sigbowls]

radiation head

[RKM]

ok well went lenovo thanks guys

how easy is it to transfer files between 2 computers, really just need office, ableton and itunes library

[JamesHanvey]

It's easy enough, there will be plenty of tuts online

[magma]

Another shout for Asus... my last laptop was a Sony Vaio cost a fair bit more and gave me UNTOLD problems. This Asus just does its job without complaining. Good boy.

Dell are always worth a look... especially if you can pick up a deal from their refurbed/unwanted systems.

[nousd]

Asus here too...robust & resilient
tho I have a 10 year old HP that's been great,,,now used for non-internet functions & link to external hard-drive archives

[AxeD]

I'd say Asus too, although mine was shit for audio work and the battery randomly died.. which
I think is just a 10% chance with any windows running laptop.

I had a fairly high-end Asus and it can't compare to my MBP. You mostly get what you pay for.

[Riddles]

loool 10% of all windows laptops randomly die.....ok

[AxeD]

loool 10% of all windows laptops randomly die.....ok

I mean there's models in distributions that certainly have the tendency to die
within a year. The Microsoft store recently had to pull back a build that didn't make it past
3 months and looking through some reviews on there, there's another winner
Seems to be mostly cheaper ones by Dell, but mine was €850,- Asus.

I'm sure it happens frequently with Mac stuff as well.

[ehbes]

get a Mac and stop being poor