Which laptop?

[Brydo666]

Anyone know of any good deals going at the moment?

Looking for an i5 or i7 laptop with 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD. I'd like a good resolution screen. Had a look at the Dell Outlet and seen some good deals but then a piss poor screen resolution that puts me off.

Looking to spend £500 - £600. I could always upgrade the Memory/HDD if I had to.

Ideally not an Acer laptop... or Advent... or eMachines - you get the drift.

[n00bz0rd2]

What are you planning to do with the laptop?

[MsDG]

I think you might find the following tip quite useful...

1) Ok, you have narrowed the options down to just three laptops...

Laptop A
Laptop B
Laptop C

So, which Laptop should I choose?

2) There are hundreds of laptops to choose from.

I am not sure what laptop is best for me?

Hope this helps!

[Brydo666]

What are you planning to do with the laptop?

Quite a lot, it'll be a desktop replacement. Got about 200GB of files to stick on it straight off and then plan to use it for a number of things, Photoshop, Premier, PS3 Media Server, iTunes, FSX (Rare), The usual. Main priority is finding a laptop with a good screen resolution.

I think you might find the following tip quite useful...

1) Ok, you have narrowed the options down to just three laptops...

Laptop A
Laptop B
Laptop C

So, which Laptop should I choose?

2) There are hundreds of laptops to choose from.

I am not sure what laptop is best for me?

Hope this helps!

I know there are a number of laptops, but struggling to find one with a reasonable model with good screen resolution - perhaps that should have been my question.

Can anyone recommend a laptop with a good screen resolution and perhaps CPU within my range? I can always upgrade the Memory/HDD.

[Brydo666]

Picking up a laptop tomorrow that fitted nicely into my price range... spec below. It's BNIB with a full years warranty direct with Dell.

Intel® Core™ i5-540M (2.53Ghz, 4 Thread, turbo boost up to 3.06 GHz, 3MB cache)
640 GB SATA II 5400rpm Hard drive
4GB Fast DDR3 1333Mhz Ram (2 x 2048mb)
Internal DVD+/-RW
15.6in Widescreen Full High Definition (1920 x 1080) WLED with TrueLife
WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 bit (Fully licensed with proof of authenticity labels)
1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5470 graphics card
Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g)
High Definition Audio 2.2 Stereo Speakers
Integrated 2.0 MP camera.

[WalterPill]

From the outlet? How much?

[Brydo666]

No, it's a couple of guys in Glasgow that run an eBay shop - I managed to convince them to allow me to collect and pay cash to shave a little off the price.

They have more if anyone else was interested, I think it's a great spec for a laptop at a bargain price.

[WalterPill]

But what is the bargain price?

[plug1]

Lenevo. Or tosh, Sony are piss, and most others are rebranded oem fox con shit

[Brydo666]

It was £580. Struggled to find a 1080p laptop in that range never mind with an i5 and 640GB HDD.

[Over Carl]

Lenevo. Or tosh, Sony are piss, and most others are rebranded oem fox con shit

Haven't looked into it for a while, but weren't some lenovo's just rebadged clevo's?

[Brydo666]

Picked the laptop up today, ticks all my boxes and looks the part too.

Glad I went for the higher resolution screen, everything looks crystal clear.

[Waka]

That's a bloody good price.
I'm looking at the Dell XPS 17" i7 at about £850 but the Dell site won't let me spec it with a 1920*1080 screen

[Brydo666]

It's something I'd highly recommend... you could consider buying the 15" version, I think having a high resolution on a smaller screen looks great - iPhone 4 also demonstrates this.

Got issues with it though, and I'm not alone. When I view any Youtube videos the screen flickers and gives a message saying the AMD Display Driver stopped working and recovered - seems to be a common issue with the driver for this card at the moment.

Going to install FSX tonight, will see if that works... I'm able to run 1080p MKV's perfectly.

[Waka]

Oh deffo, my current (5 year old) Dell XPS 17" has a 1080p screen and I'm sure as hell not downgrading!

[plug1]

180 is a shit res for a compter sceen. tbh

[Brydo666]

180 is a shit res for a compter sceen. tbh

What makes you think that? It's ideal IMO. Assuming you mean 1080.

[plug1]

my samsung syncmaster , lol

[Brydo666]

Alright, thought that 1920x1080 was a decent res on my 23" SyncMaster.

My old Dell XPS M1730 had a 1920x1200 resolution on a 17" LCD and I liked that ... but I think that the 1080p res on this 15" display looks spot on.